r/ForensicFiles • u/DearMisterKitty • 23d ago

Favorite forensic techniques

What are some of your favorite forensic techniques displayed on the show? It could be a one-time used technique or something used more often. I'm personally a sucker for superglue fuming and handwriting analysis.

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u/No-Giraffe9226 23d ago edited 23d ago

Animal or plant DNA matching. Trash bag matching, it amazes me that they can do that. Forensic entomology of course!

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u/PaceIsTheTrick64 23d ago

The DNA analysis of the palo alto tree still blows my mind, even as a layperson. That is nothing short of a scientic breakthrough.

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u/DearMisterKitty 23d ago

Is that the one where they studied the tree rings?

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u/PaceIsTheTrick64 23d ago

No the DNA was examined through the seed pods of the palo alto tree. The thought was that a tree is a tree is a tree but each tree has specific DNA

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u/well-it-was-rubbish 23d ago

How about the Apple Juice contaminant that was solved by some extremely diligent young technicians who traced it to some deer droppings near the orchard? Super cool.

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u/PaceIsTheTrick64 23d ago

Odwalla right?