Tool Mark Analysis
Tool Marks are impressions or marks produced when a tool comes into contact with an object; the tool is generally the harder of the two objects. Physical contact between a tool and the surface of an object produces marks not only characteristic of the type of tool used, but marks that may be unique to a single tool.
Laboratory Tests Performed
- Comparison of the questioned tool mark to a suspect tool to determine common origin.
- Fracture matching to determine common origin
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