Tracers as invisible evidence − the transfer and persistence of flock fibres during a car exchange

Prosecution of a perpetrator caught in the act does not always require the involvement of forensic scientists. In this case there is a clear relation between crime scene and suspect. However, if ‘blind spots' exist between a crime and the apprehension of a suspect, additional forensic evidence may be necessary to reconstruct the series of events the crime consists of and to link the perpetrator to the crime scene. This link may be based on materials accidentally left or picked up by the p erpetrator.
Source: Forensic Science International - Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Source Type: research