Questioned Sample
geological evidence of unknown origin, or a questioned sample, typically consists of debris adhering to an evidentiary object (for example, tire, wheel well, garment, shoe, digging tool); exogenous soil left at a crime scene (transferred from a shoe/tire, or adhering to a re-buried body/object); or debris recovered from within a body (nasal, stomach, or lung contents).
Committee
Trace Materials
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASTM E1732 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2025.
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Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM E1732 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard is available from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org