A burglar breaks into a house through the window, and steals jewelry from the bedroom drawers. What kinds of items can you try to develop any fingerprints off of that may have been left behind?

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Emelia Zuniga

6 November, 16:42

A burglar breaks into a house through the window, and steals jewelry from the bedroom drawers. What kinds of items can you try to develop any fingerprints off of that may have been left behind?

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Maeve Lang · Answer 1

Answer: The kind of items I would develop any fingerprint off would be items with a porous surface like the bedroom drawer itself and the window.

Explanation: Objects containing porous surfaces have empty spaces or pores that allow external matter; like water, air and particles to penetrate into the object.