The investigation of serious crime scenes, such as murder by stabbing, requires a meticulous reconstruction of the events that have led to the crime and can be based, among others, on the analysis of blood stains that could help to connect the suspect to the victim and to the crime scene. In particular, blood-contaminated fingermarks (FMs) that are commonly found on surfaces such as plaster walls in crime scenes [1] may provide crucial evidence to the Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) units for the identification of those involved. Such marks are
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