FORENSICS
"Ta, ta, ta, ta, ta,
fingerprints." (Trap)
Blood
knowledge
• Huggy notes
it is blood on the car door. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Hutch knows it is blood on a leaf. (Satan’s Witches)
• Hutch knows it is blood on the floor of the shack.
(Snowstorm)
• Hutch says “I got blood here too” on the sidewalk.
(Losing Streak)
• Hutch says he “has blood too” in the Captain’s stateroom.
(Murder at Sea)
• Starsky and Hutch deny knowledge of how to treat the
blood in pool water. (Pilot)
• "All that blood's liable to throw off that chemical
balance something fierce," says the hotel manager. (Pilot)
• Starsky knows it is blood on the cabin door by the smell.
(Satan’s Witches)
• Starsky says “got blood.” It is Smitty’s at the Western
Hotel. (Running)
• Starsky says “I got blood” in Captain’s stateroom.
(Murder at Sea)
• Starsky says “I got blood” on Vic’s car. (Losing Streak)
• Hutch tells Dobey, “If it’s Starsky’s blood, it won’t
matter,“ regarding the blood in the john. (Bloodbath)
• Starsky tells Kira, “If you prick us, doth we not bleed?”
(Starsky vs. Hutch)
Blood that isn’t human
•
There is bull blood on the mirror in the bathroom.
(Bloodbath)
• There is goat blood in a jar at Slade’s room. (Vampire)
• There is goat blood painted on the cabin door. (Satan’s
Witches)
Buckets and
blood
•
Starsky asks for clarification, “Isn’t that Artie Solkin’s
Bucket of Blood?” (Vendetta)
• Starsky and Hutch are trying to get receipts together;
they have one from the “Blood Bucket” (Hutchinson for
Murder One)
Crime scene body
outlines
•
Palmer (Birds of a Feather)
• Michelle (Deadly Imposter)
• Allen Richards (Class in Crime)
Bad breath
•
Goose breathes heavily on Starsky to prove “he is alive.”
Starsky mentions “air pollution.” (Bust Amboy)
• The guy Starsky cuffs in robbery smells bad, but it is
raw fish Starsky smells. (Tap Dancing)
• Hutch waves Starsky’s alcoholic breath away with a hand.
(Moonshine)
•
Pucker has bad breath. (Pilot)
• Rosey Malone breathes on Starsky, and Starsky pretends to
collapse from the smell. (Rosey Malone)
• Starsky breathes on Hutch. Hutch remarks, “It’s a little
gamey.” (Murder at Sea)
• Starsky breathes on Hutch. “It’s a little gamey, isn’t
it?” Starsky scams Hutch’s freshener. (Heroes)
• Starsky has bad breath due to tostadas. Watch Starsky
breathe into his own hand and smell is breath. (Discomania)
• Wally has bad breath. Both Starsky and Hutch wave his
breath away with a hand. (Lady Blue)
• Starsky says nowhere does it say in the Constitution he
has to be nice to reporters with bad breath, commenting on
Stu Basset’s. (Foxy Lady)
• Monty Voorhees has bad breath; Starsky waves it away from
his face. (Bounty Hunter)
• Starsky threatens patrons with jail cells filled with
people who have “elephant breath.” (Heroes)
Starsky and Hutch’s
autopsies
• Hutch mentions Starsky’s autopsy, saying the coroner
would find a “petrified beef burrito.” Starsky helpfully
adds, “With onions.” (Survival)
• Starsky mentions Hutch’s autopsy report. He wants to
know, for clarification, what is in the health shake.
(Pariah)
Spit, drool, sweat and
vomit
• Dobey says “traces of human saliva" were found on Honey’s
neck. (Vampire)
• Hutch spits pool water into the face of Jack Parker.
