The handwriting sample, while it may not have much influence today, was a tool they had, so when similarities were found between the two letters, it gave detectives reasonable doubt to continue their investigation. Once Mr. Balestrero was identified as the thief by two of the victims, detectives had no choice but to arrest him as a suspect. Now let's place Mr. Balestrero and this exact situation 60 years later; at a time when virtually all cash establishments have surveillance cameras and fingerprints can be taken from inanimate objects. The result would be radically different; Today's detectives have tons of new technology to help them gather evidence and would have undoubtedly recognized that Mr. Balestrero was