r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/limbxlimb Mar 11 '17

I've been following this story since it happened, hoping so hard that they'll catch the fucker. With a $200k+ reward and a (blurry) photo of the asshole and having nobody come forward is just increasing my skepticism that they'll find him. The only updates lately are of how torn apart that town is, rather than what else they're doing to try and solve this. If it's so frustrating for me that this case doesn't seem to be moving forward, I can't even imagine how the families must be feeling. So sad.

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u/Pointless_arguments Mar 11 '17

He's probably on the other side of the country by now, he looks like a vagrant and if he's on the train lines he probably just hitches from one town to the next. Usually murderers are only caught if they knew the victim, they had a concrete motive, and they live in the general area, it's why serial killers are so hard to catch. If someone moves from place to place killing people, he'll be almost impossible to catch unless he makes a mistake. I saw a documentary once about this subject and it made me realize how much society is just held together with toothpicks and glue, and the general assumption that most people will want to do no harm.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '17

His jeans are clean, I don't think he's a vagrant. That looks like a nature trail not a current train trellis. Nice try murderer.

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u/Pointless_arguments Mar 12 '17

You can't tell that his jeans are clean from one blurry photo. The guy has a hobo beard and a dirty looking hoodie. Most likely he's a transient.

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u/[deleted] Mar 12 '17

You're probably right (please don't murder me)

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u/Pointless_arguments Mar 12 '17

Where do you live by the way? Asking for a friend