At 1:24:00 during the gas station scene, a man at the station recognizes Mike and remarks that he looks "just like that guy on TV" that "guy from the serial killer case". Mike was investigating a missing person when he found Agnes and Chris is, at this point, still a missing person (having only reported his name, where he was and that there was a gun to the police over the phone); therefore the news should not have made the connection between Mike and a serial killer.