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Landmark Cases That Changed Forensic Science
Amber Alert: U.S. Department of Justice – Amber Alert: http://www.amberalert.gov/

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Andrews, Tommy Lee: Rapist Convicted on DNA Match: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=940DE2D9153DF935A35751C0A96E948260
Barboza, Joe: FBI Testified on Behalf of Hit Man: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2002/02/20/Feature_FBI_testified_on_behalf_of_hitman/UPI-24931014237792/
Bell, Mary – The Trial Begins: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/bell/trial_7.html
Blanding, Mary: Find Law- In the Matter of Mary Blanding: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=or&vol=A107470&invol=1
Borden, Lizzie - The Trial of Lizzie Borden 1893: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lizzieborden/bordenhome.html
Browne and Kennedy –

  1. Frederick Guy Browne and William Henry Kennedy:

http://books.google.com/books?id=k3o-1aQAgTMC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=%22browne+and+kennedy%22,+Gutteridge,+1927&source=bl&ots=mBfhB4h0VM&sig=g3zQIM_KyB5D4gEV2UpI0UfpbfY&hl=en&ei=dhDBScLQFoSHtgeAprBY&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result

  1. The Development of Ballistics: http://www.historybytheyard.co.uk/pc_gutteridge.htm


Bundy, Ted – Ted Bundy, the Trials: www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/bundy/14.html
Camb, James – The Porthole Murder: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/1973456.the_porthole_murder/
Chamberlain

1. Lindy & Michael Chamerlain (Dingo) Trial : http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/chamberlain/chamberlaintranscript.html

2. The Trial of Lindy and Michael Chamerlain (the Dingo Trial): http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/chamberlain/chamberlainaccount.html
Charles, Clyde –

  1. Frontline Interview (see also; “cases”) – Clyde Charles: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/case/interviews/charles.html

  2. DNA Gothic: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902EED7133AF934A15757C0A9659C8B63&pagewanted=all


Chase, Richard – Richard Trenton Chase – The Trial: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/weird/chase/trial_6.html
Coors, Adolf III –

  1. Selection of Soil Evidence: http://books.google.com/books?id=xgnYLTBwCXYC&pg=PA439&lpg=PA439&dq=adolf+coors+III,+soil,+murder,+forensic&source=bl&ots=vH7D9LFwCA&sig=HnzZwA7p4jSMz6QORGH9PWx3kvY&hl=en&ei=uo7DSdXeMoSNtged5JBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA439,M1


Coppolino, Carl – Carl Anthony Coppolino Trials 1966 & 1967:

http://law.jrank.org/pages/3150/Carl-Anthony-Coppolino-Trials-1966-1967.html
Cotton, Ronald – DNA Initiative: Ronald Cotton: www.dna.gov/postconviction/convicted_exonerated/cotton
Crafts, Richard – The Woodchipper Murder Case – The Trial Begins: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/woodchipper_murder/12.html
Curley, Janne – Forensic Toxicology – Heavy Metal: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/toxicology/8.html
DeSalvo, Albert – The Boston Strangler, The Jury Speaks: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/boston/17.html
Duffy, John - Biography, John Duffy (see Trial): http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/535:452/1/John_Duffy.htm
Fairley, Malcolm –

1. Types Forensic Evidence, Paint Case Study: http://www.babington.leicester.sch.uk/Studentresources/science/types%20of%20evidence%20notes.doc

2. The Hunt for the Fox: http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/453104.the_hunt_for_the_fox/
Flight 191

1. Loyola Medical Center Assists in Solving Identification of Bodies From the Crash of Flight 191: http://library.luhs.org/Historical/Photos/Profile/ProfileAutumn1979.pdf



2. Knowing When to Stop: the Investigation of Flight 191: http://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/39430/59008054.pdf?sequence=1
Gacy, John Wayne – John Wayne Gacy Jr. Trial: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/gacy/trial_7.html
Genovese, Kitty –

1. The Verdict: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/kitty_genovese/9.html

2. Bystander Effect: http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/enwiki/190257
Hauptman, Bruno:


  1. Handwriting Evidence From Lindberg Case: www.gale.cengage.com/pdf/samples/sp403243.pdf

  2. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Hauptmann/Hauptmann.htm


Hendricks, David: Google Books “Reasonable Doubt” by Steve Vogel: http://books.google.com/books?id=k8O8gmfDV20C&pg=PA294&lpg=PA294&dq=%22david+hendricks%22,+%22reasonable+doubt%22&source=bl&ots=ck3TsZfniz&sig=2zNaF7uXVIe9jRxp9BU7bzlSWWE&hl=en&ei=oeLISd2BONOrtgfTi9SlAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA343,M1

*** Note: Search “time of death” ***
Hiedemann, Gerd – Konrad Kujau’s Hitler Diaries – The Trial: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/scams/hitler_diaries/15.html
Hussong, Brian –

