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If any evidence such as hair and fibers or semen were obtained from the victim, even if such techniques had been available in 1888, investigators would not know for certain if it came from the subject or some other partner or customer.

The investigators wondered why the dog had not alerted the household to a potential intruder, but Lindbergh explained that Wahgoosh had been on the far side of the house, where he slept, and would not have heard anything that far away above the wind noise.

But no connection could be established between him and Betty, and all of her responses to investigators seemed genuine and appropriate.

While trying to reposition the head with a stick to remove some of the clothing, one of the investigators pierced the fragile skull.

Osborn composed a sample paragraph including many key words from the notes that investigators could get suspects to write without connecting it to the Lindbergh communications.

When investigators examined her VW, still parked at the library with newly checked-out books on the front seat, they found it had been tampered with, a wire to the distributor disconnected among other actions.

Even years later some investigators considered him the strongest suspect, but there was never enough to bring him to trial.

But investigators uncovered one odd, possibly related incident in the area that night.

The offender did expend ammunition in his rampage and investigators gathered that evidence: empty shell casings from a .

The Jensens told investigators that Betty Lou had been bothered by a boy whose romantic intentions she did not return.

The prints also had an identifying mark, which investigators were able to trace to the manufacturer.

Without his hint, given the change in jurisdiction and location, investigators might not have immediately linked this case to the ones in Vallejo.

While investigators worked the scene, the search fanned out using dogs, patrolmen on foot, and military police from the nearby base.

There was no obvious message, so investigators tried to interpret the meaning of the card, looking into unsolved crimes there to see if this was a veiled reference to another murder.

One of the issues with the police and the Ramseys was that, despite the belief that either John or Patsy did it, the investigators disagreed about which one.