Crime Scene
This must be maintained at all times when possession of evidence is changed.
What is a Chain of Custody?
The outer structural covering of hair.
What is the cuticle?
Short fibers
What are staple type fibers?
Quick screening tests taken at the crime scene.
What are presumptive tests?
John Wayne Gacy
Who is The Killer Clown?
Crime scene recordings involve taking notes, sketches, and this.
What are photographs?
The transition phase of hair.
What is the catagen phase?
Long fibers.
What are filament type fibers?
Fiber burn tests fall under this type of testing.
What is destructive testing?
Richard Ramirez
Who is Night Stalker?
The crime scene search pattern shown here.
What is grid method?
The component of hair that gives it color.
What is melanin?
The only natural mineral fiber.
What is asbestos?
The presumptive test for blood that glows blue.
What is luminol?
David Berkowitz
Who is Son of Sam?
Arson debris (burnt materials) are packaged in this container.
What is a paint can?
The only part of the hair that causes hair growth.
What is the hair follicle?
The natural animal fiber that comes from sheep hair.
What is wool?
This result can occur in testing if the reagent is contaminated or expired.
What is a false negative?
Edmund Kemper
Who is the Co-ed Killer?
This must be included in all close-up photographs.
What is a scale?
The formula used to determine medullary index.
What is the diameter of the medulla divided by the diameter of the hair shaft?
The tool used to manufacture fibers.
What is a spinneret?
An unknown red substance is swabbed from a surface alongside this other swab of just the surface.
What is a substrate control?
Ed Gein
Who is Butcher of Plainfield?