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2. INTRODUCTION
Many crimes involve direct physical contact between
victim and suspect.
Whenever such contact occurs, there is almost always an
inadvertent transfer of microscopic evidence. This transfer
usually includes hairs and fibers.
Evidences, which can be microscopic in form, may often
be overlooked by investigating officers because they are
not easily observed.
3. Hairs are readily available for transfer, easily
transferred, and resilient.
Most common encountered fibers are white and/or
blue polyester, cotton, or blends of these, this type of
evidence should be collected and submitted for
evaluation.
Fibers can be classified as animal (e.g. hair and silk),
vegetable (e.g. cotton and linen), mineral (e.g.
asbestos), or synthetic (e.g. polyester and nylon), and
often identified by sub-classification through
laboratory examination.
4. Types of Cases in which Fiber and Hair
May Be of Value As Evidence
ASSAULT AND HOMICIDE - These types of crimes usually involve
personal contact of some sort.
Therefore, clothing fibers and hair may be interchanged between
victim and suspect
Weapons and fingernail scrapings may also be important sources of
fiber evidence.
Bindings, such as rope, may also leave distinct fibers if a person was
tied up.
RAPE - The nature of this crime can result in the cross transfer of
fibers and hairs between clothing of victim and suspect and such
articles as blankets or automobile seat covers.
If a victim goes to the hospital for an exam, the hair combings may
be good sources of hair and fiber evidence.
5. BURGLARY - Clothing fibers will frequently be found at
the point where the burglar crawled through a window
or other opening or climbed over a fence.
If no head covering was used, hairs may also be found.
HIT-AND-RUN - Due to the forceful contact between
victim and automobile, clothing fibers and hair can
generally be found adhering to the fenders, grill, door
handles, or parts of the undercarriage.
Fabric impression patterns may also be observed on
surfaces with which the fabric came into contact.
6. Collection, Preservation and Marking
of Fiber Evidence
Before attempting specific procedures listed below, note
the following general precautions:
1. The size of the container should correspond to the
size of the object.
2. Do not package wet evidence. Fibers or objects
containing fiber evidence should be air dried before
being placed in sealed containers. Biological stains
degrade with time. This process is accelerated when
items are wet and sealed in airtight containers.
7. 3. Do not package items on a surface without first
thoroughly cleaning that surface. Avoiding cross
contamination between all evidence and standards
is imperative!
4. All seams of the packaging must be sealed to
prevent the loss of trace evidence.
5. Label all evidence containers with submitter’s
initials, ID/badge number, agency name, case
number, item number, source, and date.
8. COLLECTION PROCEDURES
1. Where fibers are visible and firmly attached to an
inanimate object to be transported to the lab:
Leave fibers intact
i. Diagram and note exact location and approximate
number of fibers adhering to each object (photograph if
possible).
ii. Label object and package in a container so that fibers
cannot become dislodged in transit.
iii. Label packaging with appropriate information.
9. 2. Where fibers are visible and not firmly attached,
or if firmly attached and object is too large to
send to the lab:
i. After diagramming and noting each location and the
number of fibers present, carefully remove with clean
tweezers and package.
ii. Place fibers in a small pill box, glass vial or other
tightly sealed container. Fibers may also be placed in
small folded paper bindles.
iii. Label packaging with appropriate information.
10. 3. Where fibers are possibly transferred to clothing of
victim or suspect:
i. Be sure clothing is dry before packaging.
ii. Keep each item separate.
iii. Avoid disturbing soil, dust, blood, seminal stains, or other
foreign materials adhering to clothing.
iv. Place ID mark on each item in an easily located area that
does not damage the clothing.
v. After allowing wet apparel to air dry, carefully fold and
wrap each article separately, package, and label with
appropriate information (layers of clean wrapping paper
and new paper bags are suitable for this purpose).
11. 4. For fingernail scrapings/clippings:
i. Take scrapings/clippings from both suspect and
victim.
ii. Use either a clean knife, clippers, or other
instrument such as a fingernail file or toothpick.
iii. Use a separate folded paper bindle for each hand
to collect scrapings/clippings.
iv. Place the folded and labeled bindles (i.e. “left
hand”, “right hand”) in a pill box, glass vial or other
small tightly sealed container and label with
appropriate information
12. 5. Where fibers are in hair of suspect or victim:
i. Comb the individual’s hair over clean white paper
using a clean fine-tooth comb.
ii. Carefully fold the paper together with the comb
and combings inside a bindle to prevent loss of
any trace evidence.
iii. Place the bindle in an envelope and label with
appropriate information.
13. Collection of Fiber and Hair
Standards for Comparison
FIBER STANDARDS: It will not always be known to the
investigating officer whether there are fibers present in
the submitted evidence.
For this reason, care must be exercised when handling
any item that could shed fibers and thereby cause cross
contamination between items from suspects and victims.
14. When fibers have been collected by the
investigating team:
i. it is imperative that appropriate and adequate standard
samples also be submitted.
ii. For example, if fibers are found on the soles of the
robbery suspect’s shoes, standard samples of the
carpet or carpets at the crime scene should also be
submitted.
iii. The standard samples should be a representative
sampling and include variations due to color, style,
type, fading, or staining.
iv. Standard samples with a minimum size of a quarter
should be submitted.
15. HAIR SAMPLE STANDARDS:
i. Whenever hair is collected the roots should be included
because considerable information can be obtained from the
root material. i.e. DNA or traces of chemical in case of
poisoning
HEAD OR SCALP HAIR
i. The hair should be representative of the center, front, back
(including nape of the neck), and both sides of the scalp.
ii. Approximately 50 head hairs should be collected.
The sample should include both pulled and combed hairs
and include any variations in color and length.
iii. If additional facial hairs are collected (i.e. sideburn or beard
hairs), these should be packaged separately.
16. PUBIC HAIR:
i. When indicated by the circumstances, collect pubic hair.
ii. Approximately 30 pubic hairs should be collected.
iii. The sample should be collected and packaged in the same
manner described above.
ANIMAL HAIRS:
i. Comb and pull hair; pulling is necessary as roots are needed for
species identification in some animals.
ii. While a minimum number of hairs is difficult to determine, good
judgment should be used in collecting enough hairs to represent
the various types and colors of hairs found on the animal.
iii. Hair should be collected from various areas of the animal to
include the head, back, belly, tail, etc.
iv. Each sample should be packaged separately and labeled with the
body area from which it was collected.