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Maaaan, The NYPD will take credit for oxygen. Right now their talking like they solved it. a "combination of old-school detective work and new age technology"

Maaaan, The NYPD will take credit for oxygen. Right now their talking like they solved it. a "combination of old-school detective work and new age technology" it was an employee at McDonalds. McDonalds solved this crime. Like god intended.

GuardianCaveman 2y ago
It was actually a patron at McDonalds.
- sfryxell 2y ago
  Even better
- HaZeust 2y ago
  That's gotta be the cover-up so they can quickly so, "oh! It was an anonymous tip. No one to blame or possibly endanger for you crazed vigilantes--sorry, thanks!" I firmly believe it was an employee.
  - SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
    I feel like when you start conspiracy theorizing you're obligated to follow it to its logical conclusion. If I thought it were a cover-up to protect the store from crazed vigilantes, the last thing I'd do is try and put the store back in danger!
    - pavel_lishin 2y ago
      Plot twist, he hates McDonald's.
      - hereme888 2y ago
        He may have been there to kill that McDonald's manager
    - shrubble 2y ago
      If the ice-cream machine was working properly, then they have one or more competent employees; which points to employee involvement. If the ice-cream machine was broken, then the likelihood is less and the employees may not have been involved. It's all very logical.
      - swader999 2y ago
        Those machines are broken by design. Another instance of corporate capture. https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/ https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-...
    - HaZeust 2y ago
      Based on your last sentence: Looks like my conspiracy theory holds some water then!
  - lyu07282 2y ago
    Giving the reward to a minimum wage worker seems like something he would do if he wanted to give himself up to the police, like why just go to the cops, the reward would be wasted. Although his politics seem incongruent so maybe not.
burningChrome 2y ago
Does it matter? The point is, the NYPD was compiling evidence for the media to release. Part of that evidence nobody had included: - the original surveillance video of the murder - the video capture of him at the hostel (with his mask down) - the video capture of him inside the cab after the murder with his mask Without a decent photo, he probably would still be on the run. Had it not been for the NYPD releasing the images of him, the patron or employee would not have recognized him and called the cops. The cops were closing in on him regardless. The photos being so widely circulated were a primary reason he got caught. He was probably forced to try and wear a mask to conceal his identity, but at the same time, doing so made me stick out enough that they called the cops.
- catlikesshrimp 2y ago
  You can use makeup to change your skin color (ashen, icteric, black). And fake facial hair covering bone features. And contact lenses. Enough for a cab camera
hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
That seems quite unfair. The NYPD was the one that located multiple pictures of the suspect, and I'm assuming did a good bit of detective work to ensure the pictures they released actually were of the suspect in question. Of course at some point after releasing photos of the suspect one would anticipate that someone who recognized them would turn them in.
- xcrunner529 2y ago
  So, eyes like every human being has?
  - hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
    Let me guess, you're the type of developer that says "Hah, it's crazy they have so many people, I could code up that project in a weekend!!"
    - djent 2y ago
      Downvoted because you are flinging personal insults
  - nozzlegear 2y ago
    Did you intentionally skip over this part of their comment? > did a good bit of detective work to ensure the pictures they released actually were of the suspect in question
    - xcrunner529 2y ago
      “Detective” work is carrying a lot here which is really just comparing clothing, pictures, following the journey etc. all made possible from the surveillance resources and not their work. And after all that they didn’t even have him as a suspect lol.
      - JumpCrisscross 2y ago
zzbzq 2y ago
If you're more conspiratorial, nobody called from McDonalds. That was just a cover for whatever creepy spy tech they used.
rKarpinski 2y ago
Basically the same thing that happened with the rapist in June who kidnapped and raped two random middle schoolers in broad daylight. Prints & and DNA were in the system, he was living in an apartment NYC was paying for and people called into the tip line with his name. It wasn't NYPD, it was a guy working at a bodega who apprehended him 5 days later.

GuardianCaveman 2y ago

It was actually a patron at McDonalds.

sfryxell 2y ago
Even better
HaZeust 2y ago
That's gotta be the cover-up so they can quickly so, "oh! It was an anonymous tip. No one to blame or possibly endanger for you crazed vigilantes--sorry, thanks!" I firmly believe it was an employee.
- SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
  I feel like when you start conspiracy theorizing you're obligated to follow it to its logical conclusion. If I thought it were a cover-up to protect the store from crazed vigilantes, the last thing I'd do is try and put the store back in danger!
  - pavel_lishin 2y ago
    Plot twist, he hates McDonald's.
    - hereme888 2y ago
      He may have been there to kill that McDonald's manager
  - shrubble 2y ago
    If the ice-cream machine was working properly, then they have one or more competent employees; which points to employee involvement. If the ice-cream machine was broken, then the likelihood is less and the employees may not have been involved. It's all very logical.
    - swader999 2y ago
      Those machines are broken by design. Another instance of corporate capture. https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/ https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-...
  - HaZeust 2y ago
    Based on your last sentence: Looks like my conspiracy theory holds some water then!
- lyu07282 2y ago
  Giving the reward to a minimum wage worker seems like something he would do if he wanted to give himself up to the police, like why just go to the cops, the reward would be wasted. Although his politics seem incongruent so maybe not.

burningChrome 2y ago

Does it matter? The point is, the NYPD was compiling evidence for the media to release. Part of that evidence nobody had included: - the original surveillance video of the murder - the video capture of him at the hostel (with his mask down) - the video capture of him inside the cab after the murder with his mask Without a decent photo, he probably would still be on the run. Had it not been for the NYPD releasing the images of him, the patron or employee would not have recognized him and called the cops. The cops were closing in on him regardless. The photos being so widely circulated were a primary reason he got caught. He was probably forced to try and wear a mask to conceal his identity, but at the same time, doing so made me stick out enough that they called the cops.

catlikesshrimp 2y ago
You can use makeup to change your skin color (ashen, icteric, black). And fake facial hair covering bone features. And contact lenses. Enough for a cab camera

hn_throwaway_99 2y ago

That seems quite unfair. The NYPD was the one that located multiple pictures of the suspect, and I'm assuming did a good bit of detective work to ensure the pictures they released actually were of the suspect in question. Of course at some point after releasing photos of the suspect one would anticipate that someone who recognized them would turn them in.

xcrunner529 2y ago
So, eyes like every human being has?
- hn_throwaway_99 2y ago
  Let me guess, you're the type of developer that says "Hah, it's crazy they have so many people, I could code up that project in a weekend!!"
  - djent 2y ago
    Downvoted because you are flinging personal insults
- nozzlegear 2y ago
  Did you intentionally skip over this part of their comment? > did a good bit of detective work to ensure the pictures they released actually were of the suspect in question
  - xcrunner529 2y ago
    “Detective” work is carrying a lot here which is really just comparing clothing, pictures, following the journey etc. all made possible from the surveillance resources and not their work. And after all that they didn’t even have him as a suspect lol.
    - JumpCrisscross 2y ago

zzbzq 2y ago

If you're more conspiratorial, nobody called from McDonalds. That was just a cover for whatever creepy spy tech they used.

rKarpinski 2y ago

Basically the same thing that happened with the rapist in June who kidnapped and raped two random middle schoolers in broad daylight. Prints & and DNA were in the system, he was living in an apartment NYC was paying for and people called into the tip line with his name. It wasn't NYPD, it was a guy working at a bodega who apprehended him 5 days later.