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The owner of the car should have turned that knife over to the police as evidence. Sometimes Eagle Scouts go bad.

If it doesn't belong to the thief, the cops have the resources to locate the rightful owner and return the knife.
 
I am so sorry that the link does not work without signing up. Since I am a member, and I think the story is good, I CCP the best posts of the thread and here they are:

"I found this knife in my car that was stolen and then recovered. On the back it says ‘Eagle Scout 2009’ . Because it seems like an important gift I thought perhaps it was stolen from someone else. Or if it is yours and you are the one you took my car and want to apologize and pay my coats, I’ll gladly give it back.

Turn it over to the police- evidence for finger prints- may lead to the person who stole your car

No realistic person should think that the police would follow up with fingerprints or DNA for a property crime. No offense to those that made the suggestions but there is no way they would ever give evidence like this a second look let alone use it to solve a crime.

If you call the Northern Star [MN] council of the BSA, they might be able to help find the owner if the troop the person was in is in this council. The office phone is 612-261-xxxx. As the wife and mom of Eagle Scouts, I think this might have sentimental value to the owner. And I doubt he stole your car.😊

Probably this guy. Maybe contact through linkedin. Profile mentions lots about scouts [LinkedIn link removed]

I just spoke with Alex G. by phone and he is very legit and would like to recover his stolen knife. His and about 20 other cars were broken in to. His knife was all that was stolen from his car. please message me for further info. He asked that I not post his phone number on social media.

There is a Alex G on linked in tied to boy scouts, eagle scout engineer at Graco.

You all are amazing sleuths. I did a cursory google search and found nothing..but apparently he was not too hard to find! I left him a message this morning so we will see about next steps! I will keep you all in the loop!!"
 
Knyfe said:
No realistic person should think that the police would follow up with fingerprints or DNA for a property crime. No offense to those that made the suggestions but there is no way they would ever give evidence like this a second look let alone use it to solve a crime.
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Are you LEO? While I may not be "realistic", I am a LEO.

And your statement is completely presumptuous and false.

If a major crime is committed (grand/car theft), ANY evidence directly linked to the crime and/or found at the scene is subject to examination as standard procedure. While a DNA workup is usually not required, forensics/fingerprinting is.
 
shane45-1911 said:
Are you LEO? While I may not be "realistic", I am a LEO.

And your statement is completely presumptuous and false.

If a major crime is committed (grand/car theft), ANY evidence directly linked to the crime and/or found at the scene is subject to examination as standard procedure.
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I could be wrong, but I believe the OP was including comments made by posters on that site (I think the "fingerprints/DNA" comment is one of them).

For my own education I just did a Google search for "DNA used to catch car thieves", and yeah, the cops most definitely use DNA to catch car thieves (I didn't bother to search for fingerprints).

Of course it's always good to hear direct from a real LEO like you Shane.
 
killgar said:
I could be wrong, but I believe the OP was including comments made by posters on that site (I think the "fingerprints/DNA" comment is one of them).
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Thanks pal.

Sorry Knyfe, your post was a little confusing and I thought you were the one making the comments, not pasting comments from others.

In that case, THEY are presumptuous and wrong, with regards to how a major crime is investigated. Assuming this didn't happen in Mayberry, that is.
 
shane45-1911 said:
Thanks pal.

Sorry Knyfe, your post was a little confusing and I thought you were the one making the comments, not pasting comments from others.

In that case, THEY are presumptuous and wrong, with regards to how a major crime is investigated. Assuming this didn't happen in Mayberry, that is.
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Same initial take as Shane, I read it 2 times before it became clear it was the others (not Knyfe) posting comments.
Sounds like the Eagle Scout will be reunited with his knife.
 
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