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...variation in hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in hair and water in different parts of the United States, they are able to relate it to where a person lives. "From her hair we know that she spent the last two years of her life in the Salt Lake City area and the Intermountain West and that she moved every couple of months," says Salt Lake County Sheriff's Detective Todd Park, who works cold-case homicides...
...cannot be pinpointed, but certain states and regions can be. "This analysis can eliminate about 90% of the U.S. as a possibility," says Cerling. "The ability to exclude is just as powerful as the ability to include in forensic science." "It helps me concentrate my efforts in a smaller area," explains Park. "It's like if you lose your car keys, instead of having to look through the entire house, you can focus on just the kitchen...
...This method can also help in proving or disproving alibis. For example, if a serial killer is roaming the country and claims that he has never been in Akron, Ohio, but you have a history of his hair that places him in that geographic area, it raises some questions. "It's like a credit card transaction that puts you in a place. If you said you were never there, then you have some explaining to do," points out Park...
...sheet left at the crime scene, the key piece of public evidence pointing toward ELF involvement, read: "Built Green? Nope black! McMansions in RCDs r not green. ELF." [RCD stands for Rural Cluster Developments] "The message on that sheet resonates," said a former resident of the Maltby area who now works at a large out-of-state architecture firm and does not want to be identified. "The arsons were terrible and stupid, but it's hard not to be cynical of claims of sustainability by suburban developers...
...metropolis - was its usual, frenetic self Thursday morning, its scores of corporate billboards and animated displays shimmering brightly above the crush of people bustling to work. But something was amiss. Sections of the district were cordoned off with barricades and yellow tape; traffic was snarled, and police swarmed the area. For those unaware of what transpired here overnight, news crawls bellowed the troubling headlines: "TIMES SQUARE BOMBED." Authorities are investigating whether the attack is linked to two previous bombings that bore eerie similarities...