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The first case ever recorded using forensic science, happened in 13th century China. Someone was stabbed, and all the knives were collected. Files were attracted to the traces of blood and went to only one of the knives, which led the suspect to confess.
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Mathieu Orfila is considered the "father of toxicology" because was a chemist who published first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals.
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William Herschel used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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"Father of criminal Identification." Bertillon developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to identify individuals.
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Fauld uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Doyle published his first "Sherlock Holmes" story; Considered the first "CSI."
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Galton published fingerprints and conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification and gave proof of their uniqueness.
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Gross wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. He also published Criminal Investigation.
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Landsteiner discovered the ABO blood groups and later received the Nobel Prize.
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Locard incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. He also became the founder and director of the institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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Osborn published Question Documents. He also developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Lattes developed a method for determining blood types from dry blood.
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Vollmer established the first crime lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Goddard developed a comparison microscope and first used it to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.
