Originally Posted by
milnerpt
If this is the same one I am thinking of in Seattle, the guy was some sort of medical doctor.... whats crazy is how they caught him. They actually got a DNA sample off a cup of coffee he left at the bike shop when he bolted with the merchandise!
Yes, that was the case. I had forgotten the detail about the DNA. I think he was a podiatrist, with a troubled history. My memory is that during the investigation he was starting to talk about suicide so they institutionalized him somewhere (in a hospital?) for observation...and he committed suicide while in the hospital. The bike shop owners interviewed at the time said he came to the shops, was very knowledgeable about bikes, took bikes out for test rides and then disappeared.
Very sad.