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In 13th century China, Sung Tu wrote a book called "The Washing Away of Wrongs". The book tells a story, from Tu's memory, of a murder that occured near a rice field. The victim was stabbed repeatly with a sickle which was a common tool, similar to a knife, used for rice harvest. Every sickle within the village was collected. Flies are attracted to traces of blood so when they discovered flies had only landed on one sickle, they were able to get the suspect's confession.
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Mathieu Orfila is known as the "Father of Forensic Toxicology" because he published the first scientific paper on the exposure of poisons and how they effect animals.
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First to use thumbprints on documents as a way of identifying workers in India.
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Considered the "Father of Criminal Identification". He developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish and identify individuals.
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He used fingerprints to eliminate innocent burglary suspects.
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He published his first Sherlock Holmes story which is considered the first "CSI". Sherlock Holmes is featured in four novels and 56 short stories.
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He published the book "Fingerprints" which conducted the first definitive study of fingerprintsand their classification. He gave proof to their uniqueness.
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He published the first paper, "Criminal Investigation", describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation.
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He discovered the ABO blood groups and later received a Nobel Prize.
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He incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. He became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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He published "Questioned Documents" and developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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He developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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He established the First Crime Lab in Los Angeles, California.
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He developed a comparison microscope and first used it to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.
