The DNA is to have on hand once they take him into custody to make sure they have the right guy. Or, if like the Kohberger case, they think they know who he is and go through the suspect's trash to get DNA to test to be sure its the same guy.
That's a pretty standard play in investigations like this. They spoke initially, and they did a sit down with CNN a couple days ago, but they've been mostly quiet outside of that. All our information is coming from police sources, and not them directly.
It is still early -- five days isn't really much time in a complex investigation like this. Both the corporation and the family may yet add money to the reward. Right now, they may be expecting an arrest sooner than it will actually happen, and should it be delayed then they may up the reward.
IMO, the firearm is just a suppressed pistol based on how he clears the malfunctions. Probably a homemade or fuel filter suppressor, which explains the horrible cycling. The way he was clearing the malfunctions by racking the slide are not consistent with the action of the B&T pistol that has been speculated about.
Sure he took precautions, but he had no chance of being successful. That backpack being left behind for one, and the fact that there is nothing he could do to remove his DNA from a room he stayed in for 10 days.
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true, but how are they gonna find him if the best clue they got is his DNA? seems like they are at the mercy of waiting for a good tip.
This is what I've been wondering the whole time. I still think the most logical explanation is he's a student, his family is not local and they did not expect him to return home for Thanksgiving, and school was on break so it was not abnormal for him to not be on campus.
his DNA might be in that room but it's mixed in with God knows how much other DNA... it'll take a long time to disentangle that ball of wax.
I agree. There were many schools with breaks and it's not unusual for students to be gone early or later or whatever.
Definitely agree the masks are layered. The first layer looks to be a black surgical mask, the second layer is the light blue standard one. IMO
That's what it seemed like to me also
He did stay in a hostel. He could have slept in a homeless shelter, or in a protected corner in the subway, or abandoned building if he was super concerned about DNA. I know it's winter and very cold, but I do think he could have scoped out a spot somewhere. Doesn't seem he was too concerned about DNA (why?), nor about being around people (other than always wearing a mask).
most recent update is they found his backpack in central park. all it contained was a jacket and monopoly money. they saw him boarding a bus that went to atlanta, but he could have gotten off at any stop along the way. also we got new photos from him in a taxi he took after the shooting. that's about it I think.
