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100-Year-Old Murder... SOLVED!

Posted on 03.12.10 by Dindrane @ 1:45 am
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The corpse, riddled with mysterious holes, lay in a drawer in a museum; the nature of the injuries confused and puzzled--stymieing even the fine minds of London's greatest natural history museum. However, just as a documentary was being filmed, the incisive mind of forensic scientist Heather Bonney made a shocking discovery--the victim had been shot! Further, "her investigation identified entry and exit wounds, and X-rays revealed a shotgun pellet still inside the the body. " (emphasis mine)

The victim, a Goliath beetle almost 4" in length (the size of a songbird), was apparently shot while "on the wing." Beetles in the scarab family are notoriously difficult to catch by insect collectors, due to their fine ability to perform extensive and complicated aerial maneuvers.

The name of the murderer is being withheld at this time, pending further investigation; ditto the name of the Goliath beetle in question, as he was almost certainly a minor. Remember, folks: there's no statute of limitations for murder...even for beetles.

For the full story, find it here.

Dindrane is a writer, scholar, translator, professor and freelance classicist for hire. When she is not assisting the animal kingdom in the overthrow of humanity, she reads. She has, in fact, read more books than you. Do not test her on this. When she is not reading, she is serving as Minister of Anime and Manga Studies at Need Coffee Dot Com. She lives and works in North Alabama and is under the misguided assumption she is boring. She can be found on Twitter at @DindraneErin. She has written 340 posts. See them all here.

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