Question: Did the police search the area near the abandoned car? I might accept the idea that they couldn't comb the woods -- but walking the train tracks seems a reasonable expectation.
ClearCase_guy:
He killed three people; a 13 year-old girl near Cincinnati; then came up 1-74 and 1-65 (my guess) to Remington, IN and shot two workers at a convenience store at I-65 and US 24.
As to your question: excellent point. Since it was nearby, you would think they would have covered it. But this is Gary, the murder capital of the country (or at least it used to be), so who knows...
From the article:
The body was located about 100 yards from where the search cut off,