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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's likely just the power of suggestion combined with confirmation bias : you see a dude with a jacket and a hood on surveillance camera footage, given the context you assume it's the same guy. But looking at it more closely, they differ in many ways. That theory doesn't have a leg to stand on