IBIS Helps North Carolina Police Link Gun to Crime
Posted by Andre Demers on Thu, Oct 27, 2011
Here is an interesting news story from WFMY highlighting how IBIS (Integrated Ballistic Identification System) helped the Greensboro Police Department identify a gun as the one used in a high-profile armed robbery and murder outside an Old Navy store.
As reported by WFMY:
In the case of the Old Navy Murder, with new evidence, the case has been re-opened. However, Major Tom Sheppard with the Guilford County Sheriff's Department said a case is never really closed.
According to Sheppard, It's not unheard of for evidence to turn up after investigators have a suspect or even after someone has been convicted. In fact, the term "closed case" or "inactive" is really just what police use internally to say they're not working on any new leads. However, in a serious crime like a murder, any clue can be a big one.