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Examination of Shoe Prints

Making Shoe Prints Of A Suspect's Shoe

Materials: 
White Paper
Paint brush
Black Water Paint

Procedure: 
1. Coat a paint brush with paint.
2. Ink the entire bottom of the suspect shoe.
3. Ask the suspect to stand on a piece of white paper, placing all of his / her weight on the paper. 
4. Lift the shoe off the paper.
5. Let the shoe print dry.
6. Observe the suspect's shoe print.
7. Match the suspect's shoe print with the shoe print found at the crime 
scene. 

 

 

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