In the end, it was the simple act of distributing photos—not sophisticated facial recognition technology—that led the police to a man they are calling a person of interest in the fatal shooting of a health care executive.
The photos, taken together, appeared to show a young man with light skin and dark features. One photo crucially showed his entire face.
Chief Kenny said that it was hard to credit the break in the case to any one moment or piece of evidence, but that if he had to, it would be the release of that photograph to the media.
Just after 9 a.m. on Monday, in a McDonald's in Altoona, Pa., an employee spotted a man who looked like the person in the photos, and then called the police.
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