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Death Investigation
100

All fingerprints fall into one of these three categories

What are arches, loops, and whirls?

100

This serial killer is considered the United States' first serial killed and it is believed he killed upwards of 200 people. 

Who is H. H. Holmes?
100

The subfield of forensic science that involves the study of the teeth for the purposes of information and identification. 

What is forensic odontology?

100

This trial is the origin of the phrase "If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit!" 

What is The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson?

100

This condition causes a body to go "stiff" after death.

What is rigor mortis?

200

The system used by the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to find a match to a latent print. 

What is AFIS?

200

This serial killer was a contestant on The Dating Game in the 1970s-and won. 

Who is Rodney Alcala?

200

The subfield of forensic science that involves the retrieval and identification of human remains. 

What is forensic anthropology?

200

Same three other individual prints found on humans

What are lip, palm, ear, toes

200

This condition causes red discoloration of the skin after death

What is livor mortis? 

300

This animal's fingerprints are virtually indistinguishable from a human's. 

What is a koala?

300

This serial killer was caught because of a floppy disk. 

Who is Dennis Rader/BTK Killer?

300

The subfield of forensic science that studies the presence of toxic substance inside a body and the effect that they had on the individual. 

What is forensic toxicology? 

300

What is the Spanish word for turkey? 

Turquía

300

The body at a crime scene is under the jurisdiction of this law enforcement office. 

What is the coroner's office, or medical examiner?

400

In this print, ridge patterns enter and exit on the same side of the finger

Loop

400

This serial killer that inspired Buffalo Bill, Norman Bates, and Leatherface. 

Who is Ed Gein? 

400

The subfield of forensic science that applies of the study of the mind to legal and criminal matters. 

What is forensic psychology?

400

In this type of print, a line may be drawn through the whorl between two deltas

plain whorl

400

What is the most common type of fingerprint?

loop

500

This group of ancient people were the first to use fingerprints as a form of personal identification. 

Who are the Chinese? 

500

This serial killer claimed 17 victims throughout the '70s and '80s, killing them by releasing them into the Alaskan wilderness and hunting them like animals.  

Who is Robert Hansen/The Butcher Baker?

500

The subfield of forensic science that involves the extraction and analysis of digital evidence. 

What is Digital Forensics?

500

In this print, a line drawn between two deltas does not intersect the whorl

central pocket whorl

500

When do fingerprints form?

What is the womb? 

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