![]() ![]() Then a suspect was found in possession of the victim’s savings account book. Seven was an unusual number for rifling, however. ![]() Lacassagne called in an expert, a gunsmith from the renowned weapons manufacturer Verney-Carron, who verified they came from the rifling grooves in the gun’s barrel. What could have caused them? Rifling and striations The bullet was slightly deformed from having nicked that rib, but that didn’t explain the scratches on the other side of the bullet’s surface. When he examined the bullet more carefully, he noticed a clue he hadn’t seen before. By February 1888, when Alexandre Lacassagne performed this autopsy, his school had already become famous. The pathologist founded his own school of criminology in Lyon, France, and took major steps in fashioning a field for a new brand of physician: the medical examiner. He could coax evidence from dead bodies that most people overlooked. Alexandre Lacassagne as the man for the hourĪlexandre Lacassagne, a French pathology professor, had an outstanding reputation in law enforcement. Lacassagne (Aug– September 24, 1924), public domain. ![]()
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