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Blind Spot Keys, an Orange Thread, and the Staged Handbag

Blind Spot Keys, an Orange Thread, and the Staged Handbag

A single orange fiber smaller than a fingernail clipping became the hinge of a murder trial after a burgundy handbag was found upright, clasp fastened, in a deserted service corridor on July 9, 2011 - and the bag belonged to a woman reported missing the night before. How did a perfectly placed handbag, a six-minute camera gap, and an access code logged at 9:49 p.m. all converge around one man who knew every blind spot on the property?

In this episode, we walk through the timeline from the missing-persons call to the discovery of the…

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