Edmond Locard was one of the first people in the world to investigate hair and fiber. In1910 he came up with the idea to establish a laboratory to investigate evidence from crime scenes. It was a few rooms in the attic above a court house in Lyon, France. In 1912 the court finally decided to recognize his laboratory in court. Locard then headed the first criminal investigation lab in the world, which got much recognition from countries everywhere. Between 1931 and 1935 Locard published seven volumes of Traité de criminastique (Treaty of Criminalistics). These books are still referred to today.
Francois Goron was one of the first people to try to use hair analysis in a case. His first case that he tried to use it, did not work out. The hair found in a dead woman’s hand could not be identified as human because the scientific world had b=not yet advanced that far. In 1899, Goron tried to use hair and fibers in another case, which was successful. He was able to prove that the perpetrator’s hair was dyed, resulting in the arrest.
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