Hair Evidence Research Paper

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Hello I am Michelle Torres a well-known forensic scientist, and I am here to prove that Bob last week murdered Lisa in her own home. I have the evidence to properly prove that my accusation is correct.

Hair evidence is very important, it is a timeline that holds a lot of information about a person, like drug use, locations, and dietary information. Analysts are able to tell if individual hairs are human or animal. In our case we are working with human hair, human hair can be tested to determine the color, shape, and chemical composition of the hair, and often the race of the individual. The presence of toxins, dyes and hair treatments are notes. If the hair still has a follicle attached, DNA testing can be used to identify an individual.

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