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dkf

(37,305 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:01 PM Apr 2013

New Photo Appears To Show Boston 'Suspect 2' Behind The 8-Year-Old-Victim

A redditor posted a photo of what appears to show Boston Marathon Bombing "Suspect 2" walking in the crowd behind 8-year-old victim Martin Richard, and it appears that Suspect 2's backpack is on the ground between them.

This photo is unconfirmed.

The same photo was earlier aired by Fox 25, focusing on the bag and the suspect but blurring out faces in the crowd.

Earlier the FBI released images of two suspects and asked for the public's help identifying them. Reddit then identified the hat of Suspect 1 and potentially found a hi-res picture of suspect two.
MelGibsonDerp points out that in the FBI images and in Fransbauer's hi-res image, Suspect 2 is wearing a white hat backwards and is carrying a similar backpack (which may appear black in the above picture because it is unzipped).


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/reddit-photo-suspect-2--victim-2013-4#ixzz2QsHiuWWv

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New Photo Appears To Show Boston 'Suspect 2' Behind The 8-Year-Old-Victim (Original Post) dkf Apr 2013 OP
That's him... alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #1
this is why they haven't released the video they have of Suspect 2 dropping the bag MjolnirTime Apr 2013 #2
Shit, it IS him. Looks like he's smiling... dorkzilla Apr 2013 #3
It looks like he's acknowledging (or fake acknowledging) somebody alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #10
thank God she ran away immediately ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #19
then it looks like the girl who ran after the 1st bomb went off. . . Stargleamer Apr 2013 #30
Bag on the ground. The last moments of 8 yr old Martin Richards life. Heartbreaking. JaneyVee Apr 2013 #4
watching for his dad... defacto7 Apr 2013 #5
that may be his dad behind him, I don't think his dad ran in the race ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #20
Maybe my info was old defacto7 Apr 2013 #22
No, the father is standing behind the two kids alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #31
His dad ran in the race. City Lights Apr 2013 #39
This is just horrid. Look at the people ...they look so happy, having a good time. Just a kid Laura PourMeADrink Apr 2013 #6
Shit. I didn't realize Martin was that close to it. Union Scribe Apr 2013 #7
Is that Martins sister and Mom on each side of him? Sunlei Apr 2013 #11
I think so Union Scribe Apr 2013 #15
Heres the image FreeState Apr 2013 #8
Oh my god. Beaverhausen Apr 2013 #12
I am stunned by this. grasswire Apr 2013 #21
ghosts ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #34
someone has to recognize this monster Sunlei Apr 2013 #9
I'm sure someone does. defacto7 Apr 2013 #13
One of the victims ID one of them maddezmom Apr 2013 #26
That's suspect 2, all right. My frogmarch Apr 2013 #14
That's what I was wondering. Hassin Bin Sober Apr 2013 #23
Little girl in green is no doubt the sister alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #27
I think you're right - the woman three down from Martin. reformist2 Apr 2013 #32
it is like seeing the Devil himself walking on earth. Chilling. ZRT2209 Apr 2013 #16
Yes. Evil. Common Sense Party Apr 2013 #24
"I am become death, destroyer of worlds" defacto7 Apr 2013 #28
Someone on MSNBC(can't remember who) talked to the the boy's father the other day and octoberlib Apr 2013 #17
How horribly painful for the father when he sees that picture. His family R B Garr Apr 2013 #42
I'm sitting here just shaking my head and life long demo Apr 2013 #18
The media can't decide whether to hate or love reddit. Hosnon Apr 2013 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author newmember Apr 2013 #29
Welcome to DU alcibiades_mystery Apr 2013 #33
Doesn't look like the same guy to me. nt Lex Apr 2013 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author newmember Apr 2013 #36
Not bizarre. Lex Apr 2013 #38
Doesn't look like him at all. That is just someone's missing son or brother, tblue37 Apr 2013 #37
This is the best photo I could find of the suspect newmember Apr 2013 #40
Nose looks fake. Bulbous tip. David Zephyr Apr 2013 #43
This message was self-deleted by its author mzmolly Apr 2013 #41
 

MjolnirTime

(1,800 posts)
2. this is why they haven't released the video they have of Suspect 2 dropping the bag
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:07 PM
Apr 2013

The victims are in the video, too.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)
3. Shit, it IS him. Looks like he's smiling...
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:08 PM
Apr 2013

Smiling. A sweet little boy is about to lose his life and the scumbag is fucking smiling. Fucking smiling. I just can't fathom the evil inside these monsters.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
10. It looks like he's acknowledging (or fake acknowledging) somebody
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:19 PM
Apr 2013

This was the ploy, maybe:

"Oh, hey, buddy...how ya doing..."

