5 , ▁the ▁site ' s ▁cre ator ▁identified ▁himself ▁as ▁Det ect ive ▁Ted ▁Arm strong ▁from ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Police ▁Department . ▁He ▁explained ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁looking ▁for ▁help ▁solving ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁a ▁young ▁woman . ▁However , ▁the ▁intention ▁wasn ' t ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁ho ax . ▁Where as ▁a ▁ho ax ▁a ims ▁to ▁dece ive ▁people ▁as ▁its ▁end ▁goal , ▁Crime ▁Sc ene ▁uses ▁de ception ▁as ▁a ▁way ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁story ▁more ▁imm ers ive ▁and ▁to ▁give ▁people ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁being ▁part ▁of ▁a ▁real ▁life ▁mystery . ▁This ▁kind ▁of ▁story t elling , ▁still ▁somewhat ▁undefined ▁even ▁today , ▁was ▁very ▁un common ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁before ▁the ▁internet ▁became ▁u bi quit ous . ▁Ar ri ola ▁explains , ▁“ I ' m ▁trying ▁to ▁come ▁up ▁with ▁a ▁name ▁for ▁this ▁kind ▁of ▁entertain ment , ▁which ▁pret ends ▁to ▁be ▁real ▁– ▁maybe ▁this ▁is ▁' f action '. ▁It ▁represents ▁itself ▁as ▁fact , ▁it ' s ▁as ▁fact ual ▁as ▁it ▁can ▁be , ▁but ▁it ' s ▁fiction . ▁I ▁want ▁to ▁make ▁people ▁think ▁this ▁is ▁real , ▁at ▁first . ▁Then ▁they ▁have ▁to ▁do ▁a ▁little ▁work ▁to ▁find ▁out ▁that ▁it ' s ▁not ." Over ▁the ▁years , ▁other ▁kinds ▁of ▁entertain ment ▁have ▁emer ged ▁giving ▁more ▁definition ▁to ▁what ▁Ar ri ola ▁refers ▁to ▁as ▁" f action ", ▁not ably ▁alternate ▁reality