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Case puzzle: For amusement only!

Introduction

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This is a quiz in two parts:

Firstly, I will first give you the profiles obtained in this hypothetical case. Second, In a couple of weeks, once we have some responses and discussion, I will post the profiles of the suspect(s) and anyone else potentially involved,

A stain is recovered from two separate items obtained from the complainer in an assault. When the profile of the wearer is removed, the following partial profiles are obtained using standard SGM+ analysis;

 

 

vWA

D16

D2

D8

D18

D19

THO1

FGA

Stain 1

 

 

19

9

14

 

7 8

22

Stain 2

19

 

19

 

 

15

7 8

 

 

1. What is the most likely number of contributors to these profiles?

2. Can the stains be combined to produce a ‘better’ profile?


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