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Paul Uhlenhuth comes up with the the precipitin test. This test finds out if the blood is from a human or an animal
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The N.Y.P.D creates finger print files of people who are arrested. Later the N.Y.S.P began using fingerprints
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President Theodore Roosevelt, J. Edgar Hoover, and Charles Joseph Bonaparte establish the F.B.I.
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In 1910, Edmund Locard established the first crime lab based upon the idea that criminals leave behind traces of themselves with every crime.
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Luke May was known as America's, Sherlock Holmes. He early utilized and advocated forensic specialties (in questioned-document work, fingerprints, and firearms I.D.) and scientific method as an essential part of crime investigation.
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The L.A.P.D establishes the first crime lab in the U.S
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The famous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre occurs when seven gangsters are gunned down. According to some of the evidence there are rumors that the police where involved
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The F.B,I crime lab was created and is located at the Marine Corps Base Quantico in Quantico, Virginia.
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In Scotland the larvae of a blow fly provided a vital clue of the time and death of Dr. Ruxton's wife and maid.
