How Police Use Glitter To Solve Crimes

The comedian Demetri Martin often jokes that glitter is the herpes of craft supplies. The line always gets a big laugh, because anyone who’s ever encountered glitter in any form knows that once you’ve been exposed to the stuff, you’re stuck pulling tiny particles from body crevices and couch cushions forever. The police have also noted glitter’s maddening clinginess, and figured out a way to use it for good. In a <a href="http://projects.nfstc.org/trace/docs/final/Blackledge_Glitter.pdf" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">paper</a> titled “Glitter As Forensic Evidence,” retired criminalist Bob Blackledge argues that in criminal investigations, glitter provides an ideal way to trace criminals to crime scenes. There’s a scientific theory called Locard’s Principle. It says that every time a person makes contact with another person, place or thing, they leave a physical trace. These traces let forensic scientists find connections between suspects, victims and crime scenes. <a href="https://medium.com/omgfacts/how-police-use-glitter-to-solve-crimes-a866cbbebe17">Click Here</a>