While the search for the New York attacker continues at full speed, the first photos have emerged showing the suspect without a mask. These are from a hostel where he apparently flirted with a receptionist.
It could be a “critical clue to the identity of the suspect,” a former FBI agent told CNN on Thursday about footage from a surveillance camera at a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. The receptionist has already been questioned by the police. The man probably used a fake New Jersey driver’s license for the accommodation.
According to investigators, the suspected killer had been in the metropolis since November 24 and may have arrived on a Greyhound bus leaving Atlanta, Georgia. However, it is unclear whether he boarded in Atlanta or at a later stop. It is said that he paid all his expenses in cash.
Fingerprint on water bottle
Investigators found a discarded water bottle and a cell phone near the crime scene where Brian Thompson, the 50-year-old CEO of a multibillion-dollar insurance company, was shot. A fingerprint was allegedly found on the bottle. However, this is probably a bit blurry and possibly unusable. The possible murder weapon is also already in the possession of the police.
Search for “luxury backpack”
In addition to analyzing the previous traces, all traffic surveillance and security cameras are also monitored to reconstruct the escape route, which the masked killer partly traveled on an e-bike. The first stop was Central Park, just two minutes away. From there, the killer likely fled on foot — and possibly without his distinctive backpack, which users on social media identified as a “luxury backpack” said to be popular with photographers. An intensive search is now underway for the piece of luggage in which the murder weapon was probably hidden.
Source: Krone
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