Without regard to race, status, or age, the Night Stalker attacked. ... On the evening of August 24th, the Night Stalker ventured outside of his usual stalking area and traveled fifty miles south of Los Angeles into Mission Viejo. ... The Past of Fingerprint Identification To understand why the technology used to capture the Night Stalker was so novel, one must first understand the past of forensic identification. ... The field made little advancement from this point until 1686 when Marcello Malpighi was the first to note the differing characteristics of fingerprints. ... Innovation and Deve...

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These men carried a pointed or bladed staff as a sign of authority, lantern to see in the night, and a horn or bell to call for back up or assistance. ... Field note taking and crime scene recording is also extremely important to patrol duties. ... It is important that officers know when to take notes. Notes should be taken when dealing with complaints, investigating crime scene for evidence, when meeting an informant, and when noticing something suspicious, and reports must be turned in within 24 hours. ...

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A strategy that criminal investigators should take in order to conduct an efficient follow-up investigation is to ensure all observations and notes are shared from the officers that conducted the preliminary investigation to the officers that are conducting the follow-up. ... For instance, bad weather during the night in a rural area without streetlights may have been a reason why the scene of a crime was not thoroughly checked for evidence, but it is possible that some evidence could still be collected during a different time of the day, such as a bullet casing or a weapon tossed from a car. ...

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