1. A Game Warden is Reported Missing: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1136

2. Wardens Play Key Roles in Solving Crimes Murder Investigations Shows Diversified Assignments Wardens Take On: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1136

3. Forensic Voiceprints: http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=5154&pst=855449



Irivng, Clifford – Clifford Irving’s Hoax: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/cops_others/clifford_irving/index.html
Jack the Ripper

  1. Profile of Jack the Ripper: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/ripper_profile/1_index.html

  2. Criminal Profiling – Jack the Ripper: http://books.google.com/books?id=1V2SRqrTnLgC&pg=PA441&lpg=PA441&dq=%22jack+the+ripper%22,+criminal+profiling&source=bl&ots=CA7xAOwiCy&sig=l5Zgwl2I0XBsk3pIsDhLYHQyNNk&hl=en&ei=OzPKSZfeCMzJtgfa5_meAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result


Jennings, Thomas –

  1. Fingerprints (cntrl + F “Jennings”): www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2001/1/2001_1_22.shtml


Jessica’s Law

  1. Jessica Lundsford Act (Jessica’s Law Proposition 83): http://www.personal-injury-info.net/jessica-lunsford-act.htm


Dr. KevorkianFrontline – The Kevorkian Verdict: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kevorkian/
Kuklinski, Richard – Richard Kuklinski, The Iceman – The Trial: www.crimeandinvestigation.co.za/famous_criminal/101/the_trial/1/Richard_Kuklinski_The_Iceman.htm
LaFarge, Marie –

1. The Marsh Test: http://www.artistsbooksonline.org/works/tmtt.xml

2. Forensic Toxicology: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/toxicology/3.html
List, John –

  1. Forensic Art – The Artist and the Murderer: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/art/1.html

  2. The Wesfield Leader News Times – John List Archives: http://www.goleader.com/list/

  3. John List – The Trial: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/family/list/17.html


Markov, Georgi – Racine and the Assassination of Georgi Markov: http://www.scialert.net/qredirect.php?doi=pjbs.2008.2370.2371&linkid=pdf
Megan’s Law

1. Megan’s Law.org: http://www.meganslaw.org/

2. Megan’s Law: http://www.expertlaw.com/library/criminal/megans_law.html
Mengele, Josef – The Long Search for Josef Mengele – How Forensic Science Identified a Notorious War Criminal: http://knol.google.com/k/michael-kelleher/the-long-search-for-josef-mengele/2x8tp9c7k0wac/4#
Metesky, George – The Mad Bomber: http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2009/01/the-mad-bomber.html
Mitchell, James –

1. Digital Litigation – The Prejudicial Effects of Computer Generated Animation in the Courtroom:

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/journals/btlj/articles/vol9/Selbak/html/text.html

2. Computer-Generated Displays in Courtroom: For Better or For Worse?: http://webjcli.ncl.ac.uk/1996/issue4/oflah4.html
Mitnick, Kevin – Kevin Mitnick: http://everything2.com/title/Kevin%2520Mitnick
M’Naughton RulingThe Insanity Defense: An Overview and Legislative Proposals: http://digital.library.unt.edu/govdocs/crs/permalink/meta-crs-8500:1
Nickell, Stella –

  1. Poisoned Painkiller Panic: The Snow Nickell Cyanide Murders: http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=pf_output.cfm&file_id=5643

  2. Who Killed Bruce Nickell?: http://nickell.tierranet.com/tales/bruce.htm


Noe, Marie – Mother Sentenced to Probation for Killing her 8 Children: www.nytimes.com/1999/06/29/us/mother-sentenced-to-probation-for-killing-8-of-her-children.html
Pan Am Flight 103Security Rules Tightened for U.S. Airlines Abroad: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/inatl/longterm/panam103/stories/faa123088.htm
Pitchfork, Colin –

1. Colin Pitchfork: http://www.murderuk.com/one_off_colin_pitchfork.html

2. DNA in the Courtroom: http://books.google.com/books?id=A6NEyFuP6b0C&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=pitchfork,+trial,+dna&source=bl&ots=JhoAEbZG_A&sig=2fS-IEBUAcs0bwFfFaJJ576g8xc&hl=en&ei=bdDMSdb1ENnrlQfo6anrCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA3,M1
Rablen, Eva – Chronicle of Murder: 1929: Eva Rablen (ebook - page 178): http://books.google.com/books?id=k3o-1aQAgTMC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=%22eva+rablen%22,+poisoning,+trial&source=bl&ots=mBfiz1h2WN&sig=fdT-ZLqeeFdD7GHXcfd0jFQHfm0&hl=en&ei=GNHMSYPPN9bqlQeC2fTRCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA178,M1
Ramirez, Richard – Night Stalker: Serial Killer Richard Ramirez, The Los Angeles Trial: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/ramirez/trial_9.html
Rojas, Francesca – Suspect Identities: A History of Fingerprinting and Criminal Identification (ebook – page 128): http://books.google.com/books?id=3CYqtVk6oI8C&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=rojas,+fingerprint,+case,+1892&source=bl&ots=M_j2QVJF_l&sig=mtbUuklEQ2HiOOCel2Xjfa_yRVg&hl=en&ei=u9TMScWFJZHNlQehmLXQCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA128,M1
Romanov, Anastasia – DNA Testing Lays Romanov Murder Mystery to Rest: http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/03/11/dna-testing-lays-romanov-murder-mystery-to-rest.html
Ruxton, Buck –

