Technique to Enhance Fingerprinting of Mummified Fingers

• NCJ Number: 114113
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 33 Issue: 5 Dated: (September 1988) Pages: 1244-1248
• Author(s): W C Haglund
• Date Published: 1988
• Length: 5 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Program Description (Model)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report details a fingerprinting technique for softening mummified fingers and hands using Metaflow and Restorative, a fluid for rehydration of dessicated tissue. This procedure has proven successful in cases of extreme dessication and has allowed for good fingerprint detail to be developed. (Author abstract)