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By the late 1990s, Operation Minstead was formed—a dedicated police task force to catch this monster. They knew they were looking for someone who fit a specific profile. Someone familiar with the areas. Someone who understood elderly routines. And in 1999, they had Delroy Grant's name. He was on the suspect list. Everything pointed to him. But then... a clerical error. Someone checked the wrong box. His sample was mislabeled or misprocessed—the exact details remain disputed—but the result was catastrophic. He was eliminated from the investigation. That mistake gave Grant another ten years of freedom. Ten years during which he committed 146 more offences. Including 23 sexual assaults. Imagine being one of those victims. Imagine finding out, years later, that you could have been spared if someone had just... double-checked a file.