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1st ever case recorded using forensics. Someone was stabbed all of the knives in the village were collected, and flies were attracted to the traces of blood. This causes the suspect to confess
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Father of Forensic Toxicology. Chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals
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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 individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Published the first "Sherlock Holmes" story; considered the first CSI, featured 4 novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published "Finger Prints". Conducted the first detective study of finger prints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness
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Published "criminal investigations". Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principle to the field of criminal investigation
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Discovered the ABO blood groups and 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 documentation 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 US, located in LA
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
