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Newlywed stabbing

Here’s a disturbing news story.
After only two weeks of marriage, a newlywed couple’s home was broken into in Victoria, B.C. When the wife went downstairs to check on the noise, the robber stabbed her in the leg. Luckily, the police have an idea of what he looks like:

owlman

Here’s the description the Victoria police released to the public:

“He’s described as being between 5’6″ and 5’10″ tall, in his early 20s with dark skin and a slim build. He had short black hair and was wearing black track pants with stripes and a black hooded jacket.”

Oh, and the man looks like an owl.

Now I realize that being a police sketch artist must be a difficult job but come on! Are you not allowed a second draft before posting the sketch? The man’s cheeks make up about 60% of his face and his hairline comes halfway down his forehead, almost meeting his eyebrows.

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Posted on Sunday, September 13th, 2009 at 7:27 pm in random   |  RSS feed |  Respond  |  Trackback URL

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  1. Darla Dixon
    September 14, 2009 at 4:04 am

    I’ve learned a lot about police sketches, have been tracking them now for some time, and what I’ve learned is that they don’t have to be good works of art. It would of course help – but what a lot of people don’t know is that the police sketch artist is not allowed to draw anything without the witness/victim present. The artist cannot halfway draw it and then take it home. The police sketch is part of the evidence, because it comes from victim/eyewitness testimony. So, perhaps in this case, the victim could not stay longer. Perhaps the victim broke down emotionally. Once the sketch artist has confirmed w/ the victim that the image is a good representation of the perpetrator, that’s good enough. The victim is helping the police – volunteering their time, the police aren’t going to keep the victim in the police department and further traumatize the victim. You can see from the sketch that the man had a low forehead and widow’s peak hairline. He had very round eyes. That may be enough for an identification to be made by someone who knows that individual. The perp is dangerous, and speed is of the essence.

  2. Hobosic
    September 16, 2009 at 1:03 am

    Hi there,
    Ugh, I liked! So clear and positively.

    

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