Anonymous letters? DNA and fingerprints technologies combined to solve a case.
Two brothers, living in two different cities, received two different anonymous letters. We performed latent prints development and DNA research on the letters and also on a glass used by a cousin suspected to be the letters' sender.
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Department of Forensic Genetics, SIMEF, 89128 Reggio Calabria, Italy. simef@tiscali.it
Cormaci
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Teatino
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La Marca
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Barbaro
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D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D008297:Male; D009555:Ninhydrin; D010209:Paper; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012463:Saliva / Q000378:metabolism; D013499:Surface Properties; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
D007202:Indicators and Reagents; D004247:DNA; D009555:Ninhydrin