Prints : Identification of a Dead Person

Palm print:

It may identity the person if his hands were moist with blood or fluids.

Foot prints (MLI):

• Used in trailing the enemies and friends in the desert.

• In maternity hospital to guard against mixing of infants.

• Identification of a criminal from the foot print if it is in mud or blood.

• Personal identification through gait anomalies, extra-toe or flat foot.

• Impression of the anterior part of foot indicates a running person

• A deeper impression on one side denotes either a limping person or one carrying a heavy object on one shoulder.

• Two prints distant from each other mean a tall person.

Lip prints:

• Wrinkles and cracks of lips have specific individual characters

Other prints:

• Voice prints, palatal prints, iris prints, teeth prints.

Category: Forensic Medicine Notes