No hiding place from the forensic detectives
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NO HIDING PLACE FROM THE FORENSIC DETECTIVES D OROTHY W00D probably never saw her killer. The 94-year-old spinster was suffocated as she lay in bed where neighbours discovered her on May 7th, 1996. There were few clues, but an alert scene-of-crime officer spotted what might be handprints on the outside of Dorothy's recently cleaned windows in her home in Fartown, Huddersfield. He dusted them with aluminium powder and was surprised to see the clear shapes of human ears appearing in the particles. The attacker must have listened at the window before entering. The four left ear prints were photographed and impressions made, using the techniques usually employed for lifting fingerprints. But would they be any use? The Dentist I t was Naomi Smith's father Brian and her best friend Emma who made the discovery. Fifteen-year-old Naomi, red-haired and freckle-faced, had gone out at 9.40pm to post a letter and call in on Emma to invite...

