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Transforming presumptive forensic testing: in situ identification and age estimation of human bodily fluids

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posted on 2018-11-12, 14:27 authored by Stephanie Rankin-Turner, Matthew TurnerMatthew Turner, Paul KellyPaul Kelly, Roberto S.P. King, Jim ReynoldsJim Reynolds
The ability to achieve rapid, in situ identifcation and age estimation of human bodily fluids can provide valuable information during the investigation of a crime. A novel direct analysis method now permits the rapid in situ identification and age estimation of human bodily fluids for forensic analysis at crime scenes. A thermal desorption surface sampling probe was developed and coupled with a compact mass spectrometer for the direct analysis of volatile organic compound (VOC) profiles of human bodily fluids within two months and in different environmental conditions, without the need for prior sample preparation. The method is not only capable of identifying bodily fluids and discriminating against common interferent species, but also differentiating between bodily fluid stains of different ages over a time period of two months. This demonstrates the potential for rapid in situ identification and age estimation of bodily fluids without the need for contaminative presumptive tests or time-consuming sample preparation.

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  • Science

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  • Chemistry

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Chemical Science

Volume

10

Issue

4

Pages

1064 - 1069

Citation

RANKIN-TURNER, S. ... et al., 2018. Transforming presumptive forensic testing: In-situ identification and age estimation of human bodily fluids. Chemical Science, 10 (4), pp.1064-1069.

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Royal Society of Chemistry

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Acceptance date

2018-11-06

Publication date

2018-11-07

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This is an Open Access Article. It is published by Royal Society of Chemistry under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

ISSN

2041-6520

eISSN

2041-6539

Language

  • en

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