Newsday (19 Sept) reports that:
The percentage of rape cases going unsolved nationwide is increasing, according to an FBI crime report released yesterday, and bleach, condoms and gloves are among the tools used by rapists in recent years to escape punishment.
[...] “I think criminals are becoming more cognizant of technological advances,” says Kenneth Rau, Suffolk chief of detectives, who adds that some criminals “are reacting to shows.”
“They’re making their victims shower or bathe,” adds former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt, who cites crime shows as one possible reason for this trend. “It gives the criminal with any common sense pause to think, ‘Hey, there’s a way to cover my trail or conceal my DNA.’ “
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