history of forensics

By lillij
  • Julius Cesar autopsy
    44 BCE

    Julius Cesar autopsy

    a roman medic preformed an autopsy on Julius Cesar and figured out which of the 23 stab wounds he had, was the fatal on
  • sickle murder
    1325

    sickle murder

    a farmer was murdered with a sickle and the murder weapon was discovered because flies were gathered around the sickle
  • mathieu orfila

    mathieu orfila

    considered the father of toxicology for his work on poisons
  • latent print kit

    latent print kit

    pual-jean coulier found that latent prints could be observed on paper using iodine fumes
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton

    established the scientific basis for fingerprint classification
  • leone lattes

    leone lattes

    devolped a method to classify dried bloodstains
  • blood splatter analysis first used

    blood splatter analysis first used

    Dr. eduard piotrowski published the first scientific study on blood stain patterns
  • forensic microscope invented

    forensic microscope invented

    Calvin goddard and his partner created a practical comparison microscrope in the mid 1920s
  • Marsh test

    Marsh test

    used to identify arsenic, a popular poison at the time
  • spectrophotometer

    spectrophotometer

    Arnold O Beckman and his team commercially released the first model in 1941. used for rapid, precise light-matter analysis.
  • CCTV invented

    CCTV invented

    the first CCTV camera was invented in 1942 by a German engineer names Walter bruch, to observe rocket launches
  • digital forensics

    digital forensics

    law enforcement needed to respond to computer based crimes in the 80s, and then more online crimes from the 90s-today
  • Colin pitchfork case

    Colin pitchfork case

    in the UK in the 80s two girls were raped and murdered, a 17 year old boy confessed but his DNA wasn't at the scene. it was the first time that DNA had been used to exonerate and catch a suspect
  • better technique for DNA fingerprinting

    better technique for DNA fingerprinting

    Alec jefferys evolves the technique of DNA fingerprinting
  • lydell grant wrongful conviction

    lydell grant wrongful conviction

    he was convicted of murder in Texas, based on faulty DNA testing that missed alleles that matched another man, who actually confessed to the crime. he was released in 2019