footprint evidence

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footprint evidence - evidence in the form of footprints; "there was footprint evidence that he had been at the scene of the crime"

evidence - an indication that makes something evident; "his trembling was evidence of his fear"

footmark, footprint, step - a mark of a foot or shoe on a surface; "the police made casts of the footprints in the soft earth outside the window"

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Even more conclusive was the footprint evidence. Henry Dobson had stepped around the body and his prints were clearly seen.

Evidence which 'proves' labourer hanged for murder 81 years ago was innocent; Robert Hoolhouse protested his innocent right up until his last breath as he faced the hangman's noose in Durham in 1938

He also wrote that the sheriff's office fabricated footprint evidence that supposedly linked the men to the crime scene.

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It has also emerged that a report was withheld from the defence team at Mr Gilfoyle's trial, which described how officers allegedly walked through the crime scene instead of sealing it off, which tainted potential footprint evidence.

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Also Thursday, Hernandez lawyer James Sultan aggressively went after footprint evidence in the case, questioning how it was collected and matched with shoes Hernandez was shown on video wearing that night.

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The professor analysed the fictional detective's use of footprint evidence deciding where he got it right or wrong.

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Cards were scored as confirmed adult or large juvenile giant weta present (footprint evidence) or absent.

Effective monitoring of arboreal giant weta (Deinacrida heteracantha and D. mahoenui; Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) using footprint tracking tunnels

While it failed to find a suspect, police warned the killer they had a full DNA profile along with fingerprint and footprint evidence.