1. Skeleton in a Drum

Desi Crime Files

31-08-2022 • 18 mins

This is one of those cases that could boggle the sharpest investigative minds. And yet, it was cracked by officer Siby Tom - often called the Sherlock Holmes of Kerala by the press - with the help of just a 6.5 cm screw!!

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References:

  1. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/how-a-6-5-cm-long-malleolar-screw-helped-kochi-police-crack-gruesome-murder-case-5099244/
  2. https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/03/22/how-kochis-holmes-nailed-concrete-barrel-murderer-with-screw.html
  3. https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2018/mar/10/police-solve-mystery-over-identity-of--skeleton-in-barrel-1784721.html
  4. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/womans-body-found-in-plastic-drum-near-vembanad/article22399980.ece
  5. https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/skeletal-remains-in-barrel-victim-identifed/article22987937.ece