The police examined hundreds of Coroncts, but thc paint from the crime scene didn' match any of them. Finally, officers found an old car with paint that matched perfectly. Government records showed who had owned the car, and the police caught the guilty driver cars are involved in many crimes. As in the Sudbury case, the car might have hit someone or something. In other cases, cars transport criminals, weapons, stolen property, or even crime victims to or from the location of a crime. Just as a criminal leaves behind fingerprints, hair, or footprints, crime cars leave signs saying, "I was here.'