Latent fingermark development on fired and unfired brass ammunition under controlled and blind conditions.

Forensic Sci Int

Trace Evidence Services, National Forensic Laboratory Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Published: August 2022

There has been growing interest in the Foster+Freeman RECOVER® Latent Fingerprint Technology system to develop fingermarks from fired ammunition. Over a six-month period, 1540 fingermarks were deposited on brass.223 ammunition, the majority of which were then fired after different time intervals. Samples were subjected to a cleaning protocol and/or processed with disulfur dinitride, cyanoacrylate/Brilliant Yellow 40, and/or vacuum metal deposition. Overall, 121 out of 1304 (9.3%) of natural fingermarks deposited were deemed identifiable post-firing and processing. This translated to 102 out of 652 (15.6%) of fired cartridges having identifiable fingermarks. A pseudo-operational study, which involved processing 1000 fired brass ammunition of various caliber using disulfur dinitride with and without a cleaning protocol, was conducted; only 18 (1.8%) comparable fingermarks were developed. This study demonstrates the need for more robust research involving this challenging substrate and novel technology, with which several issues were identified.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2022.111369DOI Listing

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