Detective Vance was examining the scene of a staged kidnapping in a suburban home. The kidnappers had supposedly broken through the front glass window, leaving glass shards strewn across the living room rug. Vance pointed out a critical flaw: all the house plants sitting on the windowsill directly behind the broken glass had their leaves completely undisturbed and un-scratched. Vance arrested the homeowner. Why?
The plants were untouched
If someone broke through the front window from the outside, glass would fly inward and shred or disturb the delicate leaves of house plants sitting right on the windowsill. Untouched plants prove the window was broken from the inside out after the plants were moved or avoided.
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