14 DAY TRIAL // As I said before, YouTube isn't just a simple online video sharing service as more and more organizations, companies and authorities are attracted by the service, all with different goals. The Enquirer reported a new interesting case today, a publication that sustained police is now using Google's video service to identify the suspect of a rape. It seems like Alfredo Lopez-Cruz, 27, raped a 9-year-old girl and seized her for a few days. Although the suspect was already identified, the police is now investigating the case to find Alfredo Lopez-Cruz, a 27-year-old Mexican.
Because the investigations are evolving quite slowly, the authorities are now aiming to use Google's YouTube to post a video with the suspect and receive feedback from the users. Although the initiative can be very useful, nobody ever tried to capture a dangerous person through the Internet.
"This is the first case where we are going to be doing something like this. We saw something on TV that law enforcement agencies were putting surveillance videos of robberies and stuff like that on YouTube, so we thought we might try something like that with this guy. It's trying to find a needle in a haystack and you are not sure which haystack to look in. The problem is, we have solved the case. We know who did it. We just can't find him. It's very easy for him to evade law enforcement. He can hide because he doesn't have an official identification," Hamilton Police Detective Mark Hayes said according to The Enquirer.
Some time ago, another policeman had a similar initiative but it was more simple and efficient. He decided to upload a surveillance video on YouTube and require users' help to capture the suspect. Just after a few days, the clip recorded an impressive number of views and comments.