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Hi, Trussell. Good to see you again.

It has been said in one of the media reports that the kidnapper was reported (by MK) to have had black hair on his arms and the backs of his hands. Because of this, I always discounted the idea that the kidnapper wore gloves.

BUT I was recently reading the book about the Zodiac killer by Robert Graysmith. A lot of the letters written by the Zodiac are reprinted in that book. In one letter, Zodiac boasts of leaving no fingerprints because he had covered the tips of his fingers and parts of his palms with airplane glue, which he then let dry, to form a coating. There is also a product called (I think) New Skin. I have used this on small cuts, such as paper cuts. It is a liquid bandage. You brush it across the skin and it dries in a film. It does not come off through mere exposure to water--you have to scrub or peel it off. It protects small cuts very well.

A person can also remove his own fingerprints from his fingertips by burning them off using hot oil or some other means. I read about a case lately in which the perp did that, and LE said it wasn't that uncommon. Can't give you a cite, just noted this in passing.

Hello Devil_Anse; good to see you too. I was beginning to wonder if we had lost you too, its been awhile.

There is also a product called (I think) New Skin.

I have a bottle of that right here. I use it for small cuts on me and my kids. I haven't noticed if it filled in the cracks good enough to take away finger prints. I may need to experiment.

That is definately something to consider.

I was recently reading the book about the Zodiac killer, Zodiac boasts of leaving no fingerprints because he had covered the tips of his fingers and parts of his palms with airplane glue,

how can you compare Ricci to Zodiac. Zodiac never got caught, despite brazen egoistic display.