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Chilling cases solved by fingerprints including vile killers Den Nilsen and Peter Tobin
British murder solved using fingerprint evidence took place in March 1905, in Deptford, south London.When shopkeeper Thomas Farrow, 71, and his wife Ann were found beaten to death during a robbery, an empty cash box was discovered at the scene with a bloody thumbprint.Detectives compared it to those on file, but couldn’t find a match, yet witnesses had seen brothers Alfred and Albert Stratton behaving suspiciously in the area.The pair were brought in and when their prints were taken, Alfred’s thumb matched the one on the cash box.
