Police sketch of a burglary suspect goes horribly wrong
The Warwickshire Police in the United Kingdom are looking for a truly terrifying suspect.
According to the composite render they released, the criminal in question wears a black beanie and sports stubble. Oh, and he has a inhumanly large, Cheshire cat-like grin.
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The photo posted on the Warwickshire Police's Twitter quickly went viral on Tuesday. People just couldn't believe that this was a real sketch released from an actual police department.
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But it's not a belated April Fools' Day prank. The Warwickshire Police confirmed in a follow up tweet that finding the suspect is no laughing matter, though they noted they knew this would get some attention.
"Jokes aside, it was created from a description provided and it's serious as a woman was a victim of a horrible crime," the police tweeted.
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Here's the description of the incident from the Warwickshire Police website:
At between 2.00pm and 2.36pm on 5 February 2018, two men claiming to be from Orbit Housing tricked their way into a flat in Hertford Place. One of the men distracted the occupant - a woman in her 40s - while the other man searched the property.
When the victim realised what they were doing she ordered them to leave. The men left with a quantity of cash.
They used E-FIT, or Electronic Facial Identification Technique, to create a computer render of the burglar's face based on composites of descriptions of his features. Unlike actual pencil and paper sketches, E-FITS tend to produce more accurate estimates of suspected criminals.
Even, apparently, in the case of this grinning burglar.
Twitter users were quick to respond with sightings of the suspect and his possible accomplices.
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In all seriousness, if you've seen a man with this ghastly smile -- whether roaming through Warwickshire or lurking deep in some haunted forest -- contact the Warwickshire Police.
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