Lip print identification: People v. Davis or the convenient citation

摘要

In a recent Original Communication entitled: "Stability of lip-print patterns: A longitudinal study of Saudi females" published in the Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Eldomiaty et al. (2014) presented an excellent study proving the lasting stability of lip print patterns over the years in a specific population.1 Beyond their conclusions and recommendations (in fact, we coincide with all of them), we believed that their assertions "...lip prints have been proven to be unique and distinguishable for every individual, similar to fingerprints. The analysis of the lip prints left at the scene of a crime (on cups, cigarette butts or the skin) and their comparison with those of a suspected person constitutes an important tool for identification and is often considered the key in solving a crime" need a little contribution.