Timeline and History
He is known as the "Father of Forensic Science"
Who is Edmond Locard?
These are the three main types of fingerprints
What are arch, loop and whorl?
High-velocity splatter is usually caused by this
What is a gunshot?
Bones can help determine these two things about victims
What are age and gender?
This was the first case solved using DNA to convict a criminal
Who is Colin Pitchfork?
Timeline Analysis helps investigators do this
What is reconstruct events?
This is the most common type of fingerprint
What is a loop?
DNA is unique except in these individuals
What are twins?
These insects are first to arrive after death and help determine time of death based on predictable life stages
What are blowflies?
This case used remains (forensic anthropology) to identify a Royal family
What is the Romanov family?
Who is Francis Galton?
This method is commonly used to lift fingerprints
What is brush and powder?
DNA is found in here
**hint very broad answer**
What is most body cells?
This bone is commonly used to estimate height
What is the femur?
The Golden State Killer used this to compare genetics across generations and within families to solve the case
What is genetic genealogy?
What is determine truth using evidence?
A visible fingerprint left in blood is called this
What is patent?
Blood splatter can reveal this
What is blunt force trauma?
This is the first case that used DNA to exonerate (prove innocent) someone who had been convicted of a crime
Who is Kirk Bloodsworth?
This states that every contact leaves a trace
What is Locard's Principle of Exchange?
True or False: Fingerprints can change permanently
What is False?
This system stores DNA profiles, and is a database that helps to solve forensic cases
What is CODIS?
This abbreviation tells time since death estimation using insects **must also take into account environment when calculating
What is PMI (post-mortem interval)?
This Ohio doctor's conviction was overturned after bloodstain pattern analysis disproved the original prosecution's theory
Who is Sam Sheppard?