How the hell did he know he came from Akron, Ohio” the police probably asked?
Well, Roger Shuy, by chance in an earlier research project, discovered that the patch of grass between the sidewalk and the street was known as the The Devil’s Strip only in the town of Akron, Ohio and nowhere else. In fact, its a phrase that is unique to that town.
There was only one man amongst the lists of suspects who was from Akron, Ohio. He was immediately arrested and charged and later convicted, thanks to the work and research of Professor Roger Shuy and his pioneering work with forensic linguistics.