How could they trace it back to a suspect? Its been traded and sold illegally so many times, you realize those trades and sales dont go on record right?
Depends on how good the detective work is. There are always answers, just depends on who, when, where, and how the questions are asked.
The opportunity to "ditch" a gun, especially when it is "hot" is readily taken advantage of. Especially when you get a "reward" for it, no questions asked.
Its a lot harder to follow a weapon's back trail when it is presented in a pile of other firearms with no "prior owner" on record.
