A wealthy collector was found dead in his gallery, clutching a torn photograph of his estranged brother. The window was broken from the outside, and glass shards lay across the Persian rug. Detective Dale inspected the shards and arrested the collector's wife for staging a break-in. What revealed the staged crime?
The glass shards were lying on top of the Persian rug rather than underneath it.
If a window is broken from the outside, gravity causes the glass to fall inward, scattering underneath any rug or furniture placed near the sill. Glass on top of the rug proves the window was smashed from inside the room outward.
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