Regardless of the physical evidences, it was very real that the IBM Machine was manipulated in such a way that distracts the whole investigation. So regarding the truth of the whole investigation, there was no actual need to proof that Johnson had in actual physical contact with one but as long as he had distant acquaintances contacts abroad, he remained a key suspect.
Two weeks ago on a Monday afternoon, Johnson went off work early around 2pm EST. He was very early to work that morning and quickly went to finish up his workload from the day and even managed to cover some work from the following day. Yet he did not contact anyone or put in a notice that he would be away from work, just as standard protocols required. Johnson stepped away from work and into the train station, where he was going towards an unknown destination.
The following was only known to Johnson as he even left his digital devices with him at home. Nothing could track him, as he even left his Bluetooth earpieces back at the shack. As Johnson stepped into a unfamiliar train station, he did not notice that a CCTV had captured his every single move. Along with the disposable train card, who he discarded at a rubbish bin and was picked up by the trash collector.
Johnson arrived at the station of Cambridge, way outside his usual commute area. It was at this point in which the closed circuit television cameras lost contact with him as he undressed and changed uniform outside of those spying arenas. It was deftly suspicious. Johnson arrived at the station without even a hint of camera detection, yet the card from the train outlet caught every single journey. It was very weird and perhaps even suspicious. If it weren't for the card, he would not even be a suspect.
Johnson arrived at around 2:42pm at Cambridge station and he escaped all television cameras but was spotted at the traffic lights where the cameras were tracking fast moving vehicles. His stature could be easily captured and he was wearing a different outfit to when he was at home and at work. It was clear he was trying to avoid detection by the government and crime fighters.
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Johnson took a look at his watch and adjusts it accordingly. Then after a bus passes by, he disappears from sight. That single interaction caught the attention of all detectives. Where was Johnson Stratom? What exactly happened in that split second? Turns out there was a back alleyway that he could escape detection. However without any digital GPS or WiFi connection, there was no guarantee where he went.
As Johnson walked straight into the alleyway, he was greeted by two ruffle guys. They were asking for money from him in exchange for their services. As Johnson arrived back at where he disappeared, the suitcase he carried was gone. In its place was a newspaper and a pop up card. He promptly dumps the newspaper by shredding it with his hands. Afterwards, he tucked the card into his jacket carrier. It was as suspicious as you could have been. Yet no one could confirm the identity of the passerby was Johnson. At least for sure.
The CCTV images and videos on the roadside were hazzy sometimes even cryptic. The statutory image of Johnson was not set in stone as neither the police nor the detectives could confirm the identity of the person who set foot on Cambridge. Nonetheless it was still a 50% chance that the culprit was who they were tailing, due to the immense amount of evidences that pointed towards Johnson Stratom to being at that place at that point of time. It was a guessing game, maybe even a great probability that it was him but no one could known that for sure other than Johnson himself.
As image after image of the passerby gets shown to Johnson, he did not even wink or expressed any familiarity at the suspected person. In fact, he did not even remotely was interested or caught suspiciously. Johnson was not at all afraid of admitting he was at home. Yet, no one could prove otherwise and he was let home early into the night because they could not point to him as the major suspect behind the time travelling incident as there was not enough physical evidences.
As Johnson put on his jacket and his spectacles, the policemen were not at all pleased. Especially since he was one of the only suspects yet no one could point out that he was the one for sure. As Johnson Strathom strode out of the police station, no detective had the authority to track him down anymore. He was alone on his way home and he could do anything in order to discard more evidences to prove that he was innocent.
Johnson went back to his home station of West Minister and never looked back. He was never spotted again ever in public and the whole case was never reopened again until the night of 2173.