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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. There was a murder and the police didn't know who did it so they took every knife in town and waited for flies to get attracted to the blood in the knife. It worked and resulted in the criminal turning himself in.
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Was considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology". Orfila worked to make chemical analysis a routine part of forensic medicine, and made studies of asphyxiation, the decomposition of bodies, and exhumation.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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"Father of Criminal Identificaation". 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 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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Discovered the ABO blood groups later received 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 U.S located in LA
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon