Nick and Sara entered the evidence room and found the bag they were looking
for. The money from the bus was an odd assortment of rumpled dollar bills
and coins. Since most passengers in this day in age paid using the LV
Transit cards, it made the task a bit less daunting. Deciding to focus on
the bills for the moment they took the money to the print lab and began the
arduous process of fuming each bill. The coins would come later. As they
processed the money, it became clear that they would be very lucky to get a
clear print. As money changed hands so frequently, the overlap of
fingerprints on the bills created a mottled look on George Washington's
face.
"You know, I may never touch another dollar bill as long as I live. Look at how many people have touched these things." Sara commented.
"You can't spray Non-Oxinal 9 on everything, Sara." Nick teased.
"Very funny, Stokes." Sara returned her attention to the bills.
As they finished fuming the last bill, they decided to scan the bills and try and separate the individual prints and check them in AFIS before proceeding with the coins. After they had separated each print, keeping track of which bill it had come off of, they began to run them through AFIS. In short order they had a match off of one of the bills, but it turned out to be their vic. A few minutes later, they had another match off the same bill, the vic's older son Robby. Probably printed in a youth identification program with the local school district. On the next bill, they had some clear prints, but nothing that matched anything in AFIS. As they went through each bill, the story was pretty much the same, an occasional hit with the name of a child who had been fingerprinted in a school drive. On the last bill, they entered a fingerprint into the system and soon had a match. AFIS came up with the name of Doug Singleton, address unknown.
Grissom chose that moment to pop her head into the print lab. "How's it going in here?"
Sara turned and smiled at Catherine, "Got a name. Doug Singleton. No address. Also, got our vic's, no surprise there, and a couple of kids, probably from the fingerprinting drives the schools do every year."
Nick added, "We haven't fumed the coins yet though, so we don't know if we might get any additional prints off those."
"I'll get Warrick to help out with the fuming, and Catherine and I will see if we can run down your Doug Singleton." Grissom assigned.
"Sure thing, boss." Nick answered for both of them.
Grissom left as quickly as he appeared. Nick and Sara finished with the prints from the last bill, no more matches were made in AFIS. Warrick entered the print lab, "Grissom tells me you could use some help."
Sara smiled up at Warrick, "Yeah, we've got to fume those coins and then see if any of the prints are viable."
"Let's hit it." Warrick said as he joined the other two CSIs.
After they had fumed all of the coins, they found only four coins with anything resembling a print. Warrick scanned each coin and with a wizardry that was his special talent, he was able to remove the smudges from several otherwise useless prints. He, Sara, and Nick ran the prints through AFIS, but found no matches.
"So, where are we at now?" Warrick asked wearily.
"Dead end, unless Grissom and Catherine come up with something on our Doug Singleton." Sara replied.
"Why don't we all take a break and get some coffee. Maybe by then, Catherine and Grissom will be back." Nick suggested.
"Alright, man. Hopefully, Sanders has made some coffee recently, I don't want any of that swill the dayshift calls coffee." Warrick grinned and headed out of the print lab with Nick and Sara close behind.
"You know, I may never touch another dollar bill as long as I live. Look at how many people have touched these things." Sara commented.
"You can't spray Non-Oxinal 9 on everything, Sara." Nick teased.
"Very funny, Stokes." Sara returned her attention to the bills.
As they finished fuming the last bill, they decided to scan the bills and try and separate the individual prints and check them in AFIS before proceeding with the coins. After they had separated each print, keeping track of which bill it had come off of, they began to run them through AFIS. In short order they had a match off of one of the bills, but it turned out to be their vic. A few minutes later, they had another match off the same bill, the vic's older son Robby. Probably printed in a youth identification program with the local school district. On the next bill, they had some clear prints, but nothing that matched anything in AFIS. As they went through each bill, the story was pretty much the same, an occasional hit with the name of a child who had been fingerprinted in a school drive. On the last bill, they entered a fingerprint into the system and soon had a match. AFIS came up with the name of Doug Singleton, address unknown.
Grissom chose that moment to pop her head into the print lab. "How's it going in here?"
Sara turned and smiled at Catherine, "Got a name. Doug Singleton. No address. Also, got our vic's, no surprise there, and a couple of kids, probably from the fingerprinting drives the schools do every year."
Nick added, "We haven't fumed the coins yet though, so we don't know if we might get any additional prints off those."
"I'll get Warrick to help out with the fuming, and Catherine and I will see if we can run down your Doug Singleton." Grissom assigned.
"Sure thing, boss." Nick answered for both of them.
Grissom left as quickly as he appeared. Nick and Sara finished with the prints from the last bill, no more matches were made in AFIS. Warrick entered the print lab, "Grissom tells me you could use some help."
Sara smiled up at Warrick, "Yeah, we've got to fume those coins and then see if any of the prints are viable."
"Let's hit it." Warrick said as he joined the other two CSIs.
After they had fumed all of the coins, they found only four coins with anything resembling a print. Warrick scanned each coin and with a wizardry that was his special talent, he was able to remove the smudges from several otherwise useless prints. He, Sara, and Nick ran the prints through AFIS, but found no matches.
"So, where are we at now?" Warrick asked wearily.
"Dead end, unless Grissom and Catherine come up with something on our Doug Singleton." Sara replied.
"Why don't we all take a break and get some coffee. Maybe by then, Catherine and Grissom will be back." Nick suggested.
"Alright, man. Hopefully, Sanders has made some coffee recently, I don't want any of that swill the dayshift calls coffee." Warrick grinned and headed out of the print lab with Nick and Sara close behind.