We began collecting anything and everything we could find on and around this shovel. We dusted for fingerprints, we could tell the handle had been wiped clean, but whoever was doing the wiping missed near the very bottom of the handle. We were able to pull off four good prints and a couple partials. We took our black magnetic powder and magnetic wand and began the “dusting” portion of fingerprinting. We took the fingerprint tape and slowly worked it on fingerprint as not to smug it or alter it in anyway. These pieces of tape were then transferred onto index cards to be used later. All of our index cards have been labeled with the case number, date, time and location in which they were found at the crime
We began collecting anything and everything we could find on and around this shovel. We dusted for fingerprints, we could tell the handle had been wiped clean, but whoever was doing the wiping missed near the very bottom of the handle. We were able to pull off four good prints and a couple partials. We took our black magnetic powder and magnetic wand and began the “dusting” portion of fingerprinting. We took the fingerprint tape and slowly worked it on fingerprint as not to smug it or alter it in anyway. These pieces of tape were then transferred onto index cards to be used later. All of our index cards have been labeled with the case number, date, time and location in which they were found at the crime