Chapter 11: Science at the Cutting Edge: Scanning a Knife Mark with Electron Microscopy

Dr. Bass was involved in a cold case when the victim’s mother heard of Bass in the news and asked him to look into her daughter’s murder. When examining the skeleton, Bass found knife and stab marks in the clavicle bone with an Electron Microscope. A probe was used to determine what type of knife was used. However, the case remains cold because the authorities said that stab marks are a dead end.