start of project

first use of forensics

1325

a murder was solved by observing that flies were attracted to a specific sickle, indicating it was the murder weapon

second use of forensics

1784

which was solved using physical matching of a pistol wad to a piece of newspaper in the suspect's pocket

fingerprint analysis first used in forensics

1892

After a bloody fingerprint was found at the scene, Vucetich matched it to a woman named Francisca Rojas, leading to her confession.

DNA profiling

1986

made just two years before its first use in forensics in 1986 in a British rape-homicide case, which led to the exoneration of a suspect and the conviction of the actual perpetrator.