Question

close examination revealed that the hairs were from a cat. the hair, along with lingering suspicions about beamish, helped investigators make an important connection. beamish had been living with his parents, who owned a white cat named snowball. police wanted to compare snowballs dna with dna from the hairs on the jacket. however, no canadian labs did dna testing on cats.
a lab in maryland agreed to test snowballs blood and hair. the tests showed that the hair on the jacket was definitely snowballs. with this evidence, a jury convicted beamish of murder. for the first time, animal dna evidence had put a criminal behind bars.
which of the following questions was not answered in the text?
a. what was the cats name?
c. how was beamish related to the murdered woman?
b. where did this crime take place?
d. who discovered the body?
please select the best answer from the choices provided

Explanation:

• Option a: The text mentions the cat's name is Snowball.
• Option b: The crime took place in Canada (implied by "no Canadian labs did DNA testing on cats" and a lab in Maryland was used).
• Option c: The text does not mention how Beamish was related to the murdered woman.
• Option d: The text does not mention who discovered the body.

Answer:

c. How was Beamish related to the murdered woman?
d. Who discovered the body?