Worst Suspect Sketch Ever Helped Catch Accused Killer

MIAMI, FL – It’s been more than a year since Brooklyn Rabbi Joseph Raksin was gunned down during a Miami robbery attempt that went south.

News of the 60-year-old’’s death rocked both communities and made headlines across the country. Raskin was a “deeply religious orthodox Jew,” Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle was quoted by CBS as saying during a press conference announcing the arrest of the man’s accused killer. On his way to synagogue at the time of his Aug. 9, 2014, murder, Raksin had nothing of value on him.

While word that 15-year-old DeAndre Charles was indicted by a grand jury on one count of first-degree murder and one count of attempted armed robbery with a firearm was welcomed news in both communities, Rundle’s press conference, however, captured national attention for more than the indictment announced.

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During the conference, Rundle held up a sketch of their suspect alongside a photo of the teen charged in the case. It’s that sketch that’s captured a great deal of attention in recent days.

Initially believed to have been a police sketch, the drawing, which looks a whole lot like a Muppet, has made headlines across the country.

“It’s traumatizingly bad,” BuzzFeed noted in a story about the piece of evidence that helped bring Charles into custody. That website was among those that initially believed the drawing was a police sketch. BuzzFeed was quick to correct its story once finding out it was a witness that drew the masterpiece and not a paid police sketch artist.

Mashable also jumped on the unusual sketch, noting “While not every police sketch has to be a Renaissance painting, it’s unclear what, exactly, the public could expect to grasp from this.”

Evidently, someone grasped a connection. Charles’ arrest was announced Dec. 9.

“We call it a Hanukkah holiday miracle,” Jewish community activist Yona Lunger said of the arrest when asked by the Sun-Sentinel.

Charles’ family has been quoted by multiple media sources as saying the teen was home at the time of the shooting.

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