-
There was a stabbing in the village. And in order to catch the killer, they collected knives from every house and the village. then they set out all of the knife to see which knife attracted flies. And who's ever knife the flies went to was the criminal.
-
"The father of toxicology" The chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effect on animals.
-
Used thumb prints on documents to identify workers in India.
-
"Father of Criminal Identification" Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
-
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
-
Published his first 'Sherlock Holmes" story. Considered the first "CSI". Made scientific crime-detection methods popular.
-
Published fingerprints. Made it known that everyone's fingerprints are different and unique.
-
Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation.
-
Discovered the ABO blood groups and won the Noble Prize.
-
Incorporated Gross principles within a workable crime lab. Became the founder and the director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
-
Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamentals of principles of document examination.
-
Developed a method to figure out the blood type of dried blood.
-
Established the first crime lab in the United States on Los Angles, California.
-
Invented a comparison microscope. It was first used to compare/determine if two bullets were fired from the same weapon.
