When a Canadian woman disappeared, the police suspected foul play. They had few productive leads but
suspected Douglas Beamish, the woman's ex-husband.
A white cat named Snowball
Without evidence, though, the police had no way to
helped to catch a killer.
exert pressure on Beamish to confess.
Months later, the woman's body was discovered in a shallow grave. Nearby was a bag
containing a blood-spattered jacket. The jacket was similar to one owned by Beamish, but police
couldn't devise a strong enough case to link him to the murder. Then they discovered 27 white
hairs clinging to the jacket.
Close examination revealed that the hairs were from a cat. The hair, along with lingering
suspicions about Beamish, helped investigators make an important connection. Beamish had
been living with his parents, who owned a white cat named Snowball. Police wanted to compare
Snowball's DNA with DNA from the hairs on the jacket. However, no Canadian labs did DNA
testingon cats.
A lab in Maryland agreed to test Snowball's blood and hair. The tests showed that the hair on
the jacketwas definitely Snowball's. With this evidence, ajury convicted Beamish of murder. For
the first time, animal DNA evidence had put a criminal behind bars.

Which two parts of this excerpt from mary shelley’s frankenstein reveals information about the setting? (it was on a dreary night of november that i beheld the accomplishment of my toils.) with an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, (i collected the instruments of life around me, that i might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet. it was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out) when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs. (how can i describe my emotions at this catastrophe), or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care i had endeavored to form? his limbs were in proportion, and i had selected his features as beautiful. beautiful! great god! (his yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; ) but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips.