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How Surveillance Technology and the ‘Reddit Detective Agency’ Helped Search for a Killer

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More than a decade ago, a frenzied 5-day search for the Boston Marathon bombers left some lessons in its aftermath.

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By MATT O’BRIEN PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — More than a decade ago, a frantic five-day manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers yielded some lessons. One was that increasingly ubiquitous surveillance technology could help catch the culprits. Another was that amateur sleuths on Reddit forums couldn’t. But this week’s intense search for the suspect in the Brown University shooting, which killed two students and wounded nine others, has changed …

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Boston Globe broke the news in Boston, United States on Friday, December 19, 2025.
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