National Geographic Documentaries

The Night Stalker (2015x15)

Fecha de emisión: May 09, 2015

Fingerprints have been used for identification purposes for centuries, but their role in CSI is a relatively recent phenomenon. It took the pioneering work of Argentine anthropologist Juan Vucetich in 1892 to realise their crime-cracking potential – and in doing so, inspire the techniques used to snare Richard Ramirez, the infamous ‘Night Stalker’ who terrorised Los Angeles almost a century later.