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Hello,
I am a college student working on reseach about a low cost alternative method to obtaining prints on descedants. I have heard about the "hand boiling" technique as well as the tissue builder method. Does anyone have other methods that might work, but may not have been researched? The research will be geared towards cost effectiveness as well as the least amount of damage to the integrity of the remains.

Any replies are greatly appreciated.
Thanks again for any help,

Christina

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On CLPEX home page, link to “Hamm’s Fingerprint Index”, enter “PMI” in search query for list of articles on post mortem identification. The following unlisted articles will be in an upcoming reversion of the index.

Obtaining Fingerprints From Mummified Remains: A Method for Tissue Rehydration Adopted from Archeological Literature, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 45:4 (2000)

Fingerprinting the Deceased: Traditional and New Techniques, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 46:4 (2001)

Lessons in DVI (Disaster Victim Identification), Fingerprint Whorld, 32:123 (2006)

Letters to the Editor: A Post-Mortem Technique, Fingerprint Whorld, 32:123

Obtaining Fingerprint and Palmprint Impressions from Decomposed Bodies or Burn Victims Using the Mikrosil Casting Method, Journal of Forensic Identification, 55:4 (2005)

The Boiling Technique: A Method for Obtaining Quality Postmortem Impressions from Deteriorating Friction Ridge Skin, Journal of Forensic Identification, 57:3 (2007)