Scientists who showed how contact between people, objects and places leaves evidence that can be examined, including the exchange principle, bloodstain pattern analysis, tree and wood evidence, crime scene reconstruction, and the forensic laboratories of China and Taiwan. A person belongs here when the cited source describes the examination of physical or trace evidence or crime scene work. It excludes firearms examiners and DNA specialists, who have their own groups.
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Luke S. May (Wikipedia)
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was an American forensic scientist and detective
Cui Daozhi (Wikipedia)
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renowned for his expertise in trace evidence and ballistic identification
Wikipedia: Calvin Hooker Goddard
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was a forensic scientist, army officer, academic, researcher and a pioneer in forensic ballistics
Wikipedia: Edmond Locard
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Edmond Locard (13 December 1877-4 May 1966) was a French criminologist, the pioneer in forensic science who became known as the "Sherlock Holmes of France".
Wikipedia: Paul L. Kirk
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Paul Leland Kirk (May 9, 1902, June 5, 1970) was a biochemist, criminalist and participant in the Manhattan Project who was specialized in microscopy.
Henry Lee (forensic scientist) (Wikipedia)
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Henry Chang-Yu Lee (Chinese: 李昌鈺; pinyin: Lǐ Chāngyù; November 22, 1938, March 27, 2026) was a Chinese-American forensic scientist and biochemist.
Wikipedia: Edward O. Heinrich
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Edward Oscar Heinrich (April 20, 1881, September 28, 1953) was a forensic criminologist and lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley.
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