Ballistic Trajectory Analysis Solves Cold Cases

Ballistic trajectories can solve cold cases decades later. When a bullet travels through space,

it leaves behind invisible clues that investigators can reconstruct using math and physics.

In unsolved shootings, forensic teams map the exact path by analyzing entry and exit wounds,

blood spatter patterns, and bullet damage to surrounding surfaces. They calculate angles, velocities,

and shooter positions down to the inch. This trajectory analysis has cracked cases where witnesses

disappeared and evidence seemed lost forever. In one famous case, trajectory mapping

proved a shooting was physically impossible from the claimed location, exposing a false

confession and identifying the real killer. Modern laser scanning and 3D modeling now recreate entire