Secret Note

If a handwritten note is found at the scene of the crime, it might be possible to link it back to a pad of paper found in the home of a suspect. Also a note found in the pocket of a suspect could be linked back to a pad found at the scene of the crime.

     I leave the cardboard from a pad of notebook paper at the scene of the crime. I have written a message on a piece of paper that was on top of the cardboard leaving an impression of the message in the cardboard.

MATERIALS:

     white lined paper
     cardboard back from writing tablet (will be left at scene of crime)
     white unlined paper
     ballpoint pen
     pencil

ADVANCED PREPARATION:

     Place the sheet of white lined paper on the piece of cardboard. With the pen write a message or phone number on the white lined paper pressing down hard enough that you will make indentations in the cardboard.