1.   This new evidence could help detectives to crack the case.

2.   A seemingly inconsequential nugget of information that proved to be the key to cracking the case.

3.   Although agents were led to their suspect by a low-tech tip following a spring cleaning, the FBI had imagined the Internet could be crucial for cracking the case.

4.   Although they say that they have cracked the case of the murder of one of their informers, investigators say they have not fully explored the world of Dhinsa.

5.   At the news conference, Cline thanked the media, saying that the publicity helped crack the case.

6.   A task force was formed to try to crack the case.

7.   A young woman has been killed by someone who takes a ridiculous amount of pride in his mission, and Will and Hap arrive to help crack the case.

8.   But a senior Saudi official, while confirming that many militants were detained and being questioned, denied that anyone had confessed or that the case had been cracked.

9.   But few of them, if any, believe that the case has been cracked entirely or that all conspirators have been rounded up.

10.   But no one ever cracked the case, according to a former Bush adviser who acted as a presidential sleuth.