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Following a stabbing, all knives in the ancient Chinese village were collected. Flies were only attracted to the knife with traces of blood on it leading to a confession.
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Father of Forensic Toxicology: Studied poison's effects on animals
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India
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Father of Criminal Identification: Developed Anthropometry which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals
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Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect
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Author of Sherlock Holmes ; considered first CSI writer
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Published "fingerprints"; conducted first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification, gave proof of their uniqueness
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Published criminal investigation. Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation
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Discovered ABO blood types, later received Nobel prize
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. Became founder of the Institute of Criminalistics @ University of Lyon, France.
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Published Questioned Documents. Developed fundamental principles of document examination
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established first crime lab in United States, Located in LA.
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Developed comparison microscope: first used to compare bullets to see if fired from same weapon.
