The fingerprints were the perfect tool to identify criminals.
Like Faulds, Galton believed that each person had a unique fingerprint
a question was created
all fingerprints change?
a robbery happened and thanks to that it gathers footprints of all
found the thief
He took all the traces of his students and friends.
Fingerprints don´t lie- Or do they
three professional investigated different cases.
Francis Galton
he made fingerprint patterns
this helped to identify people easier
Galton details
currently used by the police
the possibility that two people with the same fingerprint would be 1 in 64 billion.
Henry Faulds
Looking at ancient Japanese pottery noticed small lines in the pots.
were 2,000-year-old fingerprints.
William Herschel
collected a lot of fingerprints
work for the British government in India
discover that fingerprints do not change over time
Murder
two people
investigator
Juan Vucetich
trail
Mark on a door
Fingerprints
A fingerprint is recognized and the case resolved.
it was the first time a fingerprint was used to solve a case.
