AgentM
12-21-2006, 11:29 PM
HAMILTON — Hamilton police said Thursday they have little doubt that a clip posted on video-sharing website YouTube was the catalyst in finding a murder suspect, and credited Internet-savvy investigators for quickly cracking the case.
When Ryan Milner, 22, was stabbed to death after attending a hip-hop concert in the city last month, police decided their best lead was a 72-second clip of surveillance video showing a possible suspect.
The video was released to the media and then to YouTube because investigators knew they had to "think outside the box" to appeal to young witnesses in their late teens and early 20s, Hamilton police Staff Sgt. Jorge Lasso said at a news conference Thursday.
"My own children are in that age category and they spend all their time on the Internet; they do not watch mainstream media," Mr. Lasso said.
"The investigators talked about how they could get the video viewed by the people who attended the performance, and we decided that it was quite likely they would view it online. And the best way to upload it online was the use of YouTube."
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When Ryan Milner, 22, was stabbed to death after attending a hip-hop concert in the city last month, police decided their best lead was a 72-second clip of surveillance video showing a possible suspect.
The video was released to the media and then to YouTube because investigators knew they had to "think outside the box" to appeal to young witnesses in their late teens and early 20s, Hamilton police Staff Sgt. Jorge Lasso said at a news conference Thursday.
"My own children are in that age category and they spend all their time on the Internet; they do not watch mainstream media," Mr. Lasso said.
"The investigators talked about how they could get the video viewed by the people who attended the performance, and we decided that it was quite likely they would view it online. And the best way to upload it online was the use of YouTube."
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