  1. Heroes and Villains: Dr. Buck Ruxton: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/articles/2008/04/22/history_buck_ruxton_feature.shtml

  2. A Fly for the Prosecution (ebook, page 12): http://books.google.com/books?id=DAa0BzT7Mf0C&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=%22buck+ruxton%22+murder,+trial&source=bl&ots=JwrCsriEjC&sig=C-vkYlCSlJTZ6BCigJ_T9QudJ7w&hl=en&ei=9uvMSZTdLODtlQfp6rXvCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPA12,M1


Sacco & Vanzetti – The Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1920: http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/SaccoV/SaccoV.htm
Shawcross, Arthur – The Genesee River Strangler – The Trial: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/shawcross/11.html
Simpson, OJ – OJ Simpson – The OJ Simpson Murder Trial – Prologue: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/famous/simpson/index_1.html
Stielow, Charles - The Stielow Firearms Arms Identification Case: http://jimfisher.edinboro.edu/forensics/stielow.html
Stratton Brothers – The Stratton Brothers Trial: http://people.stu.ca/~mclaugh/FINGERPRINTS/HISTORICAL_REACTIONS_WEBPAGE/FINGERPRINTS.HTML#THE_STRATTON_BROTHERS_TRIAL
Tessnow, Ludwig – Serology: It’s in the Blood: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/forensics/serology/2.html
Truscott, Steven – Steven Truscott: The Search for Justice: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/truscott/
Webster, John White –

  1. Guilt By Association - Dental Casts of Dr. George Parkman (victim): www.countway.harvard.edu/chm/rarebooks/exhibits/gilt/gilt5.html

  2. Murder at Harvard: John White Webster (1793-1850): http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/murder/peopleevents/p_webster.html


Williams, Wayne – The Atlanta Child Murders: The Trial: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/williams/27.html
Zeigler, W. Thomas Jr. – Supreme Court of Florida: Zeigler vs. State of Florida: http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/decisions/2007/sc05-1333.pdf


The following topics are not landmark cases, but these cases went unsolved for a prolonged period. Instead of explaining the landmark nature, explain how the perpetrators were able to elude authorities for so long. How did they avoid detection?

BTK – Birth of a Serial Killer: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/unsolved/btk/index_1.html
Berkowitz, David – Son of Sam: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/berkowitz/letter_1.html
Dahmer, Jeffrey – A Victim Almost Escapes: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/dahmer/index.html
Hilley, Marie – Marie on Trial: www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/women/hilley//13.html
Kemper, Edmund – Edmund Kemper, the Coed Butcher: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/kemper/edmund_1.html
Kaczynski, Theodore – Theodore Kaczynski: The Unabomber: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/terrorists_spies/terrorists/kaczynski/1.html
Lucas, Henry Lee – The Henry Lee Lucas Story: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/henry_lee_lucas/1.html

Mitchell, Brian David – The Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/criminal_mind/sexual_assault/elizabeth_smart/1_index.html
Ridgeway, Gary – The Mind of a Serial Killer: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/10/60II/main599266.shtml
Zodiac Killer: The Zodiac Killer: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/zodiac/river_1.html


Timeline Help

Trace evidence Ballistics ****
Locard’s Exchange Principle comparison microscope

Microscope helixometer

Soil – murder of Adolph Coors Bureau of Forensic Ballistics

Textbook Textbook

At Valentine’s Day Massacre

Use firearmsid.com for help teaching about ballistics.




Psychological Profiling **** Skeletal Anthropology****
Organized verses disorganized killer skeletal differences between

Behavioral Sciences Unit of the FBI males/females, races

Jack the Ripper George Parkman

Textbook discovery of X Rays

Arthur Shawcross Textbook
Odontology Toxicology
Discovery of X Rays arsenic

9/11/ 2001 cyanide

Ted Bundy Curare

George Parkman chapter in Confessions of a Medical Exam.

Textbook textbook
Serology Polygraph****
Acid phosphatase test for semen Annie Lemberger

Use of UV light Use of polygraph in the military, business,

Includes DNA government, law enforcement, etc

Textbook Laws (Frye standard, etc)

Go beyond blood

DNA**** Time of Death*****

Watson and Crick Algor mortis, rigor mortis, livor mortis

Alec Jeffreys – RFLP Stomach contents

Innocence Project Book: Confessions of a Medical Examiner

Laws passed by Congress Textbook

Textbook Use of insects




POWERPOINT TIMELINE PRESENTATION
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