Introduction
Latent fingerprint is one of forensic evidence often used as a tool for individualization. It also serves as a source of biological material for DNA typing [1,2], especially for those low quality latent prints. Various chemical enhancement techniques are available to facilitate the visibility of fingerprint pattern. Powder dusting is one of the most common enhancement techniques and is routinely used. Previous studies have demonstrated that a number fingerprint powders, e.g., black, white, and magnetic powders, do not interfere the DNA typing process [3,4]. However, there was no report on DNA typing of fluorescent powder dusted fingerprint. Therefore, the effect of fluorescent powder on steps in DNA profiling was investigated in this study. We compared 2 extraction methods for DNA recovery from fluorescent powder dusted latent fingerprints on 3 different surface types and demonstrated the optimal conditions for DNA profiling.