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This was the first case ever recorded using forensic science. A man had been stabbed. The town's authority gathered all knifes and saw which one flies kept landing and then the suspect confessed.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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Considered the father of forensic science because he was a chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of toxins and poisons and their effects of animals.
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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 and 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 recived 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
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Established first crime lab in the 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
