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Hello everyone,

I am hoping that someone here might have a good idea for me. I am writing a paper about Juan Vucetich and the Rojas murder case (1892). Does anyone know of any good reference material with information on the case? I have been able to find some small blurbs on the internet and in some of the texts in my agency's library, and I have the information from Ashbaugh's text. Does anyone know of any additional resources?

Thanks so much!

You might already have this, but I was surprised by the scan of Rojas's prints at this website:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visib ... etich.html

This one has a blurb at the end about the murder, but at least it is from the Argentinian government website.
http://www.mseg.gba.gov.ar/historiavuce/Juanvuce.htm

I also remember reading a fair account in some book, maybe in the Colin Beavan book Fingerprints.

Otherwise, I wonder if there might be some info in Argentina. If you don't know Spanish, call in a favor from a friend who does and see if there's anything worthwhile in databases that include Spanish articles.

In the 1940's, "Finger Print and Identification Magazine" featured Vucetich at least three times:

"Fifty Years of Dactyloscopy in Argentina" 25(4), October 1943

"The Vucetich System of Classification and Filing" 28(8), February 1947

"Juan Vucetich - The Juridical and Social Significance of His Work" 30(3), September 1948

There is some mentions of the Rojas case, but these articles give a nice background on Juan.

Simon Cole (2001) devotes a few pages to Vucetich in "Suspect Identities," as does Andre Moenssens (1971) in "Fingerprint Techniques."

Good luck!

Thank you for your help Diana and Darrell.

Darrell, do you know where I might be able to find the articles from the "Finger Print and Identification Magazine" to which you refer? My agency does not maintain copies of that particular magazine. I tried a quick google search and wasn't able to come up with anything on those particular articles.

Thanks again for all of your help!

Glad to help. Contact me off-line with a mailing address and I'll mail you copies of all three articles. My e-mail address is in my profile for this site, and I'm in the IAI directory.

Darrell