My niece wants to know: if she donates her hair to Locks of Love, and the recipient of her hair commits a crime and leaves hair at the crime scene, will her DNA be found all over the crime scene and thus incriminate her? She's 12.
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[–] 70 points 8 months ago

As a frequent watcher of Forensic Files, I concur. There is no DNA to match in hair. Donated hair is also washed in these programs, so any other sources of DNA, other than an attached root, is going to be washed away.

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