Forensic Geology

by James Mangan
(Iowa, USA)

Photo Credit: Ian Turk

Forensic geology question. Is it possible to determine (or perhaps rule out, or narrow down) the body of water where a victim might have been murdered from the sand beneath the victim's fingernails?

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