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DNA on Fired Cartridge Casings: Promising Advances to Link Suspects to Crime Scenes
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2024
published in Criminal Legal News
January, 2025, page 45
Filed under:
DNA Testing/Samples.
Location:
United States of America.
DNA analysis of fired cartridge casings has been studied since the early 2000s and continues to be an emerging field in forensic investigations. While cartridge casings have been traditionally examined for fingerprints and tool marks, recent advancements in collection, packaging, and processing methods have opened new possibilities for recovering …
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