Alternative Light Sources and forensic creativity identify suspects in armed robberiesTodd Cole, Denver Police Department | ForensicsAlternative light sources are valuable tools for identifying critical evidence in crimes. This one is unusual.
Investigators develop photographic evidence of domestic assault using alternative light sourcesRandy Sparks, Coos Bay, Oregon Police Department | ForensicsAlternate light sources have proven effective at displaying domestic assault markings that ordinary white light photography doesn’t capture.
AFIS key to catching crook in unlikely matchBradley Whitaker, Moore County Sheriff’s Office, North Carolina | ForensicsThe investigators lifted the palm print, and the readable area of that print was tiny - the size the tip of a pinky.
Medical examiner department ID’s evidence with alternative light sourcesHeidi Nichols, Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's office | ForensicsAlternative light sources are typically used in crime scene investigation and post mortem examinations to identify many forms of evidence.
Fingerprint database leads to killersDonna Carmichael, St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Department | ForensicsBack at the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Department, crime scene investigators processed the tickets with chemicals to make any fingerprints on them visible.
Alternative light sources and AFIS help identify murder suspectsKyle King, Indian River Sheriff’s Department | ForensicsThe Indian River Sheriff’s Department in Vero Beach uses alternate forensic light sources for their investigations every day.
Forensic light sources nab the suspectsMark Zabinski, Rhode Island State Crime Laboratory | ForensicsAlternative light sources used by crime scene investigators help them identify evidence left by suspects at a crime scene.
An act of mercy in BaltimoreDebra Holbrook, Mercy Medical Center | ForensicsHow a team of nurses revolutionized the investigation of strangulation cases in the area of domestic assault.
SPEX Forensics algorithms used to solve cold casesAndy Parker, Raleigh/Wake City-County Bureau of Identification | ForensicsIn one case, using an innovation created by SPEX Forensics, a division of HORIBA Instruments, a suspect was subsequently linked by fingerprints to 32 different outstanding felony cases.
