At 3:00 AM, a wealthy art collector reported a break-in at his mansion. Detective Ross arrived to find a broken rear window with glass shards resting entirely on the outdoor patio grass. Inside, muddy footprints led straight from the window to a safe, and back out again. Ross arrested the homeowner on the spot for insurance fraud. Why?
The glass shards were on the outside.
If someone breaks a window from the outside to enter, the glass shards must fall inward onto the interior floor, not entirely onto the outdoor patio grass.
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