[Publius Valerius]

OK, now the "no prints on file" thing is really curious. If he is a student, don't they give prints on their ID's? No birth certificate on file anywhere with prints? If he is NOT an American citizen, wouldn't his prints have been on file through immigration?

I don't think it is weird at all. If he isn't a criminal, why would he be fingerprinted? At least in my state, you don't get fingerprinted at birth and you don't get fingerprinted when you go to school.

My whole life, I was never fingerprinted until I took the bar exam. I don't think it's unusual at all for a person not to have fingerprints on file with the government. Why would they? Why would you want that?

[relee]

You get fingerprinted when you apply for a CCW, to get a security clearance, to get bonded, when you are arrested, etc.

[Loyolas Mattman]

Why do they need fingerprints at all? If this guy was an established member of the VT engineering department community, someone knew him and could ID him. Unless he isn’t a member of the community at all...

There’s not going to be a trial - the perp is dead. Why all this effort to gather evidence?