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New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases

                   
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04-Sep-2008
        
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By Michael Kahn, LONDON (Reuters) 4/09/2008 It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. Scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell casing. Authorities in Britain and the United States used the method to re-open three cold cases, including a U.S. double murder that police are now optimistic... [read full story]                    

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New fingerprint method could unlock cold cases

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06-Sep-2008
        

It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a shell...

                   

Breakthrough technique reveals fingerprints on bullets even if they are wiped clean

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05-Sep-2008
        

Experts have been able to detect corrosion from sweat on bullet, even if they are wiped clean It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique...

                   
inthenews.co.uk: Forensic scientists in the UK discovered fingerprints on the shell casings inthenews.co.uk

Fingerprint breakthrough in US murder investigation

inthenews.co.uk
04-Sep-2008
        

Forensic scientists in the UK have made an important breakthrough in a decade-old US murder investigation. Dr John Bond, from the University of Leicester and Northamptonshire police claims to have found fingerprints on...