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Forensic specialists from the Federal Bureau of Investigation are on the Texas State University campus today to learn techniques for recovering fingerprints from human remains.
The training, given by faculty in Texas State's Forensic Anthropology Center, is designed to enable FBI Evidence Response Team members to recover fingerprints from fresh skin, partially decomposed remains, dismembered remains and mummified tissue.
What they learn can be applied at the scenes of crimes, accidents and natural disasters, Texas State officials said.
The trainees are working in a lab with human limbs as they learn to rehydrate tissue and enhance it chemically in the search for forensic evidence.
The training will take place in the Grady Early Forensic Anthropology Laboratory, 1727 Ranch Road 12.
The Forensic Anthropology Center at Texas State, one of a handful of forensic research centers in the U.S., works with law enforcement and medical examiners' offices, conducts research on skeletal remains and provides master's degree training in forensic anthropology.
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July 28, 2010
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