Facebook users and redditors came together for a good cause.
To identify a teenager who had died 20 years ago.
The driver of the car, a 21-year-old man, was immediately identified by his family.
Further, to make matters worse, the so-called Grateful Doe didnt match any missing persons report.
It just broke my heart, said Lauren Rutley, who helped publicise Does case online.
That he was so young, and no one had reported him missing at the time.
The search only heated up last December, however, when Reddit took on the case.
That month, an Australian woman with the handle greymetal opened aGrateful Doe subredditand posted his picture to Imgur.
More than half a million people saw the photo and things began happening quickly.
Once the missing person report was filed police immediately opened an investigation.
Two volunteers posted on Facebook on Wednesday.
Because of everyone here this man will finally make his way home!!!
Evans was glad that social media found Evans son 11 months ago.
She herself has become active in the online sleuthing movement.
On Facebook, she constantly posts images of abused dogs and missing children.
c’mon share, she writes above each of them.
source: www.techworm.net