And that's how he walks away from the bag he put down without drawing attention to the bag. Then the first bomb goes off, and he's already ten-fifteen feet away. The girl in front goes through the barricade, runs west-bound on Boylston. He's walking on the sidewalk. He hits the detonator. Trots up the corner, and here, with him turning the corner, and the girl who was directly in front of the bag running up Boylston.

Horror. The pic in the OP is perhaps 20 seconds to that bag going up, ten seconds to the first bomb going off. You're looking at the last 30 seconds of that little boy's lfe.

Stargleamer

(1,990 posts)
30. then it looks like the girl who ran after the 1st bomb went off. . .
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:39 PM
Apr 2013

(who is in both photos) saved herself from serious injury/death.

I agree that it also looks like your photo shows him turning the corner.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
22. Maybe my info was old
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:36 PM
Apr 2013

but I thought his dad was in the race and they were watching for him. Not so?

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
31. No, the father is standing behind the two kids
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:40 PM
Apr 2013

He wasn't in the race. That was incorrect, if widely publicized, info.

City Lights

(25,171 posts)
39. His dad ran in the race.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:17 AM
Apr 2013

He ran to the finish line to meet his dad and then ran back to his mom and sister.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
6. This is just horrid. Look at the people ...they look so happy, having a good time. Just a kid
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:12 PM
Apr 2013

on the front row...relaxed and happy.

Union Scribe

(7,099 posts)
15. I think so
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:27 PM
Apr 2013

It's so shocking to see the bag right there in the midst of all those people. And they just have no idea...

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
13. I'm sure someone does.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:22 PM
Apr 2013

This is too exposed and so are they. A matter of time.

I have a hard time not thinking the FBI probably knows exactly where they are. Imagine how carefully the FBI or police would have to plan it so no one else gets killed in the process.

frogmarch

(12,158 posts)
14. That's suspect 2, all right. My
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:23 PM
Apr 2013

first thought upon seeing the photo was how much the woman in the blue coat with her arm up resembled pictures I'd seen of Krystle Campbell.

It's so sad seeing little Martin standing there, beside a little girl who I think might be his sister Jane.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
27. Little girl in green is no doubt the sister
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:39 PM
Apr 2013

The father is standing behind them. Mother not in the picture that I can see.

ZRT2209

(1,357 posts)
16. it is like seeing the Devil himself walking on earth. Chilling.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:29 PM
Apr 2013

It is the Devil incarnate on the surface of the earth.

Common Sense Party

(14,139 posts)
24. Yes. Evil.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:36 PM
Apr 2013

Some people around here say they do not believe people can be evil. I look at these photos and know they are wrong.

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
17. Someone on MSNBC(can't remember who) talked to the the boy's father the other day and
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:32 PM
Apr 2013

his sister(little girl in green?) got her leg blown off and the mother had to have brain surgery and is in critical condition. Awful.

R B Garr

(16,966 posts)
42. How horribly painful for the father when he sees that picture. His family
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:06 AM
Apr 2013

in tact and enjoying life and just moments later it was utterly devasted. My heart goes out to him so much. The other victims too, of course. It's very sad.

life long demo

(1,113 posts)
18. I'm sitting here just shaking my head and
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:32 PM
Apr 2013

yelling at a picture. Can we all get a minute with this guy, okay there are a lot of us, how about 30 seconds each. You can still cause pain in 30 secs.

Hosnon

(7,800 posts)
25. The media can't decide whether to hate or love reddit.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 11:38 PM
Apr 2013

They vacillate daily.

It's fun watching the findbostonbombers subreddit. It almost seems to resemble, well, a hivemind.

Response to dkf (Original post)

Response to Lex (Reply #35)

tblue37

(65,458 posts)
37. Doesn't look like him at all. That is just someone's missing son or brother,
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 12:01 AM
Apr 2013

and it isn't right to accuse him of a terrorist act like that with no reasonable evidence. Darker than lily white skin and prominent noses do not inevitably make people look alike. Besides, the complexion of the suspect in the videos doesn't even look as dark as this young man's does.

David Zephyr

(22,785 posts)
43. Nose looks fake. Bulbous tip.
Fri Apr 19, 2013, 01:07 AM
Apr 2013

The tip of the nose does not look like it is a natural extension of the rest of his nose. It looks like an attachment and part of his disguise.

Response to dkf (Original post)

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