A jeweler reported a night robbery. The front window was smashed inward, and sparkling diamonds were strewn across the sidewalk outside. Detective Vance looked at the glass shards lying on top of the diamonds on the pavement and shook his head. What was wrong with the crime scene?
The glass should be under the diamonds
If the window was smashed inward, the glass would have fallen first, landing on the pavement, and the diamonds would have spilled out afterward, resting on top of the glass shards.
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