(Groupie)
• It's going to be "forty-eight hours of sweat and pain"
for Hutch. (Pilot)
• Hutch comments the “guy was in spitting distance” of
Lindsay and Richards. (Cover Girl)
• Hutch replies to Starsky, “Hey, what’s a little drool
among friends, huh?” (Birds of a Feather)
• Hutch spits out his coffee in surprise at hearing of
Starsky’s Brahms tickets. (Targets 2)
• Hutch tells Starsky to “quit spitting on your paddle.”
(Sweet Revenge)
• The man Dolphin bumps into on the way into the Belmont
spits on him. (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Hutch tells Starsky to “stop drooling in the food.”
(Terror on the Docks)
• Pardee spits on Hutch. (Game)
• Hutch spits his coffee out into Starsky’s sink. (Starsky
vs. Hutch)
• Hutch tells Starsky, “I think I am going to throw up.”
Starsky tells him, “Not in my car!” (Partners)
• Starsky throws up after drinking too much moonshine.
(Moonshine)
• Hutch throws up during his heroin withdrawal. (Fix)
• Reese chortles it is the “first time we’ve gotten within
spitting distance of the front page since…1959.” (Golden
Angel)
• Starsky says to Hutch, “I know you’re excited but do you
have to drool on my seat?” (Birds of a Feather)
• Starsky spits on his hands before arm wrestling. (Body
Worth Guarding)
• Starsky tells Huggy that Hutch is liking watching Anna
“less than spit.” (Body Worth Guarding)
• Starsky tells Hutch to spit on his hurt knuckle. (Murder
on Stage 17)
• Starsky tells Hutch, "You know coming down here to watch
you sweat is not the high point of my day." (Pilot)
• Steve Hanson tells Starsky and Hutch about a woman
spitting on Wally Stone after he got out of prison. (Murder
on Stage 17)
• The saliva sample from a glass provides information.
(Avenger)
• Hutch tells White, "You sweat, White. Because after we've
got Rankin, we're coming after you." (Losing Streak)
• Hutch tells Starsky that all a wrestler needs is "to
spit, groan and fly around the ring." (Omaha Tiger)
• A cigarette with lipstick is found with Charles Baron’s
body. (Ballad for a Blue Lady)
Aware of
fingerprints
•
A cop is seen dusting the television for fingerprints in
Palmer’s room. (Birds of a Feather)
• Colby uses a glove on the handle of the knife used to
kill Harvey Russo. (Deadly Imposter)
• Alec Corday wipes the letter opener’s handle. (Death in a
Different Place)
• Nick Hunter uses the towel to wipe the fingerprints off
the door handle as he leaves the hotel. (Death in a
Different Place)
• Dobey mentions fingerprints on envelope filled with
money. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
• Dobey tells Starsky and Hutch he's running a make on
"Elaine Stroud's" fingerprints, "but that might take a
couple of days." (Jojo)
• Drew uses cloth on the Torino’s handle after planting the
bomb. (Specialist)
• Hutch asks Officer Smitty to dust crime scene for prints
again. (Discomania)
• Starsky and Hutch call Dobey to get a lab team to check
Harry Johnson’s car for fingerprints. (Hostages)
• Jewelry store clerk doesn’t like Joey’s fingerprints on
his glass display case. (Trap)
• Hutch has the letter checked for prints. (Avenger)
• Hutch jokes Melinda is “probably dusting the deck for
fingerprints.” (Groupie)
• Hutch mentions they got a good thumbprint off the
register at “robbery.” It turns out to be Prudholm’s.
(Starsky’s Lady)
• Jewelry store owner “ta, ta, tas” Hutch over the
fingerprints he leaves on the glass counter. (Trap)
• Hutch tells someone on phone, while at a crime scene, to
“notify the prints and lab boys.” (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• J.T. asks for a new card deck to be used, a “fresh pack’s
got nobody's fingerprints on them.” (Huggy Can’t Go Home)
• Jack Parker’s prints are on the letter of credit and used
as a clue. (Groupie)
• Jimmy Lucas wears gloves to conceal his fingerprints.
