Fingerprints for trace examination are like aged wine to a drunkard, or the top hostess at a club to an old lecher.
Once you've tasted fine wine, you won't forget it. Once you've rolled in the sheets, you won't forget it. Once you've seen a fingerprint, you won't forget it.
For those who deal with trace examination, who hasn't had a cold case, or a fingerprint that failed to match?
When faced with a case and the fingerprint comparison can't be done immediately, some trace examiners wish they could tuck it in their pockets, and while others are scrolling through their phones in the restroom, they are scanning fingerprints.
Each fingerprint is like an identity marker with its own unique characteristics.
It's like a person's physique; some have fingerprints that are relatively flat, like a runway, while others are broad and expansive, like undulating mountains.
Some fingerprints have ridges as delicate as a willow leaf waist, while others are robust, like a water barrel.
