<P> Forensic DNA analysis was first used in 1984 . It was developed by Sir Alec Jefferys , who realized that variation in the genetic code could be used to identify individuals and to tell individuals apart from one another . The first application of DNA profiles was used by Jefferys in a double murder mystery in a small England town called Narborough , Leicestershire in 1985 . A 15 - year - old school girl by the name of Lynda Mann was raped and murdered in Carlton Hayes psychiatric hospital . The police did not find a suspect but were able to obtain a semen sample . </P>
<P> Forensic DNA analysis was first used in 1984 . It was developed by Sir Alec Jefferys , who realized that variation in the genetic code could be used to identify individuals and to tell individuals apart from one another . The first application of DNA profiles was used by Jefferys in a double murder mystery in a small England town called Narborough , Leicestershire in 1985 . A 15 - year - old school girl by the name of Lynda Mann was raped and murdered in Carlton Hayes psychiatric hospital . The police did not find a suspect but were able to obtain a semen sample . </P>
when was forensic evidence first used in court
when was forensic evidence first used in court
1985
1985