Resident Fingerprinting in Death Inquiry Ends

A mass fingerprinting of residents on Norfolk Island aimed at solving the first slaying in the remote Australian territory in 149 years drew to an end, but analysis could take months, police said.

More than 1,200 of the island’s 1,632 permanent residents between 15 and 70 years old had volunteered their fingerprints to authorities looking for the killer of Janelle Patton, 29, of Sydney.

Patton’s body was found March 31, stabbed and partly wrapped in plastic beside a waterfall. Police also want the prints of 680 Australian and New Zealand tourists visiting at the time of the slaying.