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Wilmington, Delaware Cold Case Closed?

A man has been charged. Is he the culprit?

By Skyler SaundersPublished about a year ago 3 min read
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Wilmington, Delaware Cold Case Closed?
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In 2018, a 38-year-old man named Richard Young received fatal gunshot wounds. Fast forward five years and authorities have taken into custody a 23-year-old man named Nasir Anderson who could not post the $1.3 million dollar bail.

Anderson faces first-degree murder, home invasion, and firearms charges.

What is to be made of this latest case that seems to be heated up by Wilmington’s finest? Why do these cases take years to thaw? How do law enforcement officials gather enough information to catch the suspect?

It is simple. The coordinated efforts related to reason and logic permit police and detectives to hunt down their man or woman. For the past few decades and with the arrival of the television series Cold Case (2003-2010) the populace has been fascinated by such situations.

What is so remarkable is the fact that police can be so perceptive and stick to murder cases especially until the culprit is in the clutches of the law.

To give up and never gather the evidence and proof that damns the suspect is to let themselves be in a constant state of doubt.

Fortunately, the officers in Wilmington as part of the cold case unit did not let Anderson get anywhere else after half of a decade on the lam.

As crucial as it is to catch murderers of recent crimes, it is sometimes even more pertinent to go back to the icy crimes and turn up the heat. This time, it most certainly paid off for the Wilmington Police Department.

While people, even family members, give up or just forget about their loved ones, law enforcement officials stay committed to never yielding to solve the case.

These professionals know that it is in the best interest of themselves and the families to continue to investigate.

By looking into leads, overturning documents, canvassing, and interviewing people, cops have the chance to make cold cases warmer and finally hot.

In Delaware, investigators are not unlike any other authorities across the nation and the world. Their tenacity and dedication to the details have produced an arrest.

While they could have just let the case stay frozen, the police chose to run down on Anderson and bring him before the system of law.

To take into consideration all of the ways that Anderson could have slipped away brings together the fact that the police truly sought to wrap up the case.

This is the part that some people miss. When “defund the police” gains any legitimacy it degrades the institution that protects individual rights in a domestic respect.

Like little hellians screaming at the top of their lungs for cops to be done away with, they soon change their tune when a loved one is missing or murdered and the perpetrators seek to get away with it.

People would rationalize their lives away saying that the police are the real murderers. This insane and irrational approach is what separates the police from the citizens.

Now, of course there are terrible cops. They ought to be kicked off the force. But they’re such a minority that they are a nonfactor. All of the ways that criminals find a way to go around the law, there are willing men and women ready to step up and defend cities and states.

For Delaware, with such a small population, the idea of murders only intensifies. So, with Anderson’s arrest, it is apt that he be caught.

Cold cases can turn to heat if the professionals watch their data and follow algorithms. Also, they just continue to beat the path to ensure that the miscreants cease their evil deeds.

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About the Creator

Skyler Saunders

I’ve been writing since I was five-years-old. I didn’t have an audience until I was nine. If you enjoy my work feel free to like but also never hesitate to share. Thank you for your patronage. Take care.

S.S.

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