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15-012345 Frog Murder Case Study

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Case: 15-012345 Frog Murder How to be a Forensic Evidence Technician We are going to be working on case 15-012345 today with Deputy Ferriter. Someone last night broke into the school and murdered a pet frog. We are going to be dusting for fingerprints, and walking you through the steps. Step 1: Find a substrate near the area that the criminal could have touched during the crime scene. Step 2: Take a brush and twirl it gently between your hands so the static electricity can move throughout the brush, after doing that, dip the brush gently into magnetic fingerprint dust. Step 3: Gently and lightly dust over an area of the substrate to reveal the fingerprints.( Did you know that the protein on your fingers is what makes the magnetic

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