No one “pulled his name out of a hat”.
Here’s how I found his name and address last night - might be useful for future reference for other sleuthers:
When it was first announced JC had been found, press gave the location and quoted a neighbour saying the house was one of the few year-round residences.
So I looked up the county property records & it was easy to filter out most of the street.
Then I excluded the properties owned by couples (who turned out to be the 2 sets of neighbours who helped JC).
By taking a quick look at the propertylayouts on a satellite map, I used “instinct” to guess it would be one of 2.
Then I used a regular search engine to find/cross-reference all names associated with those addresses/owners. Jake Patterson was the best “fit”
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Anyway, it was all moot really because he’d already been arrested.
HOWEVER, the method stands for sleuthing generally in MP cases, if one is trying to track down rumours/hints. It has happened on a couple of occasions that WSers & I have found info that is useful, in which case we send it directly to LE and/or family (if appropriate).