Blood spatter analysis began in 1895 with Dr. Eduard Piotrowski, who published Concerning the Origin, Shape, Direction and Distribution of the Bloodstains Following Head Wounds Caused by Blows, which was the first major study of blood spatter in history. Piotrowski’s research influenced the work of other European scientists throughout the twentieth century, such as Dr. Victor Balthazard, who further investigated blood spatter. Dr. Balthazard was a French scientist who expanded upon Piotrowski’s research in investigating the patterns, impacts, and trajectories of bloodstains and, in 1939, presented his research to the 22nd Congress of Forensic Medicine. Furthermore, in England during the 1940s, Dr. Francis Camps investigated many criminal cases through the analysis of blood spatter, including the 1949 murder of Stanley Setty in …show more content…
Its history of admissibility stems from its roots in physical science, particularly chemistry and physics. Bloodstain and spatter evidence has no history of being excluded or doubted during a trial due to a failure to meet the general acceptance standards established in the Frye v. United States ruling. In fact, due to the admissibility of bloodstain evidence in court cases, as well as its foundation in scientific principles, have led many legal jurisdictions in the United States to consider include it in the principle of judicial