rick out everything from mosquito to coruscation can lead to a judgment of conviction .
1.A25-year cold casewas solved with a hotdog napkin.
2.A nearly years-old cold case may have been solved by acontact lens container.
3.A car thief suspectwas found thanks to a mosquito.
4.A tree ringblew a 1981 cold case wide open.
5.A 23-year cold casewas solved through a LEGO brick.
6.A postage stamplinked the murder of an Italian childto a man who died in 1991 — the resulting search led police to find not only the man’s unclaimed child, but also the murderer.
7.One single horsehairhelped to solve a ’30s murder.
8.Adeck of cardshelped to solve a 31-year-old cold case.
9.Serial rapist Randal Comeauxwas found throughhis cigarette butts.
10.In the mid-1980s, a child kidnapper was foundthanks to a few flakes of pink paint.
11.Empty bottles of sodahelped to find a chemistguilty of a 1989 murder.
12.A tiny, coin-sized shard of plastichelped to solvea cold case.
13.A 1998 murderwas solved by a dog hair.
14.After a successful escape from a prison sentence, runawayGioacchino Gammino lived unnoticed for 20 years. Until a single Google Maps image was spotted by cops, that is.
15.A sexual assault case in Germany was solved towards the end of the Cold War —using glitter.
16.Tiny,pink bath mat fibreshelped to identify a serial killer after years of investigation.
