ac
tua
ll
y bent r
ight here.
it’s not really a straight line
If it doesn’t all add up, then
something isn’t as it seems
The mystery angle is 18º and the mystery angle is 13º…well,
that clearly doesn’t add up. If the mystery angle is 13º, then
it can’t be vertically opposite our 18º bullet path angle as well.
This means that the line on the sketch from Benny to Micky
doesn’t join up perfectly with the bullet path.
CRIME SCENE SKETCH
CASE GEO180
(ANGLES AS MEASURED
BUT DRAWING NOT TO
SCALE)
BULLET
PA
TH
MICKY
BENNY
FOOTPRINTS
18º
81º
86º
72º
9º
81º 99º
?º
W
e thought that this w
ould be a
straight line from Benn
y through
t
o the bullet path, but our
ca
lcul
a
tions s
how tha
t i
t can’t be.
18º
13º
18º
13º
T
his is simpl
y impossible.
T
hese angles could onl
y
w
ork if the bullet pa
th
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