Journal of Forensic Sciences · 2001 · 20 citations · 4 references
PharmacyChemistryToxicologyCrimeElemental AnalysisHomicideForensic AnalysisForensic EvidenceHomicide InvestigationInstrumental AnalysisMass Spectrometric Elemental AnalysisTrace Element AnalysisCrime Scene EvidenceForensic Elemental AnalysisForensic Sample AnalysisIsotope Ratio AnalysisIsotopic AnalysisIsotopic Ratio AnalysisLead Isotope AnalysisVisual Inspection
Bullets were characterized by lead isotope ratio analysis and trace element analysis in two homicides. In one case, we concluded that a fatal bullet did not share a common origin with bullets in a box of ammunition containing 24 cartridges taken from suspects. Evidence in the second case included two bullets from the crime scene and 163 bullets taken from various suspects. We were able to infer that the two bullets from the crime scene did not share a common origin and that they differed from all of the bullets taken from suspects. All of the suspects' ammunition had been reloaded as was evident both from trace and isotopic analysis and, indeed, from visual inspection.
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Lead Isotope Ratios in Lead Smears and Bullet Fragments and Application in Firearm Investigations
J Andrasko, I Kopp, Å Åbrink et al. · Journal of Forensic Sciences · 1993 · 28 citations
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