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20--year--old homicide solved with fingerprint workstation (This article is reprinted from the November, 1998 issue of Law Enforcement Technology.) Investigators used the Sagem Morpho FlexScan fingerprint workstation to solve a 20--year--old murder in Euclid, Ohio. “We're still investigating, but it looks like a good suspect,” says Det. Ray Jorz of the Euclid Police Department. “We've also used the Morpho workstation to clear up a 6--year--old breaking and entering case and some old auto thefts.” Sagem Morpho provided the workstation on a six--month loan. The FlexScan system interfaces with the Cleveland, Ohio, Police Department's Morpho HawkEye automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS). The fingerprint system also can match an arrested person's prints to a database of fingerprint records. This prevents criminals from using a false name to hide from their past. “We've already made quick identifications (with the system) when people have lied to us about who they really are,” Jorz adds. (Editor --— Aren't AFIS systems wonderful!)
This article was printed in “THE PRINT” |