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> Police in Britain, meanwhile, said a fingerprint check came back positive for the name Bouon Emmanuel Febile, a citizen of Cameroon. Any elation at a breakthrough was muted by a follow up cable from London: It was also positive for a different citizen of Cameroon, a citizen of Haiti, and a man of unknown citizenship.

Err, does this cast doubt on the reliability of fingerprint evidence?

The term "unique" is widely used in conjunction with fingerprints.

parent steveharman 7 years ago

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