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A man was stabbed in a Chinese village and flies were attracted to the knife with the blood on it which led to the killer being found
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Orfila is considered the "father of toxicology" because he published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. This work established forensic toxicology as a legit science endeavor
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Herschel was a British ICS officer in India who used fingerprints for identification on contracts
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A French police officer and biometrics researcher who used anthropometry, creating an identification system based on physical measurements.
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developed fingerprinting
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He published Sherlock Holmes and considered the first "CSI"
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gave proof that fingerprints are specific to each individual
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation
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Discovered blood types ABO
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incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab
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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 first crime lab in united states
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developed a comparison microscope
