Gilbert Aguilar
ON THE RECORD · 4 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“Back in 1994, you're running prints through AFIS (Automated Fingerprint Identification System). But first, it's checking everybody that's been arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department. Then it would be run through Sacramento. Then run through all the Western states.”
Gilbert Aguilar · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Aguilar explained in the documentary how fingerprint searches were conducted through regional databases in 1994.
“At the crime scene, there were nine identifiable prints that I never identified to whom they belong,”
Gilbert Aguilar · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Aguilar said in the documentary that nine identifiable prints at the crime scene were never matched to anyone.
“If somebody is arrested outside your database, like in New York or the state of Florida, you’re not going to get anything,”
Gilbert Aguilar · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Aguilar noted that arrests outside the existing database, such as in New York or Florida, would not produce a match.
“LAPD has all the prints and they could have them [tested again]. They may or may not. I don’t know. It’s up to them now.”
Gilbert Aguilar · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-07
Aguilar said in the documentary that LAPD possesses the prints and could choose to have them retested.