Chemical enhancement of footwear impressions in blood deposited on fabric - Evaluating the use of alginate casting materials followed by chemical enhancement

Kevin J. Farrugia; N. NicDaeid; Kathleen Savage; Helen Bandey; Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Fingerprint and Footwear Forensic Group

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2010.06.006

Chemical enhancement of footwear impressions in blood deposited on fabric - Evaluating the use of alginate casting materials followed by chemical enhancement

Kevin J. Farrugia, N. NicDaeid, Kathleen Savage, Helen Bandey, Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Fingerprint and Footwear Forensic Group

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Abstract

Most footwear marks made in blood on a surface such as fabric tend to be enhanced in situ rather than physically recovered using a lifting technique prior to enhancement. This work reports on the use of an alginate material to recover the impressed footwear marks made in blood and deposited on a range of fabric types and colours. The lifted marks were then enhanced using acid black 1 and leuco crystal violet with excellent results. This presents a new method for the lifting and recovery of blood impressions in situ from crime scene followed by subsequent mark enhancement of the lifted impression.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	200-204
Number of pages	5
Journal	Science and Justice
Volume	50
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2010.06.006
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

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Keywords

footwear impressions
blood
fabric
amino acids
alginate

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Farrugia, K. J., NicDaeid, N., Savage, K., Bandey, H., & Home Office Scientific Development Branch, Fingerprint and Footwear Forensic Group (2010). Chemical enhancement of footwear impressions in blood deposited on fabric - Evaluating the use of alginate casting materials followed by chemical enhancement. Science and Justice, 50(4), 200-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2010.06.006

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Chemical enhancement of footwear impressions in blood deposited on fabric - Evaluating the use of alginate casting materials followed by chemical enhancement

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