CHY 183 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Homicide, Combined Dna Index System, Product Rule
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* blood, semen and saliva: including blood/semen dried onto fabrics as well as cigarette butts with saliva residue; subject to serological and biochemical analysis to determine their possible origin. * documents: to determine authenticity or source; paper, ink, indented writings, obliterations and burned/ charred documents. * drugs: substances seized in violation of laws regulating the sale/manufacture/distribution/use of drugs. * explosives: devices containing an explosive charge or objects with residues of the explosive. * fibers: natural or synthetic, can be used to link victim to suspect. * firearms/ammunition: rearms and discharged or intact ammunition. * glass: any glass particle/fragment, windowpanes containing holes made by bullets or other projectiles. * hair: human or animal, to link suspect to victim. * impressions: tire markings, shoe prints, depressions in soft soils, glove/fabric impressions, bite marks. * organs/physiological fluids: submitted for analysis to detect drugs/poisons. * paint: that may have been transferred from one object to another (ex. one car to another in a crash)
