Share Three-dimensional point clouds , or laser-generated colour pictures on laptop screens, were detailed to the millimetre. Police could view a location from every angle, surveying it from above or zooming in for a fingertip search.
The tech was stretched to the limit as West Midlands Police investigated a double murder in Dudley. One man was found dead in a suburban street.
Another was rushed to hospital by his brother and nephew, where he died within hours.
Both victims suffered bizarre, triple-edged stab wounds in the shape, as one copper remarked, of a Mercedes Benz badge. The brother wasn t keen to be interviewed. I m not in the mood, mate, he told an officer.
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