Exactly. First, people have unfortunate fantasies about how the police work because they've seen far too many CSI episodes. The police -- everywhere -- are interested in wrapping cases up as quickly as possible. They do NOT spend ages sifting through DNA tests, etc. That is only in fantasy, on absurd, unrealistic television shows, or in the most high-profile cases in which the prosecution and defense hire expensive expert witnesses. The vast majority of cases, including homicides, do not get a Sherlock Holmes-level of scrutiny.
The whole point of this film is that his "escape" is due to luck, blind luck. And that is what happened -- the ring in possession of the drug dealer, when drug dealers had already committed crimes in the building and area, was the direct link the police needed. The police knew about the affair; that was not enough to prove that Chris that murdered Nola. There was no direct evidence like the ring.
"I love those redheads!" (Wooderson, Dazed and Confused, 1993)
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