Resumen de Identification of a Suspect in a Murder Case through Recovery of Fingermarks from a Fired Cartridge Case
Carlos M. A. Girelli, Breno R. Segatto
During the period of one year, the Police of the State of Espíırito Santo in Brazil analyzed 1,431 cartridge cases obtained fromcrime scenes and seizures. The cartridges were subjected to a development sequence (cyanoacrylate fuming+gun bluing+fluorescent dying),and panoramic images of the developed fingermarks were generated based on the photographs taken during the rotation of the cartridges. Ridgedetails were observed in 50 cartridges, but only in 5 cartridges, the marks were considered with value for identification. The fingermarks weresearched in the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) of the Brazilian Federal Police and, in one case, it was possible to obtainthe suspect’s identification. In our knowledge, this is the first case in Brazil of identification of a suspect based on a fingermark recovered froma fired cartridge case.
