Detective Sterling walked into a kitchen where a baker lay unconscious on the floor. A bowl of dough sat on the counter. The baker's hands were covered in flour, but there was a distinct, clean fingerprint wiped onto his forehead. Who left the fingerprint?
The baker himself
The baker wiped his sweaty brow with the back of his flour-coated hand or wrist, leaving a clean negative impression of his own fingerprint.
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