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The victim had been slashed repeatedly, and investigators suspected the weapon used was a sickle. The local magistrate brought all the workers together and told them to lay down their sickles.All the tools looked clean, but one attracted hordes of flies. The flies could sense the residue of blood and tissue invisible to the human eye. When the tool was being swarmed by flies, the murderer confessed to the crime. This was the first case that used forensic science.
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He was the "Father of Forensic Toxicology" because he studied the decomposition of human bodies, and developed chemical analysis.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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Father of "Criminal Identification." Developed Anthropometry.
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Author of the Sherlock Holmes story, considered the first CSI.
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Published Finger Print//conducted first study of fingerprints
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Published Criminal Investigations
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Discovered ABO blood groups, received Nobel Prize
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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 principals of document examination
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Developed method for determining blood type from dried blood
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Established first crime lab in the U.S. located in LA
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Developed the comparison microscope
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