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Does the lack of latent prints on evidence mean that the object was not touched or that the prints were wiped off?

April 26, 2017lack latent mean object prints touched wiped

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Does the lack of latent prints on evidence mean that the object was not touched or that the prints were wiped off?

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A. Failure to recover latent prints does not mean that the prints were wiped off or that the object was not touched. The absence of latent prints can be caused by various factors, each depending on conditions existing before, during, and after the finger touched the object.