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Is Santa Real? DNA Results Revealed After Rhode Island Girl Sent Cookie, Carrots to Police
Headline from NBC 6 South Florida, on the newest of 3 developments
The girl, a Cumberland resident, had sent the cookie and carrot sticks to the town’s police department to ask if they can be tested for DNA.
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Developments in this update
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Girl asks police to test cookie for DNA proof of Santa
Headline from 13News Now Norfolk ·
Rhode Island Girl Asks Police to Test Partially Eaten Cookie, Carrots for DNA Proof of Santa
Headline from NBC New York ·
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Is Santa Real? DNA Results Revealed After Rhode Island Girl Sent Cookie, Carrots to Police
CUMBERLAND, R.I. (AP) -- A young Rhode Island girl has finally figured out how to determine if Santa Claus is real -- DNA. The Cumberland resident sent a
A Rhode Island police department said it has granted the request of a young resident to have the remains of a cookie and some carrots DNA tested to determine if they Santa Claus bit them.
A young girl sent a partially eaten cookie and gnawed-on carrot sticks to the Ohio police and asked whether they could test the items for DNA proof of Santa Clause.
Chief Matthew Benson has “immediately” instructed his investigative division to forward her evidence to the State of Rhode Island’s, Department of Health and Forensic Sciences Unit for analysis.
In a handwritten letter, the young detective requested a DNA test on the samples to prove the existence of St. Nick. The Cumberland Police Department promised to do its best to crack the case.
The Rhode Island Department of Health says it was not able to definitively confirm or refute the presence of Santa in a young girl’s home after she requested to have a partially eaten cookie and a couple of gnawed-on carrot sticks tested for DNA to see if Santa Claus is real.
The Rhode Island Department of Health said it would need more DNA samples “from other known Santa encounters” to find a match, but the department noted the lab did find the presence of DNA closely matching reindeer when testing partially-eaten carrots.
A girl from Rhode Island had cookies tested for DNA to see if Santa was real. The Rhode Island Department of Health tweeted, “we all agree that something magical may be at play.”
Police were asked to run a DNA test on a cookie left behind on Christmas. The Rhode Island Health Department says it found no complete matches, and would need more samples from other Santa encounters.
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