Crimes that animals, birds and even insects helped solve (6 photos)

The world of justice lives not only with Holmes, Poirot and the inhabitants of the streets of broken lamps. Our smaller brothers also have a hand in solving complicated crimes.





Braver than an eagle



Parrots are known for their intelligence and intelligence. And the white cockatoo named Bird was no exception. When gunmen broke into his owner Kevin Butler's Pleasant Grove home on Christmas Eve 2001, he exhibited unexpected behavior. Unfortunately, Kevin resisted the robbers and died. The bird was also injured, but Bird scratched and bit. And it was thanks to his courage that the killers were found and were able to bring charges against them.

Skin samples taken from under the claws and lodged in the beak gave a DNA match when Butler's surroundings were checked. The pieces completely coincided with the example of a former employee of Kevin’s company, Daniel Torres, who took revenge on his former boss in such a brutal way due to a domestic conflict. At the trial, even the prosecutor noted the bravery of the bird, which fought the attackers: the floor was littered with Bird’s plucked feathers.

cat mark





When 32-year-old mother of many children Shirley Duguay disappeared in Canada in 1994, the woman's former partner, Douglas Beamish, was the first to come under suspicion. A few days after Shirley’s disappearance, a man’s jacket was found in a forested area near her home, with white cat hairs on it.

The detective who had previously interviewed Beamish recalled seeing such an animal at Douglas's home. DNA analysis confirmed that this is the same cat. By the way, this was one of the first cases of conducting research on animal material. Douglas confessed to the murder of his former lover and received a life sentence.

Voice of truth



And another revealing story about the help of a parrot. In 2015, local resident Martin Durham was killed in Sand Lake, Michigan. Bud, a 20-year-old African gray parrot that belonged to him, began to constantly imitate a conversation in a raised voice between a man and a woman.

The dialogue invariably ended with the same phrase - the appeal “Don’t shoot!” During the investigation, it was established that the wife of the deceased, Glenn, killed her husband in front of Bud. And the parrot repeated their last conversation over and over again. After eight hours of deliberation, the jury found the woman guilty of first-degree murder.

Witness for the prosecution



The hero of this story, a dog named Scooby-Doo, witnessed the death of his owner. At first, the Parisian woman's death was ruled an accident. But then, based on the testimony of the relatives of the deceased, a suspect was found, whom they decided to check.

When confronted by a potential defendant at a preliminary hearing, Scooby-Doo barked aggressively. The court clerk recorded the dog's reaction as a "nervous reaction during cross-examination." Some experts opposed the use of such testimony as evidence, since the events took place two years after the death of the owner of Scooby-Doo. And by dog ​​standards, this is almost 20 years. But the statement is controversial, because dogs remember smells very well. And they recognize odors thousands of times better than humans, since they have 300 million olfactory receptors versus 6 million human ones.

Paw as evidence



It wasn't a dog, cat or bird that helped solve a murder committed in Texas in 1985. And the grasshopper. The insect found at the crime scene was missing a leg. And when they questioned and examined the suspect, the same thing was found on the sole of his shoe. When experts conducted a study, they found out that the limb belonged to this particular insect.