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Police sketch of a burglary suspect goes horribly wrong

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Police sketch of a burglary suspect goes horribly wrong-

The Warwickshire Police in the United Kingdom are looking for a truly terrifying suspect.

According to the composite render they released, the criminal in question wears a black beanie and sports stubble. Oh, and he has a inhumanly large, Cheshire cat-like grin.

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The photo posted on the Warwickshire Police's Twitter quickly went viral on Tuesday. People just couldn't believe that this was a real sketch released from an actual police department.

But it's not a belated April Fools' Day prank. The Warwickshire Police confirmed in a follow up tweet that finding the suspect is no laughing matter, though they noted they knew this would get some attention.

"Jokes aside, it was created from a description provided and it's serious as a woman was a victim of a horrible crime," the police tweeted.

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Here's the description of the incident from the Warwickshire Police website:

At between 2.00pm and 2.36pm on 5 February 2018, two men claiming to be from Orbit Housing tricked their way into a flat in Hertford Place. One of the men distracted the occupant - a woman in her 40s - while the other man searched the property.

When the victim realised what they were doing she ordered them to leave. The men left with a quantity of cash.

They used E-FIT, or Electronic Facial Identification Technique, to create a computer render of the burglar's face based on composites of descriptions of his features. Unlike actual pencil and paper sketches, E-FITS tend to produce more accurate estimates of suspected criminals.

Even, apparently, in the case of this grinning burglar.

Mashable ImageE-FITs are supposed to be more accurate than an artist's pencil sketch. Credit: warwickshire police

Twitter users were quick to respond with sightings of the suspect and his possible accomplices.

In all seriousness, if you've seen a man with this ghastly smile -- whether roaming through Warwickshire or lurking deep in some haunted forest -- contact the Warwickshire Police.


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