Hair Structure
The middle part of the hair, that not every person has. Shares it's name with part of your brain
What is the Medulla?
This is the main unique piece that can be used to identify hair, it is usually inherited from the mother.
What is DNA?
This principle explains how things are always left behind at a scene, no matter what
What is Locard's Principle?
This stage of hair growth is where your hair is actively growing, ANd developing
What is Anagen?
This victim was murdered in the 1990s, and thanks to a botched crime scene, their killer still has not been brought to justice
Who is Jon Benet Ramsey
This inner part of the hair, is what gives you your natural hair color, not to be confused with the "neo" version found in your brain
What is the cortex?
This gives not just your hair it's pigment, but also skin
What is melanin?
This type of trace evidence can be identified by looking at a cross-section of the piece, and comparing it. Just ask Wayne Williams
What are fibers/fabrics?
This stage of the hair lifecycle is where it stops actively growing or doing anything, kind of like a lazy cat.
What is Catagen?
This suspect was searched for in the murder of his girlfriend, only to be found dead later
Who is Brian Laundrie?
The outside "shell" of your hair, usually covered in some kind of scale pattern
What is the cuticle?
Unlike your quiz tomorrow, you can be satisfied with 50% of a medulla. This pattern of starting and stopping is known as
What is Intermittent?
What is contamination?
If you are worried about Balding, this is the side of your family you should be paying closer attention to
What is mother's/maternal
"If the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit" This quote was the key piece of defense that let this killer walk free, and write a book later on
Who is OJ Simpson?
Unlike most underground mines which are also sometimes called the same thing, this part of the hair is what's above your skin
What is the shaft?
This type of evidence is "in a class of it's own" but that doesn't make it class evidence; this evidence is 100% unique to a person
What is individual evidence?
This type of trace evidence is usually unique to you, and you (hopefully) have ten of them
What are fingerprints?
What is 2-6 Years?
This group of four poor souls were in prison for almost a decade, due to unethical interrogation tactics
Who are the Norfolk Four?
What do you have with animals like rhinos, cattle, and sheep? Your hair is made up of the same protein that their horns are made of
What is keratin?
This is the only hair color/type where the color is not determined in the cortex
What is ginger?
This type of crime scene involves analyzing skid marks, friction, and velocity to paint a picture of what happened
What is a car accident?
Similar to the " "meres in your DNA that shorten as you age, this phase involves the hair dying at the end of it's life
What is Telogen?
Who is Burke Ramsey?