the actual assignment

  • 6th century china
    Dec 31, 600

    6th century china

    forensics science was first noted in 6th century china. they determined things by flies.
  • bloody sickles used
    Dec 31, 1248

    bloody sickles used

    the sickles would be used to determine what was used based on flies. because the fies would fly to the sickle used for murder.
  • forensics added to dictionary

    forensics added to dictionary

    the term forensics is added to the dictionary
  • Mathieu Orfila

    Mathieu Orfila

    mathieu orfila was the father of toxicology to forensics. he laid a book of poisons that set up toxicology today.
  • alphonse bertillon

    alphonse bertillon

    father of anthropometry. used a system to identify offenders based on physical features.
  • Francis Galton

    Francis Galton

    the father of fingerprinting and developed the first system to identify them and how its unlikely two people have the same fingerprint
  • Colin pitchfork case

    Colin pitchfork case

    first person to be jailed by DNA profiling in England. he pleaded guilty to two murders and rape in 1988 and receiving a life sentance