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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. The case was about someone being stabbed. The people in the town all worked together to find the killer. Flies were attracted to the blood and laded on one of the knives which causes the suspect to confess.
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Considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology" since he published the first scientific paper on the detection of poison.
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He used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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"Father of Criminal Identification" and developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published his first "Sherlock Holmes" story and considered the first "CSI" featured in four novels and 56 short stories which popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published finger prints and conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification which gave proof of their uniqueness.
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Wrote the first paper "Criminal Investigation" describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, Later received and Nobel Prize. He also discovered the Rh of a blood type (positive and negative).
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab and became the father and director of the institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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Published questioned documents and 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 United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope that was first used to compare bullets to see if it fired from the same weapon.
