Oklahoma City: The Vehicle Evidence That Helped Identify a Suspect
A fragment recovered after the 1995 bombing helped investigators identify the rental truck and trace it back to a business in Kansas.
Follow the evidence.
Go beyond the headline.
The records, forensic methods, investigative decisions, and evidence that changed a case.
A fragment recovered after the 1995 bombing helped investigators identify the rental truck and trace it back to a business in Kansas.
The Boston robbery took minutes. The investigation took years and turned on information that could be checked against earlier leads.
Investigators kept the serial numbers of the ransom money. That decision gave them a way to trace bills years after the kidnapping.
Norway’s official inquiry reconstructed the response to the attacks in Oslo and on Utøya and examined gaps in preparedness and coordination.
New Zealand’s criminal judgment and public inquiry record different parts of the response to the March 2019 attacks.
The FBI’s case history traces how family recognition and comparison documents moved a long investigation toward an arrest.
Canada’s public inquiry examined the bombing, the response and the institutional decisions that shaped the investigation.
A notorious killer resumed contact with police and the media. One of his own communications gave investigators a digital lead they could pursue in the real world.