All Trace, Document and Physical Evidence Analysis

Landmark cases whose defining forensic significance is classical physical-evidence analysis outside biometric or digital methods: handwriting analysis and wood and toolmark examination of a ransom ladder, fiber evidence linking a suspect's home and vehicle to multiple victims, and forensic pathology identification of buried remains by a distinguishing physical feature. Belongs here: a case whose historical importance rests on comparing or examining a physical object, document or bodily remains rather than DNA, fingerprints or digital data. Does not belong here: a case whose significance is specifically genetic or fingerprint matching, grouped under the identification subcategories above, or specifically linguistic or digital analysis, grouped under Linguistic, Documentary and Digital Forensics.