Two months before he died of lung cancer in 2021, Thomas Randele made a shocking confession to his wife and daughter: He’d been living under a fake name for almost five decades after robbing an Ohio bank of $215,000.
The most interesting thing in that article was that someone anonymously sent in a tip with Randele’s obituary which is how they finally closed the case. Who is the rando super sleuth following this cold case for 50 years obsessively scanning obits from all over the country?
My guess would be there are a number of people who are hobbyist cold case investigators and have a list of wanted people they keep an eye out for in obits.
The most interesting thing in that article was that someone anonymously sent in a tip with Randele’s obituary which is how they finally closed the case. Who is the rando super sleuth following this cold case for 50 years obsessively scanning obits from all over the country?
My guess would be there are a number of people who are hobbyist cold case investigators and have a list of wanted people they keep an eye out for in obits.
Or it was a family member.
Or maybe one of the staff at the hospital overheard them
Doubtful. Staff tend to avoid those conversations like the plague.
Nobody wants to be called up as a witness…. And most times it’s just… a mess. A sad, gloomy, awkward mess
Yea that’s fucking wild to me. Where do people find the time?!
Retirees have a lot of time on their hands.
I caught that too. I bet someone back in Ohio knew what happened.