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Why cold cases lean on blurry video

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The entire foundation of a compelling cold case rests on the shoulders of the worst security camera ever manufactured. Investigators will point to a clump of blurry gray pixels moving across a parking lot and declare with absolute certainty that the suspect is a left-handed man wearing a vintage denim jacket.

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