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In China; there was a stabbing in the town and all of the knives were gathered together. Flies were attracted to the knife with blood remains on it, and the perpetrator confessed.
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"Father of Forensic Toxicology" - He tested the effects of poisons on animals and then published a book on his findings.
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Used thumbprints to document his workers in India
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"Father of Criminal Identification" - Created a system called Anthropometry and used it to distinguish individuals through body measurements.
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First elimination of an innocent suspect. Used fingerprints to identify the innocent man as not guilty.
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Wrote Sherlock Holmes novels and short stories. Considered the creator of crime themed entertainment. Said to have made crime-detection a popular subject.
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Wrote a book called "Finger Prints" and proved fingerprints are unique.. Did the first definitive fingerprint study and created a classification system for them.
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Described how to apply scientific principles in criminal investigating and published his works in a book: "Criminal Investigation".
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Worked on blood and blood types. HE discovered ABO blood groups and eventually received a Nobel Prize for his work.
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Applied principles created by Hans Gross to a crime lab. Later, he would be a director at the University of Lyons, (in France). Specifically, in the Institute for Criminalistics
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Worked on developing principles of document examinations such as forgery. He also published "Questioned Documents".
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Worked with blood. Specifically, he learned how to tell blood type from dried blood.
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Created the First crime lab in the United States of America. This lab was located in Los Angeles, California.
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Invented a kind of microscope used to compare two things side by side. It was called a "comparison microscope". Originally, this was used to compare bullets and see if they were fired from the same weapon.
