Car Wash Murders Leave Police Clueless, Spotless
The Daily Probe - April 10, 2000
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IRVING, TX (DPI) - The Irving Police Department has issued an
appeal for any eyewitnesses to the shooting deaths of five people
at the Mi-T-Fine Car Wash to come forward. The bodies and the
murder weapon were found in a large four-door sedan that had been
run through the wash and wax with the windows rolled down, exposing
all evidence to the patented Mi-T-Fine SudSwisher, the heated
spinning brush that polishes metal surfaces -- and people and
handguns, as it turns out -- to a high Sunday-go-to-meeting gloss.
Dirt, pollen, road tar, and telltale fingerprints were whisked
away, leaving the death car with a showroom shine. Anxious
detectives tested the device on their department-issue cars, as
well as on their personal vehicles, before concluding that no
physical evidence would be found.
-- Reported by Chris Jones
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