When police officers question the victim of a rape, one of the first things they ask is if the woman can identify her attacker. Occasionally the victim knows the rapist which helps speed up the process but in most cases the cops have to work with a description.

Cop: What did the man look like?

Victim: I don’t know, he was wearing a mask.

Cop: How about his height and build. Tall, short, fat, skinny?

Victim: Average

Cop: Did he have any identifying marks, like a tattoo?

Victim: I don’t know, he was wearing long sleeves and gloves… Wait, there is one thing.

Cop: Yes?

Victim: He had incredibly bad breath.

Normally, that last bit of information wouldn’t be extremely helpful because lots of people have bad breath but in this case it turned out that the rapist had exactly the same bad breath as the victim’s boss, Tuen K. Lee.

Fortunately his DNA was also found at the scene and he was arrested and convicted of rape yesterday by a Norfolk, Massachusetts Superior Court.

Unfortunately, Mr. Lee’s whereabouts are currently unknown. He failed to show up for the final day of the trial. Local authorities are asking anyone that comes in contact with an average-looking Asian man with bad breath to get in touch with them right away.

I predict that there are going to be a lot of rape victims describing their attackers as having “minty fresh breath” for a while.

Source: Boston Herald

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