Strange conjecture: Brian Thompson's murder may have been a contract killing

[Prairie Gates]

9. He had the bike at the killing scene...he rode away on it

Up through so-called 6 1/2 Avenue and into Central Park. He is then seen on camera coming out of Central Park between 70th and 80th on the bike and then again on 85th street. When he leaves Central Park, the backpack is gone. Police are still searching the park for the backpack.

One other thing to note: between the hostel he stayed in and the B D train station at 103rd street are the (at one time notorious) Frederick Douglass houses, a sprawling housing project that he would have pretty much had to walk through either on 104th street or 103rd street to get to the subway. It used to be quite an interesting walk at 5am to be trapsing through the FDH on 103rd street, which pretty much bisects the grounds. Not sure if it's the same these days, but I'd certainly feel better about making that walk armed!