10A Go Beyond 4 Unit 6 Vocab pg 64: Types of Evidence

proof that someone who is thought to have committed a crime could not have done it, especially the fact or statement that they were in another place at the time it happened

• witness

• trail

• remains

• alibi

a sign or some information which helps you to find the answer to a problem, question or mystery

• alibi

• trail

• remains

• clue

deoxyribonucleic acid: the chemical at the center of the cells of living things, which is unique to each person, and can be collected from blood, hair, skin cells, and other bodily substances

• DNA

• fingerprints

• alibi

• remains

the pattern of curved lines on the end of a finger or thumb, which is different in every person, or a mark left by this pattern

• DNA

• fingerprint

• footprint

• remains

the mark made by a person's or animal's foot

• trail

• fingerprint

• footprint

• remains

a small area on the surface of something which is damaged, dirty or different in some way

• proof

• remains

• fingerprint

• mark

a fact or piece of information which shows that something exists or is true

• proof

• remains

• alibi

• mark

pieces or parts of something which continue to exist when most of it has been used, destroyed or taken away

• proof

• remains

• DNA

• mark

various pieces of information which together show where someone you are searching for has gone

• proof

• trail

• alibi

• mark

a person who sees an event happening, especially a crime or an accident

• proof

• witness

• DNA

• clue