CNN CNN Newsroom With Brooke Baldwin May 25, 2015 19:29:00
Be seen with the help of another machine. >> the laser would trace the dna. that's what you're going to see here. >> reporter: it's a unique readout called a dna fingerprint. to solve the case that fingerprint can be added to or matched in a federal database including some 14 million different profiles. >> hair saliva urine, semen, all these can be used. >> reporter: seemingly small clues picked up at crime scenes. he says a piece of crust can yield millions of cells or even just a few. sometimes that's just enough to identify a suspect or even solve a case. alexandra field, cnn, new york. >> ...