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Someone was stabbed so all of the knives in the village were collected and set out. The one with traces of blood would attract flies.
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Published the first paper on detection of poisons and their effects on animals.
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India.
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Father of criminal identification and developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals.
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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent suspect.
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Published the first Sherlock Holmes story (considered the first "CSI") featured in 4 novels and 556 short stories.
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Conducted first definitive study to prove that all fingerprints are unique.
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principals to the field of criminal investigation.
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Discovered ABO blood groups and later received the Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles to the field of criminal investigation.
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Developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Developed method for determining blood type with dried blood.
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Establishes first crime lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles, California.
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Developed a comparison microscope, first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon.
