The Cumberland resident sent a partially eaten Oreo cookie as well as a couple of gnawed-on carrot sticks to the town’s police department earlier this month to ask if they can be tested for possible DNA evidence of Santa Claus.
The Cumberland resident sent a partially eaten Oreo cookie as well as a couple of gnawed-on carrot sticks to the town’s police department earlier this month to ask if they can be tested for DNA,“I took a sample of a cookie and carrots that I left for Santa and the raindeer on Christmas Eve and I was wondering if you could take a sample of DNA and see if Santa is real?” the girl wrote.
Her name and age were not disclosed, with the police chief only calling her a"local young investigator."Sign up for NECN newsletters. Benson immediately forwarded the “evidence” to the state’s Department of Health-Forensic Sciences unit for analysis. “Items to be examined for traces of DNA and compared with profiles on record for the above-named suspect/aliases,” the department form says.
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