"The alternative light source, like you’ve seen on crime shows to collect evidence, can now put domestic abusers behind bars–exposing injuries on their victim’s skin that many times can’t be seen....
“Their body is a crime scene,” Calderone said. “It could be the difference of whether a batterer is caught the first time or whether they end up actually killing somebody.”
“We shine this light and all of a sudden you can see the lines where the fingers were,” said Debra Holbrook, forensic nurse at Mercy hospital.“You can see the fingerprints where the pressure points were. You can see the slap marks. You can see things you never could have seen before.”
Photos show the detail revealed by the light. A red mark from a belt turns into a detailed imprint under the light.
“All of a sudden we have evidence,” Holbrook said...."
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