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400
Who gets to say who's dead?
In 400, a king appointed several medical experts to examining bodies, making them the only ones that were allowed to say that someone died. This meant that there were less people being burried alive, and more people veing accused of murder. -
600
Finger prints are first used
In a market, a theif was identified off of his finger prints. They identified him by just examining his finger prints, which might not have been super reliable, but they first had the idea to use finger prints then. -
1248
Book on forensics was publsihed
The first book on the science of foresnsics was published in China, but it was spread quickly. It was a widly though of thing, but this was the first that was avalible for others to read and learn from. -
Should we report this?
This was the first time that people started to think that they should report bodies and people that died. -
This looks suspicious
This was the first time that physical evidence was used against someone to identify them as a murderer. -
Is it posion?
This was the first time that people started to investigate bodies for poison to see if that was their cause of death. -
Shoes, clothing, and gloves
More clothing was used to identify murderers, specifically shoes. -
It's elementary- I mean chemistry
Chemistry was starting to be used to fins our what the cause of death was and even on occasion who the murder was. -
Take a photo, it will last longer
Photography was now beiong used to identify how, when, where, and who in murders. -
Finger prints are all different
Doctors and scientists find out that finger prints are all different, and that they are great if you can find them in crime scenes. These will now be used more often. -
That was a sudden, violent, and unnatural death
Sudden, violent, and unnatural deaths are now all identifyable by cornors. Sir Aurthur Conan Doyle writes the first Sherlock novel. -
Finger prints, they do everything
Now finger prints are in a system, and if one is found at the crime scene, they are able to match it to its owner. -
Finger prints are used a lot
Countries all over the world have started to pick up on the finger print using, and the scanning system, and is a primary thing they look for in investigations. -
Stop shedding
Hair is now used to identify who was at the scene of the crime. DNA is starting to be a big thing in crime scenes. -
That's not my gun!
There are many different kinds of guns now, which are being used to better identify murderers. What bullet comes from what gun, what gun can take what bullets, and who has what gun are all common questions. -
We have a lab now
The first crime lab in the state is set up so that people that specialize in this division can have their own space, tools, facilities, and utilites. -
I know you're lying
The first polygraph test is made as an actual model for a police unit, but will soon catch on in other places as commonly used tool. -
FBI wants a lab too
The FBI gets their own crime lab and starts to take on more cases because of how much it has opened up. -
But I heard you
Voice and audio recordings are now able to be used against someone in a case, and start to be used more commonly. -
World Wide Criminal Web
FBI create a national crime center, where you can find or look up wanted people, evidence, murders, deaths, disappearences, and even more. -
Even more finger prints
Finger prints continue to advance as things start to require a finger print to unlock.
