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The first case ever recorded using forensic science. When someone was stabbed, all the knives in the village were collected. Flies were attracted to the traces of blood, so they landed on the knife that was the murder weapon. This forced the suspect to confess of the crime.
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Considered the "Father of Forensic Toxicology". He was a chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effect on animals.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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"Father of Criminal Identification". Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story. Considered the first "CSI", featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published "Finger Prints" and conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness.
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation and published "Criminal Investigation".
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Discovered the A, B, AB, and O blood groups. He later received the Nobel Prize for this discovery.
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Incorporated Gross’ principles within a workable crime lab and later became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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Published "Questioned Documents" and developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the first crime lab in United States. Specifically located in Los Angeles, California.
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Developed a comparison microscope and it was first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
