Solved: The Case of the Corpse’s Missing Watch (A Cop Stole It)

Hey gang, it looks like we’ve got another mystery
on our hands. Authorities discovered the body of a man in Detroit a
few months back. He was wearing a fancy German-made watch,
according to The Detroit News. The watch was
stashed away in an evidence locker; the case itself went cold after
Sgt. Alex Vinson, lead investigator, failed to even determine the
identity of the man. Then the watch went missing!

After the case was re-opened, police discovered that the watch
had been stolen from the evidence locker and replaced with a
cheaper replica.

That mystery, at least, has been solved:

This week, while Vinson was in Idaho for advanced police
training, fellow homicide detectives decided to reopen the
case.

The detectives wanted to take another look at the watch — but
when they removed the victim’s belongings from the property room,
the watch wasn’t the same one that was photographed at the start of
the case. Instead, it was a cheaper model, [Police Chief James]
Craig confirmed.

Craig added the FBI helped police recover the watch,
which Vinson was wearing during the training session.
Vinson returned to Michigan Wednesday, and was read his Miranda
rights by Internal Affairs officers.