How Long Do The Constituents of Bodily Fluids Remain Traceable

by Dee
(England)

Photo Credit: Navin75

Photo Credit: Navin75

If blood, semen and faecal matter was deposited on items such as duvet covers, pyjamas and jeans in 2000 and then washed on a fairly regular basis for say a year afterwards and then stored in an airing cupboard until 2009.


Would there be any genetic material left to produce a sample capable of being replicated for analysis to produce a definitive and readable result?

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