Trend piece alert! As Facebook has become a bigger part of everyday life ands its reach has grown to more than 300 million users, it has taken on an increasingly large role in criminal investigations. It’s helped nab some crooks who would have gotten away otherwise, but there’s so much information available on Facebook, it occasionally leads to regrettable false positives, catching innocent people.

Long before police arrested Raymond Clark, the 24-year-old lab tech suspected of murdering Yale pharmacology grad student Annie Le days before her wedding, the media had already built what sounded like a compelling case against him that was heavy on online sources. But what does this say about the Internet’s impact on high-profile stories — and what effect could it have if Raymond Clark’s case to trial?