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  1. Nov 2018
    1. The police had said in mid-August that they had found someone else’s DNA on Ms. Vetrano’s hands, throat and cellphone — the most promising early lead. But the samples they took did not match any stored in national databases containing profiles of known offenders.

      Did not match any initial convictions.

    2. Before long, her father called her cellphone, but she did not answer. He tried again and again. After two hours

      Helpless victim.

    3. It is a secluded park off Jamaica Bay where homeless people camp and teenagers roar by on all-terrain vehicles, even though A.T.V.s are prohibited in the park, part of the sprawling Gateway National Recreation Area. Ms. Vetrano was jogging on a fire trail, a pathway three miles long and just wide enough for a fire truck. She knew the route because she and her father had often jogged there, but she had gone alone that night because he had hurt his back.

      Environmental design is terrible here.

    4. On Sunday, Mr. Vetrano said he would continue his campaign for familial searching.

      White people must fight for the police to help them

    5. “Our sorrow is so endlessly painful that hearing the news is not what I expected,” Mrs. Vetrano said. “There’s no happiness.”

      thoughts and prayers thoughts and prayers

    6. The chief also said the attack “appears to be a chance encounter.”

      More random attacking moral panic ensuing.

    7. Her mother, Cathie Vetrano, referred to the suspect as an “animal,” a “savage” and a “demon.”

      Continually, criminalizing Chanel.

    8. Chief Boyce also said that Mr. Lewis made “detailed, incriminating statements” when detectives began questioning him.

      Making Chanel Lewis the criminal.

    9. Officials said the killing was apparently the brutal result of a random encounter. Chief Boyce said Mr. Lewis had no criminal record

      An absolute random killing is almost not the case, yet they constantly push this. Possibly highlighting that the youth are dangerous or the black youth?

    10. The call came to detectives’ attention during a “deep dive” for additional clues

      Makes the police look very competent.

    11. The police zeroed in on the man, identified as Chanel Lewis, in the last 10 days, after investigators reviewed a 911 call that placed him in the same part of the park in May.

      The way they say Identified as Chanel Lewis, encourages a perspective that he is just a man with a name instead of a person.

    12. 20-year-old man

      A "man"