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Steve Fairchild
Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 05:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
Slim, but their is a chance. Sometimes impressions are etched in the metal of the ammo casings and sometimes there are contaminated impressions (in sebaceous contaminate, etc.) that will survive immersion in water or sewage.
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peter eldridge
Posted on Thursday, October 06, 2005 - 12:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
26 9x19 luger ammunition found submerged in sewage for unknown time what are chances of recovering fingerprints?

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