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A technique to enhance fingerprinting of mummified fingers
1King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, WA.
Journal of Forensic Sciences
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
This report details a fingerprinting technique for softening mummified fingers and hands using Metaflow and Restorative, a fluid for rehydration of desiccated tissue. This procedure has proven successful in cases of extreme desiccation and has allowed for good fingerprint detail to be developed.
