Detective career broken?

I'very been having this problem and I'm only two cases in. It's so frustrating. I'm told to find a YA male with blonde hair, a tank top, shorts and gloomy. To start, just about everyone is an elder, adult, or child. The couple young adult guys I did find didn't match anything else but I tried arresting them anyway and I was wrong. I talked to a bunch of adults and elders and not a single one was gloomy despite having other matching traits. Everyone I ask about the suspect points into empty space, the ocean, or at the children. I don't even know what to do and it's super disappointing because I was enjoying the game but it now feels like a chore, and a pointless one at that.