Trace Evidence: Hair
by Kathy Steck- Flynn Edmond Locard was the founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon in France. Locard believed that that when on person came in contact with…
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Interpretation, Collection and Preservation of Glass Fragments
By Kathy Steck-Flynn A man is found dead in an abandoned house. Upon examination the medical examiner finds that the man was killed by a single gunshot to the head. Three local…
April 4, 2013October 13, 2013
Ninhydrin Processing
By Pat A. Wertheim This article originally appeared in Minutiae, the Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, #45, November-December 1997. Perhaps the most productive and cost-effective method of developing latent fingerprints on paper is…
February 28, 2013October 13, 2013
Atmospheric Superglue Method
By Pat A. Wertheim This article originally appeared in Minutiae, the Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, #44, Sep-Oct 1997. Some latent print technicians believe superglue should be listed second only to powder as…
February 28, 2013October 13, 2013
Footwear, the Missed Evidence
Dwayne S. Hilderbrand, CLPE Lead Latent Print Examiner Scottsdale Police Crime Lab This article originally appeared in Minutiae, The Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, Nov-Dec 1995, p. 2-5, 11. “The scope of a…
January 31, 2013October 13, 2013
Fingerprinting the Dead
by Daryl W. Clemens Obtaining fingerprints for identification is a long established law enforcement practice. When the practice started, is was most common to use printers ink applied to the fingers which…
January 31, 2013October 13, 2013
Ear Identification
Presented at the conference for Shoeprint and Toolmark Examiners Noordwijkerhout, 24 April 1997. Introduction: The subject of my presentation for this conference is ear research / ear identification. It concerns not only the…
January 29, 2013October 13, 2013
Latent Prints in Dust
by Captain Curtis C. Frame, Criminal Investigation Division Jasper County Sheriff’s Office Jasper, Texas Article Copyright © 2000, Curtis C. Frame A Latent print found in dust, may be the only clue…
January 29, 2013October 13, 2013
Condom Trace Evidence: A New Factor in Sexual Assault Investigations
By Robert D. Blackledge, M.S. Mr. Blackledge is senior chemist at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Regional Forensic Laboratory in San Diego, California. This Article Originally Appeared in the FBI Law Enforcement…
January 27, 2013October 13, 2013
Black Powder Processing
By Pat A. Wertheim This article originally appeared in “Minutiae”, The Lightning Powder Co. Newsletter, No. 42, May-June 1997, p. 6. Although old-fashioned black powder is the workhorse of fingerprint development techniques…