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February 10, 2012

Strange But True!

Q. What's the story behind putting a double murderer away with Doppler radar?

A. Just ask Howard Altschule, TV meteorologist in Albany, N.Y., who became fascinated with weather forensics, as told to Michael Rosenwald for Discover magazine. On Jan. 24, 2002, a double murder was committed in a Troy, N.Y., apartment and although police found the perpetrator's blood, years went by before they had a DNA match to a Michael Mosley. When questioned why his blood was in the apartment, Mosley answered, “I was snowboarding with my kid, fell on a rock and cut my hand. Then I went to the apartment, found the two dead bodies and got so nervous I ran away.”


 
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