IIRC this case was also highlighted on a PBS show (I forget Nova, FrontLine, etc.) where they were discussing forensics and how many of the techniques are unproven, you don’t need actual science & proof, and people lap it up.
Part of keeping pursuit, other than the FBI being xenophobic pricks, was to admit that the fingerprints matched more than 1 person would “damage” that tool. It is also what you see in court cases where someone is wrongly convicted, evidence made up and in the face of that the prosecutor doubles down and tries to keep the innocent in jail to protect the “system” from being questioned (not to mention their own win/loss record).
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