Individual Identification from Semen by the Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Fingerprint Technique

• NCJ Number: 115498
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 34 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1989) Pages: 222-227
• Author(s): M Honma; T Yoshii; I Ishiyama; K Mitani; R Kominami; M Muramatsu
• Date Published: 1989
• Length: 6 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Technical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

For individual identification from semen, the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fingerprint technique was used.

Abstract

In a blind trail, we succeeded in determining the semen donors among several volunteers comparing the DNA fingerprints of the blood and semen samples, respectively. Thereafter, we examined semen in a condom left beside a naked female dead body. The DNA fingerprint of the semen was recognized to be identical to that of the blood from a suspected man arrested later. This is the first report that the DNA fingerprint technique was practically used in a criminal investigation in Japan. (Author abstract)