Lip Prints In Crime Investigation

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Have you ever thought lip prints were substantial enough in an investigation to help find out who did the crime? Probably not. Lip prints are rarely heard in a crime investigation, you mainly hear about fingerprints, footsteps, or testimonial evidence. In a mass case lip prints are the last thing that’s on an investigator’s mind, instead most investigators’ aim towards matching DNA up or fingerprints. Lip recognition known as “Cheiloscopy” can we used the study the patterns of grooves and wrinkles on the lips. Thanks to these experts, we can catch the ‘bad guys’ not just by fingerprints, but instead by lip prints. R. Fischer founded the study of lip prints in 1902. The use of fingerprints, were at first used for identification or criminalization,

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