Re-hydrating Fingerprints at the Morgue
Today I am discussing the process of obtaining fingerprints from dried up and shriveled fingers. We commonly encounter these conditions in decomposing bodies and the methods we use to re-hydrate the finger may surprise you! Check it out here.
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Hi there. Thank you for visiting my BLOG for crime writers. I hope you will find it interesting. I would love to hear your questions and thoughts regarding forensics and criminal investigations. I hope that the information here will help answer your questions or ignite your imagination.
I am a retired senior criminalist with 15 years of forensic experience. I have served as the president of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, Rocky Mountain Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts, and the Rocky Mountain Division of the International Association for Identification. I am triple board certified in forensic related fields and one of only 40 board-certified bloodstain pattern analysts and 80 board-certified footwear examiners worldwide
In addition to writing over 60 scientific papers, I have worked as the editor of the Journal of the Association for Crime Scene Reconstruction, been interviewed by and consulted for television, books, magazines, and newspaper articles including documentaries on the Discovery Channel and National Geographic.
Posted on July 31, 2012, in The Autopsy and tagged crime, Crime Scene, csi, detective, finger print, fingerprint, forensics, kodak photo-flo 200, murder, mystery, police, re-hydrating fingerprints, thriller, tom adair. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a Comment.
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