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

Kevin J. Farrugia; Niamh NicDaéid; Kathleen A. Savage; Helen Bandey

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, Niamh NicDaéid, Kathleen A. Savage, Helen Bandey

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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)	8-13
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science & Justice
Volume	53
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2010.06.006
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Footwear impressions
Blood
Fabric
Amino acid
Alginate

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