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flyingtiger1013
August-12th-2005, 09:59 AM
http://www.nbc4.com/news/4841442/detail.html

Discarded Lip Balm Solves Outstanding 2003 Crime
Viney Sentenced To 19 Years In Prison

POSTED: 10:36 pm EDT August 11, 2005
UPDATED: 10:51 pm EDT August 11, 2005

WASHINGTON -- A discarded tube of ChapStick has resulted in a 19-year prison term for a young Washington man.

Twenty-three-year-old Jason Viney was sentenced to 48 years in prison with all but 19 years suspended after pleading guilty to carjacking and other charges Wednesday in Stafford County Circuit Court.

Police had recovered ChapStick that had been left behind during a pursuit of the suspect following a July 5. 2003, incident in Stafford.

DNA from the lip balm was determined to have come from Viney, who was in the state DNA databank as a result of a prior robbery conviction.


I was watching Cold Case Files last night. They had case about a woman that was killed with duct tape. 10 years later they decided to check the ends of the tape for DNA since they concluded that a person would most likely break it with their teeth. Sure enough, they nailed the guy because of it. Now who would have thunk it?:whoknows:

SkinsD
August-12th-2005, 01:29 PM
Good to hear, always love those gotchas!

I love Cold Case Files, saw one a while back that was very cool. Basically the cops knew this guy killed this woman but could not prove it without his DNA. They could not force him to submit some so they devised a plan to get his DNA. They knew he chewed tobacco so they had someone follow him around, eventually the got a spit cup which they used to convict him. Pretty cool!

Cdowwe
August-12th-2005, 03:35 PM
:laugh:

Just when you think you got away with the crime, they get you with the chapstick.

redskinss
August-12th-2005, 03:47 PM
i like the one where they needed this guys dna but he lived across the country. so they mailed him a letter saying he overpayed on his speeding tickets and deserved a refund. since they are the police and have all his records why would he not believe them. he licked the return envelope and bam life in prison.