Experience I had the other day:
I had troubles finding the suspect on the lot and just went back to try again the next day. BIG mistake. I checked my household manager to see if there was a Sim that would fit the description and there was. So I knew what to look out for the next day .. problem was that the next day, the suspect was culled. It tried several days and never got anyone remotely like the suspect. So, I guess, if you don't get them right away, the can get culled as well.
So, we have several issues here, one of which was fixed but there's still others.
@crinrict , I hope you were able to get a new case and the issue didn't completely bork your game. I haven't had that happen, thank goodness.
I will relate an incident I had a couple of weeks ago. My detective arrested the only suspect that fit the clues for an APB. Much to my surprise, when she was questioned it said she was innocent. Because the work day was almost over I had the sim look again the next day. Once again, the only sim in the area that fit the clues was the exact same sim that was arrested and freed the day before. I went ahead and had the detective arrest her again and this time she was guilty!? Now what sense does that make?
Whatever happened to: You can't be charged with the same crime twice 😉
That's funny but maybe the game just makes them randomly innocent and then the next day, the same Sim was just spawned with being the guilty party. I mean, the more clues you have, the less Sims fit the description.
As for my game, I decided my Sim wasn't cut out to be a detective and he's in the Sports career now. There is a way to get a new case with cheats but it was not worth going to through all the hassle.
LOL, a career change is definitely one way to handle the culled suspect problem.
Is a cheat the only way to get a new case, or could quitting and rejoining the career work, like those of us with scientists had to recently do because of the broken Chemistry machine? Just curious if you know off the top of your head. Don't go having your sim quit his new, spiffy Sports career if you don't. I can check if I run into the issue down the road.
I concur with the randomly innocent thought. This was the first time I've ever had a suspect be innocent and since she was guilty the next day, I obviously had the right sim, lol.
I think you get the same case if you rejoin but I'm unsure It's not really that big a deal as I only joined to test out some bugs :D
