Fingerprints are used to identify a victim, suspect or unknown witness to confirm records and, more importantly, as connections between a suspect and a crime (6 ). Even if you have no initial suspect, fingerprints can create leads and sometimes provide clues to the criminal's occupation, gender, and height (6). Forensic scientists have used fingerprints as a means of identification for centuries. Fingerprint identification is one of the most important identification factors in criminal investigations because of one thing: their uniqueness (8). A person's fingerprints cannot change over time. Permanent scars are the only way a fingerprint can change. Additionally, fingerprints are different in each person; they could be used simply to connect to a phone or to reopen a cold