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jan 6, 1892 - fingerprint id used in crime

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Juan Vucetich, an Argentinean police officer, is the first to use fingerprints as evidence in a murder investigation. He created a system of fingerprint identification, which he termed dactyloscopy

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jan 6, 1892
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~ 134 years ago