Gulfport (or anyone that might know), Do we know if the person that was pictured on the FBI website was a pool shooter aka a pretty good player or? If so was his game 1p or ? Second do we know if the Atla connection was real or is not known to be? I'm in the N Alta area in many of the larger pool halls and in a few of the smaller ones. Also in a few Chatt TN halls.
The picture of the guy walking out in the blue shirt ... He appears taller than 5'11 to me or long torso /short legged. Could be wrong.
Last thing ... I know it's been 12 plus years but has the family approached a person/company that can clean up the photos? I lot of technology has improved in the dozen years and i think that field has. S
The perp was only a casual shooter, probably mostly barboxes, and likely frequented pool rooms or taverns simply looking for victims. He had a very unusual stance for a man. He kept both feet together and leaned over from his waist. In the videos you can see him playing some other guy who was also little and a bit tubby.
He stole Mr. Cooper's credit card in the Atlanta area, but he was probably just passing through. He did pose as a recording studio engineer, but that was a ruse. He didn't have a southern accent.
If you see the video, the guy's head was at about the same height as the lettering on the front door. I measured the height of that, which was 5'6". So from what I recall of him in person, plus that measurement, I'd put his height at about 5'8", plus or minus.
Yes, everyone wanted the images cleaned up. And both the local police and then the FBI cleaned up the surveillance tape as much as they could. But unfortunately the surveillance tape was very slow, and poor quality. I don't suppose something can be improved that wasn't there.
The FBI has not dropped its investigation, but after 11-12 years the likelihood of getting the guy is very slim. I suspect that the guy is either dead or in prison. They have his DNA, but not all states participate in the data base.