Physical evidence it sometimes referred to real evidence where by is any material object that

play some role in the matter that give rise to the litigation introduced as evidence in judicial

proceedings to prove a fact in issue based on the object characteristics. Physical evidence

establishes link between a crime and its perpetrator or crime and its victim example include

document, a hair, fibers, soil and blood.

Class characteristics are properties of physical evidence that can be associated only with

group and and never with single source if evidence is determined to posses class characteristics it

may serve as mechanism to reduce number of suspects but it can not be directly connected to one

person or source.Example of class source onclude blood types, fibres and paint.

The root of physical evidence is from the Locard exchange principle which states that “every

contact leaves a trace” the prinxiple establishes that the perpetrator always leaves something

behimd and by having contact with victims and objectd there similary he will often take

something away with them knows as “Trace evidence” where by trace evidence is the evidence

from transfer of materials a very small piece of evidrnce left at a crime scene that may be used to

identify or link suspect to crime. In crime scene forensic expert look for physical evidence the

evidence such as object that found in the cre scene physical evidence includes fingerprints,

footprints, hand prints, cut marks and tools marks glass, dust, dirt gun shoot residue, blood and

other bodily fluid.