A 1892 murder case in Necochea, Argentina, in which a bloody fingerprint left at the scene secured the first criminal conviction in the world based on fingerprint evidence, establishing fingerprints as superior to anthropometric measurement for criminal identification. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Case YearSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountNecochea, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina 1 Investigative or Reform SignificanceSourced to the subject's own accountThe first criminal conviction in the world secured through fingerprint evidence, leading Argentina to become the first nation to base its criminal records solely on fingerprint classification. 1 Case StatusSourced to the subject's own account Case Status
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Was this really the first fingerprint-based murder conviction in history?
It is widely credited as such in secondary literature on the history of forensic identification, though the claim rests substantially on a single well-documented account of the case rather than an exhaustive comparative survey, so it is best described as widely credited rather than definitively established.
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Inspector Eduardo Alvarez, who lifted the fingerprint that solved the case, had been personally trained by Vucetich in his newly developed classification system.
Source NLM Visible Proofs: Juan Vucetich
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Source Wikipedia: Francisca Rojas
Investigated By
Inspector Alvarez of the provincial Central Police, trained in Vucetich's fingerprint method, was sent to Necochea to assist the local police and recovered the bloody fingerprint that identified Rojas.
Source Wikipedia: Francisca Rojas
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The first criminal conviction in the world secured by fingerprint evidence.
Source Wikipedia: Francisca Rojas
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1. Wikipedia: Francisca Rojas
Short description
Argentine murderer; first person found guilty using fingerprints
- Used In: Dactyloscopy
Investigated By: Buenos Aires Provincial Police, Investigation section
Police Inspector Alvarez, of the Central Police, was sent to Necochea to assist local police with the investigation.
In Group: Fingerprint Evidence Cases, Lead
Francisca Rojas was an Argentine murderer, who is believed to be the first criminal found guilty through fingerprint evidence in the world.
View the SourceNLM Visible Proofs: Juan Vucetich
U.S. National Library of MedicineAssociated With: Juan Vucetich, main exhibit textView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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