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Even as far back as the 13th century the Chinese appreciated that at a crime scene, "the difference of a hair" could change whether or not a crime was solved. Since then, criminal investigators have learned how to interpret vital testimony that is written in the language of fingerprints an...

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Main Author: Innes, Brian
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pleasantville, NY : Reader's Digest , c2000
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505 0 |a Gathering the evidence -- Suicide or murder? -- Mark of death -- With poison deadly -- Skull and bones -- Breath of life -- Worm in the flesh -- Finger of suspicion -- Written in blood -- DNA fingerprinting -- Hanging by a hair -- Speeding bullet -- Fire and destruction -- Fragments of evidence -- Speaking likeness -- Guilty party -- Forensic hardware 
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