Iowa
Division
International Association for Identification
Fingerprints
Age Determination - A Case Report
Can Two Identical Ridge Patterns Actually Occur?
Daubert and Fingerprints: The United States vs. Brian C. Mitchell
Developing Prints on Adhesive Surfaces
Effective and Cost Efficient Catalyst - (superglue)
Enhancement of the Fingerprint
Getting the Most of your Fingerprint Powders
Hidden Evidence: Latent Prints off Human Skin
Iodine and Silver Nitrate Processes
Is Friction Ridge Skin Identification a Science?
Latent Fingerprints from Latex Gloves
Latent Print Powders (How, when, and with what?)
Superglue - Atmospheric Method
The Last and The First - an important history lesson
Fragile (Sensitive) Fingerprint Recovery from Mylar Surface
Mike Byrd, a Miami Dade County police officer and Crime Scene Investigator passed away peacefully on Friday, February 25th 2005, at 2043 hours after a more than two year battle with multiple myeloma cancer. Mike was 49 years old. He was the real-life Crime Scene Investigations Officer portrayed today on television shows and the visionary pioneer of forensics techniques that solved crimes.
View Mike Byrd's obituary here.
The Iowa Division of the International Association for Identification extends sincere sympathy to the Byrd family. Mike contributed many articles to the Iowa I.A.I. website as we were just getting started years ago. The Iowa I.A.I. is very proud to continue offering this article which was authored by Mike.