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Aedenwolf187 51 points ago +51 / -0

The people at 4chan are incredible, I honestly have no clue how they do the things they do.

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scorpio_2049 34 points ago +34 / -0

It’s all a puzzle to them I suspect.

My mom’s truck got hit in a parking lot by another truck who fled the scene. I got a name(not the offender) and was able to find out who it was. Showed my dad a picture of who I thought it was on Facebook and he was like “THAT’S HER!” Police said they couldn’t do anything. My dad spoke to the coroner who is a old work colleague of his and used to work as a detective. He said “Let me take care of it.” He sent a trooper to her house and their insurance covered the damage.

So I guess determination and the puzzle makes it a game. People broadcast so much of their lives on social media it makes it simple in a lot of cases.

Disclaimer, I’m not on 4chan’s level. I’m no autist.

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WillWorkFor556 6 points ago +6 / -0

How did you get names and a positive ID. Was there security footage involved?

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scorpio_2049 4 points ago +4 / -0

They had security footage and the chick ordered with a man’s credit card at the restaurant before my dad. The restaurant gave him the name. I found the guy’s Facebook, looked through his posts and checked the comments. Found a female who called him her uncle or something. Went to her Facebook and showed my dad and he said that was her.

He went to the restaurant and asked if they thought it was her and they said 100%.

I found the guy’s address and apparently the truck belonged to him. The police acted like they couldn’t do anything. My dad happened to see his law enforcement friend(my dad isn’t law enforcement, he knew him from another job) and told him about the incident and what we found. Within a couple of hours the responding officer was at the guy’s house and found the truck with visible damage.

My mom was in the car at the time of the incident so the whole time I was looking for the chick I was thinking “Nobody messes with my mom.”