MORGANTOWN — While duct tape’s adhesive properties have long been recognized for their role in capturing crime scene DNA, the field of forensics has focused less on the information hiding
On this West Virginia Morning, Gov. Jim Justice called the legislature into special session Sunday afternoon, and News Director Eric Douglas speaks with WVU researchers about their work to analyze duct tape and make it even stronger evidence in court.
Duct tape found at crime scenes can provide forensic scientists with important information, but no standardized protocol for analyzing it has ever existed, until now.
Tatiana Trejos, assistant professor in the West Virginia University Department of Forensic and Investigative Science, and graduate student Meghan Prusinowski have developed a one-of-a-kind method that provides a systematic approach for comparing pieces of trace evidence on duct tape that appears to be from the same source.