Fingerprints don´t lie- Or do they
Murder
two people
trail
Mark on a door
Fingerprints
A fingerprint is recognized and the case resolved.
it was the first time a fingerprint was used to solve a case.
investigator
Juan Vucetich
three professional investigated different cases.
William Herschel
collected a lot of fingerprints
work for the British government in India
discover that fingerprints do not change over time
Henry Faulds
Looking at ancient Japanese pottery noticed small lines in the pots.
were 2,000-year-old fingerprints.
Francis Galton
he made fingerprint patterns
this helped to identify people easier
Galton details
currently used by the police
the possibility that two people with the same fingerprint would be 1 in 64 billion.
a question was created
all fingerprints change?
He took all the traces of his students and friends.
a robbery happened and thanks to that it gathers footprints of all
found the thief