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Simply, A fingerprint can prove the precense of any suspect at a crime scene. If you have a suspect and you have a fingerprint lifted from a piece of evidence, and the two match, the chances are that your suspect was at the scene of the crime sometime recently.

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Because it is now accepted as scientific fact that virtually everyone in the world has different fingerprints. This makes it statistically unlikely that anyone but you could have been at the scene of the crime.

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Fingerprints provide evidence for crime-busters. Since everyone has a different fingerprint, criminals can be easily identified

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They have a person's DNA in it, and if found at a crime scene, can be used by police and crime investagators/detectives to trace people and gain valuable evidence.

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How do fingerprints solve crimes?

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How do fingerprints help police officers identify people from all over the world in a crime scence?

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What does a crime laboratory analyst do?

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