TRACE EVIDENCE

A KEY

• Contact a locksmith
• Find the use for the key
• Find the owner of the key

SAND

• Take to a forensics scientists to find the origin of the sand
• Place the suspect wherever the specific sand was found

TWISTY TIES

• A bag tie for food or something
• Find who makes the twisty ties and where they are sold
• Could have partial fingerprints

GUM

• Find out what kind of gum it is
• You could find saliva or DNA on gum
• See if suspect chews same kind of gum

CRAYON

• Could lift fingerprints to see if suspect has any relation to crayons
• Contact sellers of the type of crayon in the area

YARN

• Find out what kind of yarn it is and where it's from
• Could be connected to suspects clothing or something in their house
• Could be found at the scene and connected to someone who has the yarn

TOENAIL

• Get DNA from a forensic scientist to compare the toenail
• DNA to match to a suspect

HAIR

• Forensic scientist to compare hair DNA to a suspect
• Could match a suspect
• Could narrow down by color of hair if no DNA found

EMBER

• Find where there was wood being burned
• Someone who smells like smoke
• Narrow down suspects from who works with wood maybe

USED MATCH

• See if there is DNA left on the match
• Talk to forensic scientist about when it was used or something

CHERRY SEED

• See who is connected with the case and eats cherries
• If there were seeds found at the scene could connect to a suspect

BACON BITS

• Find anyone connected with case that has bacon bits
• See if anyone had been around bacon and it could connect a suspect to a place

WOOD CHIP

• See if suspect works around wood
• Gives a place to see where the wood came from

MARBLE

• Forensic scientists and marble manufacturer
• Finger prints or finding where the marble was from

BUTTON

• See who wears buttons
• What type of clothing the buttons are on