Conroe police officer Jimmy Chilcutt is a drug smuggler's worst nightmare. He has developed techniques to lift fingerprints off drug parcels that law officers once considered impossible. "We can even ...

BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - "Fingerprints and DNA," said Jonathan Hanning, "this is something very common ... that you are seeing in the courts here at the Justice Center in Parwan." The Justice ...

It's a discovery that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal ...

British scientists have developed a new crime-fighting technique that would make even Sherlock Holmes proud. It allows police to lift fingerprints from bullets even if a criminal has wiped down a ...

Overlapping and weak fingerprints pose challenges in criminal cases. A new study offers a solution and brings hope for using chemical residues in fingerprints for personal profiling. A groundbreaking ...

When a man was found dead in his vehicle last month in La Plata Canyon, investigators used a tried-and-true method to identify him: fingerprinting. Authorities had good reason to believe they knew the ...