How did detectives solve the case of the bloody fingerprints? - Theodore E. Yeshion
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In 1902, detectives arrived at a grisly murder scene and found a shard of broken glass with several bloody fingerprints. They painstakingly searched the police station’s records and eventually found a match— a man who later confessed to the crime. Today, fingerprints remain one of the most common types of evidence in criminal courts. But just how reliable are they? Theodore Yeshion investigates.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Theodore E. Yeshion
- Director
- Jeff Le Bars, Jet Propulsion
- Narrator
- Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Composer
- Salil Bhayani, cAMP Studio
- Sound Designer
- Amanda P.H. Bennett, cAMP Studio
