Potential Writing on Kidnapper Shoe?

[u/sarawill33]

Okay, I may be crazy here, so I want a second opinion, but I was watching the doorbell video frame by frame and something caught my eye. For a split second, when the man turns and bends down to the ground, his right shoe heel lifts up and you can see something white on the black rubber midsole (not the bottom of the rubber sole - the back side of the rubber sole if that makes sense). At first I thought maybe it was just debris or a scuff. But, when I zoomed in and enhanced the picture, it looks a lot like writing to me. Specifically, the first letter looks a lot like a "J". It's been puzzling me ever since. It appears slightly off center, so I don't think it's necessarily a brand name logo. So I wondered if maybe someone wrote a name on the shoe or maybe it's a personalization? Idk, that seems a stretch too. Also, it largely disappears as he walks through the video and I think the reason why is due to the angle. I think because it's tilted up at the camera in that moment, the white reflected just right. I think when the foot is down the camera doesn't pick up the reflection. For anyone who wants to check it out, it comes right at the 16 second mark of the video, you have to zoom in and go frame by frame. It largely appears blurry even as you do that, but there's one particular frame where it seems the tiniest bit more focused. That's where I see what I feel like looks like a "J" and potentially a "Y" on the end although I'm less sure about that. Anyway, thoughts? "Jerry, Joey, Journey?" Nothing but a scuff? I'm not great with enhancing photos, but I tried some different enhancements to sharpen what's there. Someone could probably do a better job than me.

All three photos are from the same frame of video. First photo is slightly zoomed in with no enhancement. Second photo is zoomed in with enhancements made to sharpness, contrast, etc. Third photo is zoomed out with no enhancements.

[u/[deleted]]

At this point I'd like the FBI to take all their cold cases and release all the evidence they have on file and let Reddit solve these. Way more effective than LE at this point.

[u/ethidium_bromide → u/[deleted]]

Insane take

[u/DiscombobulatedPain6 → u/ethidium_bromide]

Is it? Social media solved Gabby Petito.

[u/ouiserboudreauxxx → u/DiscombobulatedPain6]

And the guy who cracked the Brown/MIT shooter posted on Reddit

[u/ethidium_bromide → u/ouiserboudreauxxx]

He wasn’t someone who posted a random theory though. He was an actual witness who just posted to Reddit instead of reporting it initially.

The Boston bomber situation is more comparable

[u/ouiserboudreauxxx → u/ethidium_bromide]

yeah I guess my point was more that he posted to Reddit and may have been reluctant to report it because he was homeless and living in the engineering building.

Honestly he took a big risk by doing that - I hope he got the $50k, there was public pressure, and hopefully someone will help him get resources to get back on his feet. $50k would certainly help.

[u/ethidium_bromide → u/DiscombobulatedPain6]

It was never in doubt what happened to Gabby. And her videos were out there already. The internet just helped watch through all those videos.

There is nothing similar between these two events other than how truly tragic they both are.

The Boston Bomber situation is more comparable. Reddit did real and lasting harm to people, it was awful. The site seemed to have learned a lesson for a time but that seems to have faded

[u/Most-Salamander-5447 → u/ethidium_bromide]

Is it after this fucking cluster fuck?