The handwriting example, while it may not have much influence today, was a tool they had at their disposal, so when similarities were found between the two letters, this gave investigators reasonable doubt to continue investigating. Once Mr. Balestrero was identified as the robber by two of the victims, investigators had no choice but to hold him as a suspect. Let's now place Mr. Balestrero and this exact situation 60 years later; in an age when virtually every cash-dealing establishment has surveillance cameras and fingerprints can be lifted from inanimate objects. The result would be drastically different; Investigators today have tons of new technology to gather evidence and would no doubt have recognized that Mr. Balestrero was it