User blog comment:Cursed warrior 343/The Day Walker/@comment-30766268-20180618235904/@comment-31128769-20180816145731

Thanks Vlad!

For the second part there is an explanation. The reason why the police acted this way is because, despite the current age technology, this was before the law and societal acceptance was as strict as it was now. The main motivation was that Elizabeth's parents paid the murderer.