> Despite all the technology in the world the majority of police work is still plain old-fashioned knocking on doors and making phone calls. People will always voluntarily give up all the information in the world to be seen as good citizens. In your friend's case I'm willing to bet that they asked the sister for the names of his close friends and acquaintances and yours matched up.
Sure, but that doesn't pass the smell test in this situation:
1. That's a lot of work, which would take a lot of time to do. For instance, does the sister know the OP's number. His full name? His first name? Are they going do all the work to piece together fragmentary information for a wellness check?
2. The technology exists and is widely deployed for the police to straightforwardly take a quick shortcut around all that work.
Sure, but that doesn't pass the smell test in this situation:
1. That's a lot of work, which would take a lot of time to do. For instance, does the sister know the OP's number. His full name? His first name? Are they going do all the work to piece together fragmentary information for a wellness check?
2. The technology exists and is widely deployed for the police to straightforwardly take a quick shortcut around all that work.
And most importantly:
3. The police said they took that shortcut.