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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. The victim was stabbed, so all the knives in the town were collected and flies were attracted to blood so they only landed on one which made the killer confess.
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"Father of Forensic Toxicology," he was a chemist who first published papers on the detection of poisons.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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"Father of Criminal Identification," developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish people.
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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story, which popularized scientific crime detection methods
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Published "Finger Prints" which helped identify their uniqueness and classification.
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups and later earned a Noble Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles in a 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 the first crime lab.
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First developed a comparison microscope to compare bullets.
