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Forensics For Dummies, 2nd Edition
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Forensics For Dummies, 2nd Edition

by Douglas P. Lyle
June 2019
Beginner to intermediate
400 pages
11h 15m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 20

Ten Famous Forensic Cases

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Linking tool marks, bite marks, and firearms to criminals and crimes

Bullet Identifying and tracing sources of poisons

Bullet Identifying criminals and remains with fingerprints, blood, and DNA

Bullet Solving cases by digitally aging old photographs

Bullet Analyzing papers and inks

Some crimes seem to capture the public’s interest. You need look no further than a certain double homicide case against an internationally famous football player and a bloody glove to know what I’m talking about. The Lindbergh kidnapping was the crime of the century long before O.J. Simpson was born. The Sacco and Vanzetti case seemed as if it never would end, and the same can be said of the murderous rampage of Ted Bundy, one of America’s most famous serial killers. This chapter gives you a glimpse at a few of the cases that made headlines and forensic history.

Using a Homemade Ladder: The Lindbergh Kidnapping

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was an American hero. On May 20, 1927, ...

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