Police missed opportunities to find Maine gunman while city remained terrified

Crosses have been installed in honour of the victims (Matt Rourke/AP)

Police missed two clear opportunities to end a search that locked down and terrified Maine’s second largest city after a gunman killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar following a recent spiral into paranoia.

The body of Robert Card was found on Friday in a trailer at a recycling centre in Lisbon Falls that police had searched a day earlier.