tool mark
Implement's left evidence
A tool mark is an impression, scratch, or other marking left on a surface by a tool—a pry bar on a door frame, pliers on a wire, a screwdriver on a lock.
In forensic investigation, tool marks are examined to match a specific implement to a crime scene: The tool marks on the window matched the crowbar found in his car.
- impressionEffect on the mind
- forensicPertaining to legal investigation
- crime labEvidence examination facility
- forensic analysisScientific examination for legal proceedings
- scratchSuperficial wound or mark
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type of forensic evidence
tool markfingerprint
Friction ridge impression
DNA evidence · bite mark · handprint · eyewitness testimony · weathering
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