Show Notes

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…




Sources:


The Blackout Ripper: A serial killer in wartime London. Crime + Investigation UK. (n.d.). https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/the-blackout-ripper-a-serial-killer-in-wartime-london




Blanco, J. I. (n.d.). Gordon Cummins: Murderpedia, the Encyclopedia of Murderers. Gordon Cummins | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers. https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cummins-gordon.htm




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



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