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first case
the first case ever recorded using forensic science, someone had gotten stabbed, all of the knives in the village were collected, flies were attracted to the traces of blood, they landed on only one of the knives, causing the suspect to confess. -
mathieu orfila
He was considered the "father of forensic toxicology", he was the chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and there affects on animals. -
William Herschel
He used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India. -
Alphonse Bertillon
Known as "Father of criminal identification". He developed anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Faulds
He uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect. -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
He published his first Sherlock Holmes story, considered the first "CSI" featured in four novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Francis Galton
published finger prints. conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification. Gave proof for there uniqueness. -
Hans gross
wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. published Criminal Investigation. -
karl landsteiner
he discovered the ABO blood groups, later recieved Nobel prize -
Albert S. Osborn
published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination. -
Edmond Locard
he incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. He became the founder and director of the institute of criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France -
Leone Lattes
developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood. -
August Vollmer
established the first crime lab in United States, located in Los Angeles. -
Calvin Goddard
developed a comparison microscope, first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
