Evidence & Methods

Evidence, forensic work, and methods used to support, challenge, or revisit hypotheses

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Painel de investigação com cartas, documentos datilografados, lupa, análise forense e fotos de um suspeito e de uma cabana.

Evidence & Methods27/09/20266 min read

Unabomber case: how texts and correspondence contributed to identification

Letters, the manifesto, and older writings formed a documentary trail that helped turn a family suspicion into a testable investigative hypothesis. The case shows how linguistic an...

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Composição dividida entre documentos e evidências do Cecil Hotel à esquerda, elevador com figura feminina ao centro e painel de teorias e perguntas à direita.

Evidence & Methods19/09/20267 min read

Elisa Lam: what the autopsy and Cecil Hotel records establish, and what the elevator video does not prove

The autopsy, toxicology, hotel records and civil case documents help separate established facts from interpretations of the elevator video.

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Composição investigativa com retrato falado de D.B. Cooper, gravata escura, maços de notas, equipamento de paraquedas, pasta do FBI e avião ao fundo.

Evidence & Methods19/09/20266 min read

D.B. Cooper: what the FBI found and what the evidence does not prove

Recovered ransom money, a tie, parachutes, and witness accounts narrow the D.B. Cooper case, but they do not identify the hijacker or settle his fate.

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