Author: Ligitas Nefas / Source: Bored Panda
We all love the classic sleuthing tales of Sherlock Holmes, but what if he had had the internet? He probably would have been able to solve crimes in half the time. Well, Washington State Police decided to utilize the wonderful resource that it is the web, to solve a fatal hit-and-run and it paid off.
Trooper Johnna Batiste tweeted out a picture of a car part from a vehicle that killed an unidentified cyclist, asking the public for any information on the collision. The tweet found its way to the sub-Reddit category ‘r/WhatIsThisThing – a thread where users have identified some pretty obscure objects just from a single photo. It didn’t take long for the internet to do its thing. Reddit user and former Maryland state inspector, JeffsNuts, identified the headlamp as a bezel from a 1988 Chevrolet Silverado truck. A few days later his knowledge paid off and Batiste
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