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1Ballistics Unit, Scientific Section, Forensic Services Branch, Queensland Police Service, 200 Roma Street, Brisbane, Qld 4000, Australia. clark.michaeld@police.qld.gov.au
Abstract:
At a recent bushland gravesite that contained a deceased male, a clod of soil displaying a striated toolmark was collected during the excavation of the grave. This clod was preserved, and the mark was cast using Mikrosil™. Shovels and a mattock, which had been discarded by the suspects, were subsequently found at another location. A toolmark comparison identified the hoe end of the mattock head as having produced the striated toolmark.
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