Compare the pieces that may matter
Find similar cases without assuming they are connected.
Start with what is actually recorded: where it happened, the kind of place, the time window, movement, timeframe, and distinctive details supported by an original source.
The listener’s needI recognize a pattern and want to find other cases with the same circumstances.
A useful way to start
Three moves before you form a conclusion.
Choose one comparison
Begin with a concrete detail such as nearby geography, a roadway or trail setting, an overnight time window, travel on foot, or an abandoned vehicle.
Ask why each result appeared
A useful result should name the overlap in plain language. If the app cannot explain the comparison, do not rely on it.
Check both source trails
A similarity is a research prompt—not proof of a shared person, cause, method, or series. Open the original sources for both cases before keeping the lead.
Try it with a real case
Follow the need, not the noise.
Place and distance
Compare the same city, county, route, or user-selected radius while accounting for boundary and date changes.
Open guideSetting and movement
Compare recorded settings such as a home, roadway, trail, hotel, school, workplace, or waterway, plus movement on foot, by vehicle, or by transit.
Open guideTime and timeframe
Compare morning, afternoon, evening, overnight, and a chosen year range only when the source gives enough detail.
Open guideReported objects or methods
Show these only when an official, court, or clearly attributed original source supports the wording. Never infer a shared offender from the match.
Open guideContinue with the same question
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