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http://dx.doi.org/10.5806/AST.2021.34.6.251

A study on the distribution of latent fingerprints on paper knife sheaths  

Kim, Hyo-Mi (Graduate school of Forensic Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Park, Gi-Hyun (Graduate school of Forensic Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Lee, Su-Bhin (Graduate school of Forensic Science, Soonchunhyang University)
Yu, Je-Seol (Graduate school of Forensic Science, Soonchunhyang University)
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Analytical Science and Technology / v.34, no.6, 2021 , pp. 251-258 More about this Journal
Abstract
Knives are most frequently used as weapons in violent crimes. Criminals leave behind knife sheaths made of paper and tape at crime scenes. It is difficult to develop fingerprints using tape attached to a porous surface, resulting in the need to explore effective techniques for identifying fingerprints as well as the distribution of fingerprints on each surface, when evidence such as paper knife sheaths are found. In this study, 50 knife sheaths were prepared. The cyanoacrylate fuming (CA fuming) method was applied to develop fingerprints on the non-adhesive side of the tape, and a dual-purpose 1,2-indanedione/Zn (1,2-IND/Zn) reagent was used to separate tape from paper while simultaneously developing fingerprints on the paper. The fingerprints on the adhesive side of the tape were developed using Wet Powder Black®. Using the R statistical analysis program (The R Foundation for Statistical Computing), we used a heat map to indicate the location of fingerprints developed from each surface. More fingerprints were detected at the ends than in the center of the adhesive side of the tape, and although the non-adhesive sides of tape and paper did not present clear distribution patterns, many fingerprints were developed that had sufficient clarity for personal identification. The results of this study may be applicable for processing evidence when paper sheaths are found at crime scenes.
Keywords
knife sheath; fingerprint; distribution; heatmap;
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