CNN Forensic Files July 12, 2015 07:16:00
Visually compared samples from michele's hair brush to the braided hair, looking for similarities in color, consistency, and structure. >> microscopic characteristics were very consistent with each other. the widths were the same. the medullary component was the same. the center portions and the mid-region portions of the hair were the same. >> but this was not conclusive. microscopic similarity is still not a match. but with this new evidence, detective ireland was not willing to let the case go cold again. so she contacted a group of scientists with an odd mission and an unusual name. they c...