During a rape the female victim stated that she tore the suspects blue sweater. At the crime scene you recover five blue fibers reported to be the sample the victim ripped from the suspect's sweater. The police arrested a suspect and in the back seat of his vehicle was a torn blue sweater. The items are then sent to the crime lab for comparison. What is the best determination that could be made in assessing if they came from the same single garment?

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Classification can be used to determine if the fibers are consistent with coming from the same type of garment, but individualization to a single garment is not possible with fiber evidence alone.

During a Rape the Female Victim Stated That She Tore