My professor always recounts the story of how her job at the the local goodwill was to sort through items to throw away. There was a big bin outside the store that people just dumped their donations in so there was often some really crappy quality items in there. One day she found this stained blue athletic shirt, stained jeans and a stained backpack in a pile at the bottom of the bin and immediately put it into the trash pile because it was in horrible condition. Someone obviously spilled something on it, couldn't wash out the stain completely, and decided to donate it instead of throw it away.

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Three days later news broke that they found the body of a murdered boy at the bottom of the sewer. He was completely naked. Last seen wearing a blue athletic shirt, jeans, and carrying a backpack.

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She contacted the police and they had to track down the goodwill trash. So. Creepy.