Palm, Lip, Ear, Foot, Face Dr. M. Diamond Other Prints Palm, Lip, Ear, Foot, Face Dr. M. Diamond
Palm Print Case October, 1993 Polly Klaas kidnapped from home during sleepover party Description provided by other girls Palm print left behind on bunk bed railing
November, 1993 Children’s clothing found on a hill 6 weeks later Days before, police had helped Richard Allen Davis free his car from a nearby ditch Davis on parole from two kidnapping convictions Palm print matched He confessed Led police to body
Palm Print Database Important – eight to ten times more minutiae than fingerprints ‘Livescan’ technology (computer digital) developed for fingerprinting Now available for palm prints ‘Impression heavy’ crime scenes – 25-40% are palm prints APIS
Digital Prints
Earprints 1994 – James McCann bludgeoned to death at home Partial latent earprint in McCann’s bedroom Evidence in murder case against David Wayne Kunze Conviction overturned on appeal Earprints may prove to be useful in future
Barefoot Morphology Research indicates that Database must be increased No two people have the same foot shape Unique patterns to the weight bearing part of the foot Database must be increased
Face Print 1984 – Juanita Gillette died suddenly Husband (Ronald) blamed it on medication But no lethal amounts of meds. in tissues Ronald re-married immediately (within days) Police found a plastic laundry bag with a nose indentation Clear impression of Juanita’s face on bag Ronald arrested and convicted
Lip Prints No study showing individuality of lip characteristics No accepted methodology for comparing lip print characteristics No standards No endorsement by FBI or other law enforcement agencies But… lipstick samples can be tested chemically to identify type, color
Future Eye scans Tattoo mapping Facial patterns Iris scans record more detail than fingerprints Accuracy – odds of misidentification 1:1.2million for one eye, 1:1.44 trillion for both Remember GATTACA? Tattoo mapping Facial patterns FBI gearing up to start database Privacy concerns?