A technique to enhance fingerprinting of mummified fingers.
This report details a fingerprinting technique for softening mummified fingers and hands using Metaflow and Restorative, a fluid for rehydration of desiccated tissue. This procedure has proven successful in cases of extreme desiccation and has allowed for good fingerprint detail to be developed.
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King County Medical Examiner's Office, Seattle, WA.
D000293:Adolescent; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes