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DopeandDiamonds ago

I want to tell you a story of something that happened to me. I was researching another case as a favor for someone I know. I poured over all the information for two months from his case files to find leads. It drove me mad. I kept thinking I was missing something that could put the other random clues into context. I was about to give up.

A friend came over late at night while I was in bed pouring over phone records. I had looked at them for so long I could see them clearly when I closed my eyes. He saw everything spread out on the bed and picked a stack up. After looking at it for under five minutes, he found the clue I had missed for two months. This clue lead to a girl who had run off with her internet boyfriend to be found safe. She came home, He is waiting for a trial date for kidnapping and I don't even want to know what else. He was a sex offender fishing for girls online.

My point is this. Sometimes you have to step back and dump your info into others. Having someone else take a look can be the key to getting a case solved.

Take a break and see where you are at on a week with it. I did that and found myself ready to start again. Don't deactivate your account in case someone looking at your info has a question on how you made a connection or something. Take a breather and know that other people are putting your work to go use.