Some people are born to create music, some are born to lead, and some were born to fingerprint. 

Frederick R. Cherrill, aka ‘Fingerprint Man’, was a finger and palm print pioneer. His meticulous crime scene work and evidence organization are the basis for the same fingerprinting system we use today. 

Without Cherrill, London’s Blackout Ripper may have never been caught.

Let’s Mourn…

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Detective Frederick R. Cherrill and the Lee Case Part 1. (n.d.). https://www.trivia-library.com/b/detective-frederick-r-cherrill-and-thelee-case-part-1.htm

Hauck, G. (2023, July 25). She did 28 years for murder. now this wrongfully convicted woman is going after corrupt Chicago police. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/25/chicago-police-detective-federal-lawsuit/70462364007/

Lartey, J. (2023, May 20). In 2022, exonerations hit a record high in the U.S. The Marshall Project. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/05/20/wrongful-conviction-exoneration-2022-record-kim-foxx

Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, March 3). Gordon Cummins. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cummins