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Wouldn't that be quite useful for police? They may be able to pinpoint a location - the barber where all the DNA matches go to have a haircut, and a time - soo
by michjedi 7y ago
Wouldn't that be quite useful for police?
They may be able to pinpoint a location - the barber where all the DNA matches go to have a haircut, and a time - soon after all those with majority DNA in the pile of hair went to the Barber's. Then they can analyse who was in the area around the time and find a person involved.
- jdironman 7y agoMy thoughts exactly. The only true way is to appear to have never been there forensically, leave no sort of evidence. Security through obscurity only works in some instances.
- greedo 7y agoThere was a murder in Nebraska where crime scene was liberally cleaned with bleach to obliterate DNA evidence. Still no conviction despite a lot of circumstantial evidence. This was partially compounded by older DNA technology that destroyed the sample while processing it.
- inetknght 7y ago> This was partially compounded by older DNA technology that destroyed the sample while processing it. Can you point to current DNA tech which doesn't destroy the sample while processing it?
- brokenmachine 7y agoFor PCR you only need a super-tiny bit, then you can amplify it as much as you want. I guess you're still technically destroying that tiny bit, but it hardly makes a difference when you only need a few molecules.