On October 16, 1902, at 157 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris, the most important crime in all of police history took place. The assassination of Joseph R., a dentist's servant, will revolutionize, forever, police methods throughout the world.
When Alphonse Bertillon goes to the scene of the crime, a detail jumps out at him: very visible fingerprints are present on the window of the door of the furniture in the room. Perhaps he could reproduce these prints, compare them with the one on his files and find the culprit among the repeat offenders? How will this man, described as terribly resentful, resolve this affair? Pierre Bellemare tells this incredible story in this episode of the Europe 1 archives.