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They relied on sickles to find suspect, by seeing if flies go to the murder weapon, sense flies are attracted to blood -
A man was murdered and the only clue was sickle
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in china fingerprints were used on clay seal for identify and prevent temparing on evidence -
A bullet was found at the scene and a piece of paper used as wadding from a muzzle of the gun was recovered the suspect John Toms was apprehended and a search of his pockets reveled torn paper -
Orfila is recognized as the "father of forensic toxicology -
The first recorded forensic firearm examination took place in London. He linked a bullet from a murder victim to a suspect's bullet mold by looking at a defect in the bullet's manufacturing. -
Scottish chemist James Marsh developed a sensitive and reliable chemical test that could detect minute traces of arsenic in human tissue. -
Often called the "father of modern forensic science," Locard developed the famous Locard's Exchange Principle. -
The comparison microscope was adapted for forensic ballistics to compare fired bullets and cartridge cases. -
Walter Specht first used luminol as a forensic tool for detecting blood at crime scenes. -
Sir Alec Jeffreys is considered the "father of DNA evidence" for his accidental discovery of DNA fingerprinting in 1984. -
to solve the Narborough rape and murder case, which led to the exoneration of the initial suspect and the later conviction of the actual perpetrator, Colin Pitchfork -
In this case, PCR was used to identify a body that had been left in a victim's apartment. The DNA from the body was compared to DNA from the victim's family, and it was determined that the body was not the victim's, leading to the discovery of the victim's true murderer. -
The new invention of DNA analysis. This has moved the forensic science forward with
Exoneration and Identification
The "DNA Dragnet" -
The first commercial forensic hardware and software solution, DIBS, was released, which allowed for the creation of an exact copy of digital media to be analyzed separately from the original. -
A case which this guy who had kill his three daughters with a fire and was educated by State law of Texas. After that fire experts examined the area to state the case should had been undetermined. Which highlighted the Willingham case.