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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. A village had a stabbing and they took all the knives and which ever knife the flies landed on that is the murder weapon.
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Considered the " Father of Forensic Toxicology" , because Orfila worked to make chemical analysis a routine part of forensic medicine, and made studies of asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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" Father of Criminal Identification". Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first "CSI", featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published Finger prints. Conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness.
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wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published Criminal Investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, later received Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the institute of Criminalistics at the university of Lyons, France.
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Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the First Crime Lab in United States, Located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.