Reopening because maybe a bug, after all? (But not in the AotB skill?)
I had the same situation today with my rev
Jackie.
She respawned after dying and set off to find her killer, which is again Stoopkid, as per the above report.
Jackie went to their location with Animus of the Bat (and also Enhanced Senses, I haven't bought it back yet since Animus had been fixed), I won't disclose it right now because they're still there - and it's the same situation as above, I think; an open tile with an inside location.
Jackie had searched outside, nothing. Went to the inside location, which is a spot that doesn't allow hiding, and where Jackie would've had 10% in searches, but "This place is all but ruins - nothing of value can be found here!".
So Jackie couldn't find Stoopkid neither outside, nor inside, and yet I have them as my killers in EoD, so I know they didn't move.
I think that something buggy is going on.
Can VWs hide in that inside location, where nobody can search for them?
Edit: possibly entering there while already being hidden with Adept of the Shadow?
In the case that at the moment search attempt in the inside location automatically return the "nothing of value" message, could they be set so that they roll for finding hidden characters first? Or maybe interrupt a VW's hiding in places that don't allow hiding, if this is the issue?