The focus quickly broadened as refugees recounted stories of widespread bloodshed. As in other criminal cases, atrocities and mass-killing investigations hinge on eyewitnesses and forensic evidence. Investigators are sifting through refugee accounts and compiling lists of evidence that could lead to guilty verdicts. Each story is tricky. Many allegations of murder and rape in Bosnia were determined to have been unfounded.
Investigators tread between truth and fiction fueled by hate.
He and his family had fled from Bela Crkva to his sister's home a half-mile away, in Zerze, just days earlier. He peeked out the window. Tanks, armored personnel carriers, and troops were snaking through Zerze. They were heading to Bela Crkva. I couldn't go back to sleep.