So very well stated, IMO.
Alice is referring to a photograph of a knife on EN's Instagram. (Easy to find with Google.) The knife in the photo does not have a "black handle" as reported in the article from KVVU's article from yesterday. (Of course, he could own several knives.)
The "thumb on the blade" could have been mentioned by one of the girl witnesses - not necessarily the boy.
I have *some* reservations about all the stories that have suddenly come out about EN being a neighborhood terror though. As someone else has mentioned, there are an awful lot of serious confrontations with him that a.) were not reported to police at the time of the incident. and b.) don't (to my knowledge) have any un-involved witnesses (who aren't kids /adults with questionable credibility) - in spite of occurring in broad daylight. I can't help having a sort of "Boo Radley"/"The Crucible" feeling about it - blame all the things on the outcast/weird guy. There is definitely a slight feeling of a gossip-fence/campfire story exaggeration element to a lot of these rumors and I would love to see more evidence than *just* people's stories. (I'm at the point where I would have a hard time having full confidence in the word of ANYONE who lives in that neighborhood without proof of their integrity/credibility. Truth seems to be a rare commodity all around.)
It's not that I don't believe EN *could* be guilty, but due to the way all of this has been presented through ever changing stories and random hearsay; I just want more concrete evidence than has been available to the public.