A Master Criminal
March 31st, 2009
Here’s the situation: “DNA traces of an unknown eastern-European woman had been found at almost 17 crime scenes, including two murders … but also car jackings, unprofessional break-ins and on a bullet fired in a marital dispute. The crimes [were] spread around a large area including south-west Germany, France and Switzerland.” Law-enforcement officials set up a massive task force to track down this super-criminal, and they believe they’ve found the culprit—a woman at the factory that makes cotton swabs for DNA tests. The swabs used at the crime scenes were contaminated with her DNA. Oops.
Link #1: http://mwinkelmann.com/…
(via Slashdot)
Link #2: http://en.wikipedia.org/…
Link #3: http://www.reuters.com/…
