History of Forensics

By jeremydyson09
  • first recorded autopsy
    44 BCE

    first recorded autopsy

    The first recorded autopsy was on Julius Caesar to determine the cause of his death. The cause of death was blood loss due to him being stabbed 23 times.
  • Chinese Murder case
    1325

    Chinese Murder case

    Investigators set out Farming sickles, one attracted flies, revealing it as the murder weapon. this is one of the earliest known uses of forensics
  • Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila made significant contributions to forensics through his pioneering work on poisons, forensic chemistry, and the use of microscopes.
  • first criminal conviction based on fingerprints

    first criminal conviction based on fingerprints

    Juan Vucetich in Argentina created a system that led to the first criminal conviction based on fingerprint evidence in a murder case.
  • first Bloodstain pattern program

    first Bloodstain pattern program

    The first modern bloodstain pattern program was created by Dr. Eduard Piotrowski
  • first forensic Microscopy program

    first forensic Microscopy program

    Edmond Locard in Lyon, France, founded the first police crime laboratory and established the use of trace evidence and microscopic analysis.
  • Edmond Locard

    Edmond Locard

    Edmond Locard is famous for founding the first forensic science laboratory in Lyon, France, and for developing Locard's Exchange Principle
  • Calvin Goddard

    Calvin Goddard

    Calvin Goddard is known for his pioneering work in firearms identification, most notably for inventing the comparison microscope.
  • first forensic ballistics program

    first forensic ballistics program

    the Bureau of Forensic Ballistics was established in New York City by Charles Waite and Philip Gravelle, being the first formal, organized program dedicated to forensic ballistics.
  • first forensic pathology program

    first forensic pathology program

    The first modern forensic pathology program was established at the New York University Medical School.
  • Keith Harward case

    Keith Harward case

    Keith Harward was wrongfully convicted of capital murder, rape, robbery, and burglary in Virginia based on faulty bite mark analysis and served 33 years in prison.
  • first digital forensics program

    first digital forensics program

    The first official digital forensics program was the FBI's Magnetic Media program.
  • first forensic DNA program

    first forensic DNA program

    British geneticist Alec Jeffreys's technique was used to identify a Colin Pitchfork as a serial killer. The success of this case established DNA profiling as a powerful forensic tool
  • Murder case that caused DNA to be used as a forensic tool

    Murder case that caused DNA to be used as a forensic tool

    this case showed how powerful DNA is, and led to the global adaptation of DNA profiling for forensic investigations.
  • development of the Polymerase Chain Reaction machine

    development of the Polymerase Chain Reaction machine

    The first commercial Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) machine was the TC1 DNA Thermal Cycler, released by Perkin-Elmer Cetus