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Stairwell Frame Showing the Shoes

Low-resolution security camera image of a young man descending an outdoor concrete staircase looking toward the metal handrails, wearing a black long-sleeved shirt with a graphic design, dark pants, a grey baseball cap and a black backpack

What This Image Shows​

A surveillance still of the same descent, framed so the footwear is visible against weathered concrete steps beside a light grey metal railing with square balusters. The figure wears a black long-sleeved graphic shirt, dark pants, a grey cap and a black backpack, and is looking toward the rail.

Footwear is a specific evidentiary thread in this case. The affidavit describes white or gray shoes with white shoelaces appearing consistent with Chuck Taylor or Converse styles, and describes a shoe impression consistent with Converse or Chuck Taylor sneakers left in the ground. Separately, an attendee who went out to re-photograph the surveillance locations posted that the last picture in their set showed Converse-brand footprints, which is filed at Rob Hild.

A low-resolution still cannot establish a shoe brand, and an impression consistent with a mass-market sneaker sole is weak individuating evidence on its own. Compare with the BBC breakdown and the other shoe frames in this cluster, then read Clothing Change and Stairs Guy.

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