You don’t see this on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation every day: British crime investigators used DNA from a cat to convict a man of manslaughter. Investigators found cat hair on the body of a murder victim discoveredon a British beach in 2012. Detectives matched the hair to a cat belonging to the victim’s friend. The hair was then matched to a database of DNA gathered from152 cats in England over a six week period. “This is the first time cat DNA has been used in a criminal trial in the U.K.,...
Published on August 23, 2013 22:00