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1300
13th Century China
1st ever case recorded using forensics. Someone was stabbed all of the knives in the village were collected, and flies were attracted to the traces of blood. This causes the suspect to confess -
Period: 1300 to
Important Events
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Mathieu Orfila
Father of Forensic Toxicology. Chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals -
William Herschel
Used thumbprints on documents to identify workers in India -
Alphonse Bertillon
Father of Criminal Identification. Developed Anthropometry, which uses body measurements to distinguish individuals. -
Henry Fauld
Uses fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Published the first "Sherlock Holmes" story; considered the first CSI, featured 4 novels and 56 short stories, popularized scientific crime-detection methods. -
Francis Galton
Published "Finger Prints". Conducted the first detective study of finger prints and their classification. Gave proof of their uniqueness -
Hans Gross
Published "criminal investigations". Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principle to the field of criminal investigation -
Karl Landstenier
Discovered the ABO blood groups and later received Nobel prize -
Edmond Locard
Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. Became the founder and director of the institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France -
Albert S. Osborne
Published "Questioned Documents". Developed the fundamental principles of documentation examination. -
Leone Lattes
Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood -
August Vollmer
Established the first Crime Lab in the US, located in LA -
Calvin Goddard
Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
