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 In 1966, the FIFA World Cup was stolen from an exhibit at the Westminster Central Hall in London. This occurred only a few months before the games were to begin. Somehow, the thief dodged round the clock security and ignored other higher-valued items.
The next day, a ransom was demanded, but it turned out to be from someone unrelated to the crime with no knowledge of the trophy’s location. The trail went cold for about a week before something quite unexpected happened. A mixed-breed dog named Pickles followed his nose to the trophy which was wrapped in paper near the wheel of his neighbor’s car. With this discovery, Pickles hit it big time. He was invited to the World Cup banquet, issued a cash reward, awarded a medal by the National Canine Defense League, and even became a movie star. He appeared in the 1966 film The Spy with a Cold Nose. To this day, Pickles’s collar is still on display at the National Football Museum in Manchester.   Below are the answers to this week’s True Crime Trivia Q & A.
  Below are the answers to this week’s True Crime Trivia Q & A.
  Here is the answer to our True Crime Trivia Question:
Andrew Cunanan terrorized the nation during his 3-month killing spree in 1997. It all came to a head with the murder of famous designer, Gianni Versace. Back when Cunanan was in high school, his graduating class voted him to be most likely to be remembered. This was likely because he had a reputation for telling outlandish lies about his personal & family life.  In Sydney, Australia, an apartment tenant phoned emergency services in 2015. They reported hearing furniture being thrown in a neighboring apartment along with a woman screaming and a man shouting “I’m going to kill you. You’re dead!”
When authorities arrived, they found a man alone in his apartment, squealing and chasing a large spider around his place with a can of bug spray. A similar incident happened in 2019 in Perth, Australia. A pedestrian walking through the park overheard a toddler crying and a man yelling “Why don’t you die?” The pedestrian called authorities, which promptly arrived to find a terrified man yelling at a large spider. The police disposed of the spider.  February 7, 1968, Bernard Josephs returned to his home in England, to find that his wife, Claire had been murdered. While the crime scene had been gruesome, his wife had defensive wounds, telling investigators that she put up a fight. There were no signs of forced entry. A half-finished meal was prepared in the kitchen, leading investigators to believe someone Claire knew stopped by while she was making dinner.
Police narrowed their suspects to one, Roger Payne, an acquaintance of the Josephs. He had a flimsy alibi and wounds on his hands. That seemed to be enough for them to investigate him further. Though forensics in the 60s wasn’t nearly as advanced as today, investigators were still able to find fibers from Claire’s red wool dress on his clothes and in his car along with traces of blood that matched Claire’s blood type. Roger Payne was sentenced to life in prison after a guilty verdict in this case that forensic evidence helped solve. This early case using forensic evidence is impressive for it’s time.  The year was 2007. The place, El Lago Mexican restaurant in Texas. An employee called to report a dine and dash. The man scarfed down his meal and ditched out without paying the check. He fled to a vacant building across the street.
On the backside of the building, the responding officer found an unsecured door. When he entered, he called out “Marco” in an attempt to “inject humor into the situation.” Unbelievably, the suspect called back “Polo” and was quickly apprehended by the officer. The man was charged with criminal trespass, though the restaurant declined to press charges for the dine and dash.  In Port Hedland, Australia, camping season at De Grey River had only just begun. A feral pig—that’s right—a pig, happened upon a campsite and stole three 6-packs of beer from the campers. The swine then went on a drunken rampage trashing garbage cans, swiping snacks from other campers, and then starting a fight—with a nearby cow. When the piggy realized he wouldn’t win his brawl with the bovine, he swam across the river and slept it off under the shade of a tree.
It's said that the pig wasn’t charged with any of the many offenses, including the beer theft, littering, or assault on the cow. However, the campers were given a stern warning to lock up their food and drinks. |
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