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Bullet Fragments Leave Unique Marks

            
            
             This article starts out explaining one of the snipers victim's. Their name was not released, but it does say that it was a male. The victim's body was a crime scene in itself. The bullet's fragments were "scattered inside his torso like tiny pieces of confetti" says a nurse (The Washington Post).
             In order for a proper investigation, the bullets needed to be identified. "All cases involving firearm identification start with identifying intentional designs that would be common to a particular group of weapons, such as caliber and riffling patterns" (The Washington Post). Then the article states how each gun leaves a specific pattern on the casing as well as the bullet; this is what is known as riffling patterns. The bullet is left with microscopic scratches that are created by the gun's barrel pattern. This case was very difficult due to the severely fragmented bullet, which then needed to be identified through forensic, which matched this bullet to the other shootings, which linked this sniper case to the others. .
             This case was matched due to Forensic Techniques, which is the science of gathering, identifying and analyzing evidence. (Criminal Justice in America p. 116).
            


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