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Evidence
100

Developed DNA profiling in 1984

Who is Sir Alec Jeffreys?

100
The first recorded use of forensics took place here

What is 3rd Century China?

100

The first ever US crime lab is located in

What is Los Angeles?

100

in the case where a woman had been accused of murdering her husband, the woman claimed the fire was accidental and was not set to coverup a crime. Using pigs, this was found to indicate the woman was guilty.

What is ashes in the mouth?

200

Popularized using the scientific method in solving crimes.

Who is Sherlock Holmes?

200

Physical ID of a perp was developed in

What is 1879?

200

The FBI Lab is held in

What is Quantico, VA?

200

Nausea, diarrhea and vomiting are symptoms of what poison in the body?

What is arsenic?

300

The first man to provide "expert testimony" in a trial.

Who is James Marsh?

300

First microscopic detection of sperm

What is 1839?

300

The DEA Lab is the...

What is the Drug Enforcement Agency?

300
This development in forensics occurred in 1863

What is blood testing?

400

Developed a test to find arsenic on a corpse

Who is Carl Wilhelm Scheele?

400

The first recorded use of forensics

What is 3rd Century China?

400

This government agency has its own crime lab

What is the USPS?

500

Discovered blood typing

Who is Karl Landsteiner?

500
Locard's exhange principal was introduced in

What is the 1910s-1920s?

500

Canadian Crime labs are often monitored by the

Mounties, RCMP