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A person was stabbed. All the knives were collected and flies were attracted to the knife with traces of blood on it; the suspect confessed to the crime.
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He is considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology" and he wrote a paper about the effects of poisons on animals.
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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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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglar suspect.
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story; Considered the first 'CSI', featured 4 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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Discover ABO blood groups, later received the 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 the US, 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.
