Today, I will briefly tell special cases of crimes solved by using"unusual tools" in the history!
1. Leech- Robbery Case in Australia
Do you know what is Leech? Leech is a creature that lives in a fresh water area and it's distinctive character is that it sucks human's blood.
Picture of leech
Sucking human blood. This means that we can find out someone's DNA by investigating the blood.
In 2009, there was a case that detectives in Austrailia actually solved the robbery case by using a leech found in a crime area.
In 2001, two men robbed old lady's house, stealing big amount of money. However, there was a leech filled with blood found in the crime area and detectives immediately investigated it. After several years of that robbery case, the crime suspects were caught in other crime case in the process of DNA Analysis. Leech seems to be a useless creature in the world, but it can be very helpful and distinctive tool to solve a crime by looking this case! :)
2. Plant- Arizona
Flower can also be a helpful tool to find more specific evidences in crime.
In 1992, plant DNA evidence led to solve a murder case in the state of Arizona, United States.
At first, the crime suspect denied his crime, claiming he had never been in the crime scene.
Moreover, he even accused the victim of robbery. In order to find clear evidences to solve the crime, dectectives searched the suspects truck and found seed pods. This became very important clue because palo verde trees have unique pattern of DNA. By analyzing the seed pods, detectives could find if the analysis matchs with the exact tree located in the crime scence. Hence, it turned out to be the crime suspect was guilty and it was possible to end this case perfectly because of palo verde tree.
Photo: Flowers of the palo verde tree
3. X-ray and CT imaging technology- Italy
Nowadays, we could find out more specific information about how the person was killed by using new developed technologies, such as CT imaging. By using CT imaging, scientists found out how Iceman, Europe's oldes mummy, had been killed in past. According to the result, Iceman had been killed brutally because there was an arrowhead in his left shoulder, several wounds on his hands and injuries of violent fights. In addition, CT imaging caught that Iceman's stomach was full, meaning he had a nice meal before his death. By looking at these clues, scientist claimed that the Iceman was probably killed by one or more enemies right after a meal.
Photo of Iceman
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