Recovering Bloody Fingerprints from Skin

Well-known processes for developing blood prints (i.e., amido black, leucocrystal violet, and Hungarian red) were tested to recover bloody fingerprints from cadaver skin. Several tests with varying quantities of blood on a thumb and fingers were tested to determine the most effective process. The pr...

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Published in:Journal of forensic identification 2015-09, Vol.65 (5), p.813
Main Authors: Petretei, David, Angyal, Miklos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blood
DNA fingerprints
Forensic sciences
Skin
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Summary:Well-known processes for developing blood prints (i.e., amido black, leucocrystal violet, and Hungarian red) were tested to recover bloody fingerprints from cadaver skin. Several tests with varying quantities of blood on a thumb and fingers were tested to determine the most effective process. The process using Hungarian red proved to be the most successful and was then tested on living human skin, resulting in two of the five planted prints being identifiable.
ISSN:0895-173X