(Birds of a Feather)
• PatriciaTalbert is ID’d through her fingerprints. (Pilot)
• Starsky picks up Jack Morgan’s gun by the tip of the
barrel. (Class in Crime)
• Prudholm wipes his off of the rifle. (Pariah)
• Starsky and Hutch use a cloth when they search Ryan’s
office. (Starsky and Hutch Are Guilty)
• Starsky hopes there are “latent prints” on the envelope
McClellan sends Rigger. (Targets 1)
• Starsky says “they’re looking for prints” at the St.
Francis Hotel. (Death in a Different Place)
• Starsky says not to bother dusting the car for
Callendar’s prints. (Plague)
• Starsky uses a cloth on phone at Harry’s place.
(Hostages)
• Starsky uses a cloth to open some of the bureau drawers.
(Vendetta)
• Starsky uses his police ID to turn weapon over. (Death in
a Different Place)
• Starsky uses Hutch’s shirt on the van door. (Psychic)
• Terry Nash’s fingerprints have been surgically removed.
(Set-Up)
• The fake Starsky assures Sharon he and the fake Hutch
didn’t leave any fingerprints. (Starsky and Hutch Are
Guilty)
• Dobey tells Hutch regarding abandoned van, “Let’s see
what the lab boys turn up.” (Bloodbath)
• The lab calls Hutch to tell him the blood in the bathroom
was not human, but bovine. (Bloodbath)
• The saliva on glass provides gender, race and blood type
information (Avenger)
• There “wasn’t a usable print in the whole thing,” Starsky
says about Moon’s plane. (Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
• Todesco tells Starsky and Hutch the rifle is “clean” and
has no prints. (Class in Crime)
Other
forensic moments
•
Dobey wants Baron’s “bug” sent to lab for analysis.
(Dandruff)
• From the “cooling of the body,” Emma Lou is thought to
have died at 5:00 am. (Texas Longhorn)
• Gum wrappers are a clue. (Terror on the Docks)
• Hutch can tell the assailant was smaller than victim
because the angle of entry was straight on. (Avenger)
• Hutch says, “Forensics said the explosion was set off by
a radio unit.” (Cover Girl)
• JFK quarter is a clue. (Vendetta)
• The ballistics match and this is a clue. (Committee,
Snowstorm)
• The boot's toe piece is evidence. (Texas Longhorn)
• Coroner Carboni tells Hutch the victims are killed with
one hand citing “the imprints on the throat.” (Quadromania)
• The lab is looking at rug fibers off of victim’s
clothing. (Discomania)
• Hutch has Dr. Jake take some shots of the tire tracks at
Emma Lou’s murder scene. (Texas Longhorn)
• Lieutenant Cameron says they have a match with Jack’s
shoe print. (Las Vegas Strangler)
• Starsky locates the snow tire and tries to match it to
tracks at the murder scene. (Texas Longhorn)
Careless forensic evidence
by criminals and sloppy police work
moments
•
Dobey refers to Meredith as Starsky’s “new partner.”
Starsky complains, ‘The body’s not even cold “ (Black and
Blue)
• Starsky and Hutch don't call the lab after Tommy leaves
the rat in the fridge and throws the brick through the
window. (Vendetta)
• Starsky handles the chloroform rag in Jack Morgan’s
apartment without gloves. (Class in Crime)
• Jojo and fellow thug get their fingerprints all over the
phone and doorknob at Brooks. (Jojo)
• Hutch covers Vanessa with a blanket. Fibers, fibers, ta,
ta, ta. (Hutchinson for Murder One)
• Hutch handles Carl Stoltz’s glass with bare hands.
(Specialist)
• Alec Corday is careless with his fingerprints at the St.
Francis Hotel with Orrin Lawford. (Death in a Different
Place)
• Alec Corday is careless with his prints in Blaine’s hotel
room. (Death in a Different Place)
• Bo Rile handles Konig’s possessions with bare hands.
