the pieces looked like the bottoms of a pair of boots. you re wondering did they get all of the parts? if i m missing a part, would i be able to put the toe to the heel? is there that one critical section missing? as if he were putting together a jigsaw puzzle, ed gainsbourg attempted to reassemble the sole of the boots. piece by piece it came together. the pieces were to the soles of a pair of men s boots, size 12. forensic tests identified glue on the pieces of plastic that matched the glue found on the bottom of jonathan nyce s loafers. we found four glues on the surface. we also had a physical match between the way the glue broke when he tore the sole off of the shoe. gainsbourg compared the reassembled sole to a scale photo of the boot print left in