Geometria
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GERMAN
FORENSIC GEOLOGIST
Georg Popp is credited as the first forensic scientist to utilize geological evidence to solve a crime. In October 1904, while working as a forensic scientist inFrankfurt, Germany, Georg Popp was asked to assist in solving the murder of a young woman named Eva Disch, who had been strangled in a field. The murder weapon was Ms. Disch's scarf, and the perpetratorhad apparently left his own well-used handkerchief near the body. Upon microscopic examination of the contents of the handkerchief, Georg Popp noted that the enclosed mucous contained particles ofsnuff and bits of coal. The most forensically interesting aspect of the mucosal contents were a variety of minerals, particularly that of hornblende.
The principal suspect in the case was a man namedKarl Laubach, who was known to use snuff, who worked part-time in a gasworks fired by burning coal, and who was also employed part-time at a local gravel pit. Popp examined the body of the murdervictim and extracted bits of coal and grains of several minerals, including hornblende, from under her fingernails. Georg Popp was able to obtain the clothing worn by the suspect on the day of themurder; he made a close examination of the legs of Mr. Laubach's trousers and removed a variety of soil samples from them. When he performed a microscopic examination of the soil samples, he discovered alower layer consistent in makeup to a soil sample previously obtained from the murder scene. When he examined an upper layer of soil from the trousers, he found a mineral blend consistent with soilsamples removed from the path between the murder site and the suspect's home.
Popp's forensic scientific conclusion was that the suspect's clothing picked up the lower layer of soil at the scene ofthe murder; this layer was then covered by mineral-laden mud splashed upon the trousers during the suspect's return home. When interrogated and presented with the analysis of evidence found in his...
FORENSIC GEOLOGIST
Georg Popp is credited as the first forensic scientist to utilize geological evidence to solve a crime. In October 1904, while working as a forensic scientist inFrankfurt, Germany, Georg Popp was asked to assist in solving the murder of a young woman named Eva Disch, who had been strangled in a field. The murder weapon was Ms. Disch's scarf, and the perpetratorhad apparently left his own well-used handkerchief near the body. Upon microscopic examination of the contents of the handkerchief, Georg Popp noted that the enclosed mucous contained particles ofsnuff and bits of coal. The most forensically interesting aspect of the mucosal contents were a variety of minerals, particularly that of hornblende.
The principal suspect in the case was a man namedKarl Laubach, who was known to use snuff, who worked part-time in a gasworks fired by burning coal, and who was also employed part-time at a local gravel pit. Popp examined the body of the murdervictim and extracted bits of coal and grains of several minerals, including hornblende, from under her fingernails. Georg Popp was able to obtain the clothing worn by the suspect on the day of themurder; he made a close examination of the legs of Mr. Laubach's trousers and removed a variety of soil samples from them. When he performed a microscopic examination of the soil samples, he discovered alower layer consistent in makeup to a soil sample previously obtained from the murder scene. When he examined an upper layer of soil from the trousers, he found a mineral blend consistent with soilsamples removed from the path between the murder site and the suspect's home.
Popp's forensic scientific conclusion was that the suspect's clothing picked up the lower layer of soil at the scene ofthe murder; this layer was then covered by mineral-laden mud splashed upon the trousers during the suspect's return home. When interrogated and presented with the analysis of evidence found in his...
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