[Rheo]

Just to be accurate..it was not a handprint...it was the print of the left ring and left middle finger....why do suppose they didn't print the entire horizontal cabinet over the bed?

[nycgal]

Rheo, am I correct when I say that the cabinet in the MH where DVD's prints were found is not the cabinet directly over the bed, but is to its right (driver's side)? If this is true DVD would have been standing on the floor of the MH, possibly opening the cabinet door and NOT laying on the bed as some have been posting.

[luvbach1]

Ok, not a full handprint, but more than a fingerprint. As we know,the important thing is that it establishes her presence in the bedroom of the MH. Where did you learn they did not test for prints over the entire cabinet? Seems inconceivable that they would not.

[Yeti]

why do suppose they didn't print the entire horizontal cabinet over the bed?

Because they knew there was nothing incriminating in those locations, since they had only planted the one print with the rehydrated hand.

Why were there fingerprints all over the place, except in the area of Danielle's print, where there was only the one? And why did it take an independent-minded detective to go find this out on his own?

They wipe the cabinet to prepare for the print, then realize that will look a little too convenient, a cleanly wiped circle with a damning fingerprint in the middle, so they wipe to the corners of the face of the cab., Then they realize that if there is only one fingerprint on the cab and the rest of the place is full of them, it will look odd. They realize that in order to get several good prints placed, they will have to wipe down the whole MH, and that will be just too much. Oh, well, the one will be enough, and we just "won't dust" the rest. Quick lets get out of here!