Citation

Lin S, Luo Y, Xie L, Yu Y, Mi Z. J. Forensic Sci. 2019; 64(6): 1913-1915.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, American Society for Testing and Materials, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/1556-4029.14118

PMID

31283022

Abstract

We present a case of a faux blood fingermark, wherein a natural latent fingerprint on the pistol at the crime scene was enhanced by the whole blood of the victim. A male was shot to death. The crime scene investigator did not find any blood fingermark during the collection of evidence, but a blood fingerprint was noticed in the firearms examination. We identified that the fingerprint was of the victim; a series of experiments on the nonporous substrate were then conducted; the death in this case was classified as a suicide. The phenomenon is interesting, and thus, calls for attention of the forensic community.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Male; Firearms; Suicide; Blood; forensic science; blood; Forensic Sciences; Dermatoglyphics; latent; faux; fingerprint; pistols