(Bounty Hunter)
• Alec Corday wipes the handle of the letter opener to get
his prints off, but this leaves the handle bare of
supposedly Hunter’s prints as well. (Death in a Different
Place)
• Hutch opens the van door with bare hands. Shortly after,
he tells Dobey the likelihood of useful information being
found on it by the Lab Boys is as likely as the Tooth
Fairy. (Bloodbath)
• Hutch uses his shirt to open the van door, but it touches
other things with his bare hand. (Psychic)
• Hutch wads up the gum wrapper evidence and tosses it.
(Terror on the Docks)
• Judge McClellan gets his fingerprints all over cocaine
baggie and envelope. (Targets 1)
• Hutch, Simonetti and Dryden get their fingerprints all
over the diamond found in Hutch’s car. (Hutchinson for
Murder One)
• Disturbing a crime scene, Starsky flings open the
curtains in Jack Morgan’s apartment. (Class in Crime)
• While Hutch is somewhat careful, he still handles
Michelle’s cigarette in Jack Morgan’s apartment without
gloves. (Class in Crime)
• Officer Mike goads men in Line-Up, giving them, and the
people watching, inappropriate information. (Vendetta)
• Blaine’s bed sheets aren’t being bagged for evidence. To
make matters worse, Starsky sits on them. (Death in a
Different Place)
• Mike Todesco smokes at the Garras crime scene.
(Collector)
• Officer questions Starsky, Hutch and Eddie Moore together
in one room. (Bait)
• Pommier leaves crowbar with his prints at manhole cover.
(Captain Dobey, You’re Dead)
• Prudholm doesn’t do a very thorough job of wiping his off
rifle. (Pariah)
• Billy uses his bare hand on Ted Banks’ dad’s doorknob
after killing Ted. (Terror on the Docks)
• Starsky and Hutch are oblivious to fingerprints as they
handle doorknob and the mattress in shack. (Snowstorm)
• Starsky and Hutch basically trash Prudholm’s place,
throwing and kicking evidence and using their bare hands.
(Pariah)
• Jack Thorn is killed at 9:00 pm. His car crash was at
3:00 am, making him six hours dead. This would mean his
coroner was pretty sloppy. (Death Notice)
• Starsky and Hutch, first on scene, carelessly touch and
move all sorts of things in Jack’s apartment. (Class in
Crime)
• Starsky gets his fingers all over prescription bottle he
finds on the garage floor. (Discomania)
• Starsky picks up the phone at Prudholm’s trap on Breen
with disregard to fingerprints. (Starsky’s Lady)
• Starsky, Hutch and Kalowitz are careless about Edward
Crown’s gun at bust scene. While it is later understood
Burke and Corman have a vested interest in it disappearing,
one of the other three should have secured it. (Snowstorm)
• The silver toe piece is handled without regard to
fingerprints, is almost lost in Starsky’s car and then
carelessly slid on a café counter. It should have been in
an evidence bag and packed away. (Texas Longhorn)
• There is a distinct lack of recording and record keeping
in most interrogations. (various)
• While more dated than careless, Starsky and Hutch put
organic evidence in plastic bags, rather than paper.
(Avenger)
• While somewhat aware of prints on letter, Hutch still
handles it carelessly. (Avenger)
• While Starsky uses protection when opening up Tommy’s
bureau, he doesn’t with Jimmy’s. (Vendetta)
First paraffin moment
• Dobey mentions the paraffin test done on the hotel
burgler, making the viwer perhaps wonder about I.A. and
Gillian. (Set-Up)
Dated forensic moments in terms of germs
•
All the miscellaneous food sharing.
(various)
• Starsky puts whistle in
his mouth after Olga Grossman had it in hers with no
thought to germs. (Gillian)
• Mr. Marlene puts comb in his mouth at salon and doesn’t
think of germs. (Huggy Bear and the
Turkey)
• Hutch puts a cigarette
in his mouth, lights it, and hands it over to Linda with no
regard to germs. (Jojo)