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DNA and vehicle tracking help French police recover stolen Renoirs

French investigators used DNA evidence found at the scene and vehicle tracking data to apprehend suspects and recover the stolen paintings.

On air: Rosa Ticks and Chip Darnell on BBN Crime Watch
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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFrench investigators have recovered stolen Renoir paintings and made arrests, and they say DNA evidence and vehicle tracking cracked the case.

  2. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterIt is a quiet gallery, the lights are low, and somebody allegedly walks out with a Renoir under their arm.

  3. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterBut the car was being followed the whole time!

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe suspects are allegedly the ones who left the DNA, which is a very generous thing to leave behind.

  5. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterRenoir painted soft, dreamy blurs, and these alleged thieves left the sharpest evidence in France.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe sharpest.

  7. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterAnd the tracked vehicle, Chip, allegedly the slowest getaway in art history, was basically a moving signature!

  8. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo the paintings are home, and the arrests are in. That's a good week for French police.

  9. Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterRenoir never signed that clearly. The alleged thieves signed it in DNA.

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