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Hours and came back with a finding of first-degree murder. in canada, a first-degree murder conviction carries an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 25 years. >> this case ranks among the most unusual in forensic history. >> i have been policing now for 28 years and 20 years in the forensic business. i have never before or again had an impression in a tomato. >> it was amazing how dr. strong, based on a grainy mug shot of not great quality was able to determine all the nuances ...

>> there was a specific part of the design, which ill refer to here as an "s" shape or a stylized 7 that became very apparent in the photograph. that really piqued my interest. >> but forensic investigator jerry webb had a problem. he needed to know if the weight of a 350-pound man created a different kind of a shoe impression on a tomato than one that you get by copying a shoe impression on paper or a transparency. so webb designed an experiment. >> i had a person that wore size 13 shoes put on...

Then had his 350-pound model step on each one wearing the suspects shoes. webb discovered that the test impression on the tomato was virtually the same as the one taken directly from the shoe and the photo taken at the crime scene. >> i was able to take those two overlays and put them over top of a photograph of the tomato itself and be able to illustrate that, in fact, that the pattern matched up on the tomato impression. >> although the size of browns shoe and the tread pattern was the same as...