Dog's false lead in murder case: "US prosecutors trying to crack a murder case realised they were barking up the wrong tree when one of their witnesses turned out to be a small dog... They sent out a subpoena, and the five-year-old Shih Tzu duly appeared at the Benton County Prosecuting Attorney's Office, led by the defendant's brother... Prosecutor Robin Green told the Associated Press news agency she apologised to the brother for any inconvenience, adding: 'The dog was friendly enough and probably would have been a very co-operative witness.'"