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Fingerprints are used in clay to help solve crimes.
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Bartolomeo da Varignana performs an autopsy on someone who might have been murdered.
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The microscope is invented.
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James Marsh, a Scottish Chemist, did the first application of a forensic science technique.
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Forensic photography started being used in the nineteenth century by Alphonse Bertillon.
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Determining body temperature to determine the time of death was first used.
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Inspector Eduardo Alvarez used the first criminal fingerprint identification on a woman who murdered her two sons and tried to blame it on someone else.
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Richard Drew invents tape lifting.
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The FBI Crime lab was invented.
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Robert F. Borkenstein invents the breathalyzer when he is hired as a photographer but has more interest in drunk driving.
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DNA recognition is invented when we discover there is significant parts of the DNA that are unique only to one person.