Significance of Fingerprints in A Brutal Travel Bag Murder- A Case Report

Abstract

Forensic Science can be defined as the application of science to law. On the crime scene, sometimes the odour of the evidence plays a vital role in the location and identification of the evidences. The present case is one of the best examples of this. Dubai police were informed about a bad smell emanating from an apartment in one locality. After an investigation, the investigators and the forensic expert discovered that the smell was from a decomposing human body. Immediately the fingerprints experts were called to the crime scene to collect, identify, and analyze all the fingerprints encountered. This case reflects the precision, accuracy, and reliability of the fingerprint expert and the technology used by them, including chemical methods like ninhydrin and cyanoacrylate along with the high efficacy of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System. The case was uniquely solved with the aid of fingerprint analysis.