The thirty-eight‑second blind spot that let him steal grams by the minute
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The thirty-eight‑second blind spot that let him steal grams by the minute
In this episode, we follow the unfolding of a months‑long disappearance of osmium and iridium from a university stockpile and the first solo investigation that spotted the pattern. What choices, access logs, and a thirty‑eight‑second camera gap let a theft hide in plain sight?
Date: November 14, 2011
Location: Mossfield University, Lab four‑C
Person: Ryan Young, graduate research assistant, 29
Person: Randy Holt, campus security officer, 23
Material: Osmium‑187 and Iridium‑192, ~340 grams total
- A vial of wire, not powder, was found in a drain alcove at 7:40 a.m. on November 14, 2011, triggering the end of fourteen weeks of silence.
- The stockpile audits all read correct to the decimal through the semester while vials were becoming increasingly hollow.
- Ryan Young had legitimate keycard access and recorded 22 after‑hours entries, all on Wednesday nights between 11:10 and 11:50 p.m.
- Investigators focused early on Dr. Allen Marsh because of access and a financial dispute, but he had no after‑hours entries during the theft window.
- A thirty‑eight‑second blind spot in the north dock camera and a partial spool of tungsten wire in Young’s locker became central clues in the timeline.
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