Second-generation ID’s Collateral Fingerprint Helping Detect a Homicidal Case
XU Zhibo1, OUYANG Zhen1, YE Xinrong2
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1. Criminal Investigation Detachment of Lishui Public Security Bureau, Lishui 323000, Zhejiang, China;
2. Criminal Investigation Company of Liandu Branch of Lishui Public Security Bureau, Lishui 323000, Zhejiang, China
A murder case occurred, leaving the dismembered corporal body parts being scattered to several sites. The useful evidential materials eventually fell on the fingerprints extracted from the corpse. Local investigators adopted the recorded fingerprints that were previously attained with the requirement for application of second-generation ID (identity) card, successfully having identified the victim. The case was hence solved in time, becoming Zhejiang province’s first homicidal case that has been settled with the second-generation ID’s collateral fingerprint. However, there are some facets found of requiring improvement about collection of fingerprint for ID card application, e.g., the single one fingerprint’s completeness, quality and the quantity of fingerprint-collecting digits. A suggestive analysis was here made on the advantages and limitations about the current collection and utilization of fingerprint for ID registration, hoping to improve the second-generation ID’s collateral fingerprint collection in order to have the correlative value play as big as possible.