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Valentin learned to detect poison, specifically arsenic in the stomach.
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Marie was the first person to be convicted on a toxicological evidence. She poisoned her husband, by putting arsenic in his soup.
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The oldest police department in the United States(173 years old). The Municipal Police, and New York's Finest is what it started off as.
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Odelbrecht, was the first to use photography for evidence documentation, crime scenes, identification.
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First Crime Lab in the United States.
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Developed the anthropometric system, and the invented the scientific method of identifying criminals.
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Galton, introduced how fingerprints can identify criminals.
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"Founding Father" of criminal profiling, and he also established cross transfers such as, ( hair, dirt, fingerprints).
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Karl created the ABO system. He also discovered human blood groups.
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Theodore established the FBI.
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The FBI is 110 years old, started off as the Bureau of Investigation. The headquarters is in Washington,DC.
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Leone created a procedure on restoring dry blood and grouping ABO blood types.
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Introduced Luminol testing for blood at crime scenes. The luminal turns blue in the presence of blood.
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Society for forensic professionals.
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The first case to legally amiss bite mark evidence.
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Alec Jeffreys developed techniques for fingerprinting, and DNA profiling. His discoveries are still used to this day.
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Tommie Lee was the first person in the US to be convicted off DNA Evidence. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
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A non profit that exonerates falsely convicted people, using DNA evidence.
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Mitochondrial DNA(mtDNA), was first used in the US in this case. DNA was extracted from two strands of hair. Ware was convicted for a rape and murder.
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AFIS- Automated Fingerprinting Identification System used digital imaging technology to store, and analyze data.
IAFIS- Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, national fingerprint and criminal history system ran by the FBI in the US.