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October 16, 2009 Posted by oldstersview | cool stuff | balloon, hot air balloon | 3 Comments

Watch TV and learn…

US police solved a mysterious death after discovering uncanny similarities to an episode of TV’s CSI.

When Thomas Hickman was found dead in a remote part of New Mexico, with a gunshot wound to the back of his head and duct tape covering his mouth, it looked like an execution-style murder.

But then police found a bunch of balloons tangled in a nearby cactus with a gun tied to the ribbons, reports the Daily Telegraph. Fans of CSI recalled a similar scenario from a 2003 episode of the series in which balloons were used to make a gun float away after a suicide and urged the police to take a look.

July 19, 2008 Posted by oldstersview | People, Strange | balloon, murder | Comments Off

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