• /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov has previously answered After playing a ton of RED DEAD REDEMPTION, I began to wonder; how often did "outlaws" in the "Wild West" commit murder without being caught or, more specifically, without being identified?

• /u/WelfOnTheShelf has previously answered Prior to DNA evidence, finger prints, etc. how did they solve murders and actually know if they convicted the right person?

• /u/QualityAdvice has previously addressed another question about bounty hunters and tracking.

More answers remain to be written, especially about non-European locales.

Definitely a bit easier.

Here's a link to a collection of autobiographies of late 18th/early 19th century criminals. Probably the most relevant one here is James Hardy Vaux, as on a number of occasions he just left town and was impossible to follow or trace.

Sorry, all the redditsearch.io alternatives were down when you posted this, and I don't keep a list of my old comments.