When a cold case is solved, why can’t internet sleuths move on?
Redditors and forum users invest time trying to solve incidents involving total strangers, only to be left hanging when their research pays off.
Hasnain says:
“Amanda Park, Washington is a very small town. You could pretty accurately describe it as the middle of nowhere, and maybe that was the point. Without any leads or the resources to mount a full-on manhunt, the case of Lyle Stevik quickly went cold. But nearly 20 years later, after a corner of the internet took the case upon itself, the identity of Lyle Stevik has become the center of a fractious debate over privacy, ethics, and Reddit true-crime sleuths. “
Posted on 2018-06-24T06:44:57+0000