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Sara was the hero of another story and became a spiritual role model for Sam in regards to moving on, taking risks and practicing self-care while doing good for others. The rooftops and ethereal chiming symbolize an ascension if I may and a carrying on of Sara's journey going from apartment to apartment helping survivors.
The bells literally mean there is a sanctuary out there but the chimneys mean that Sam can take them as side quests and perhaps not go to the sanctuary at all. He has a choice now.
I agree with your take-also the father cuts his wrist early on and bleeds onto or into the Jane Doe which brings to my mind the bleeding onto the Necronomicon in one of the Evil Dead films.
Definitely one of my favorites. What did you make of the ending?
I know this is 7 years late but the ending is actually more subtle than that and it took me three viewings to realize it. Jeter learned from Giancarlo Esposito's character's story to get inside the killer's head and also to pretend the smarter killers don't exist. When "James" tells Jeter why him he explains he was upset and sent into a catatonic depression because Jeter's actions caused Alby to get credit for James' crimes. At the end Jeter kills what he thinks is James but it turns out to be the Clown with the tattoos under his eyes.
The twist is that James probably expected Jeter to report his failure honestly to his superiors but instead Jeter used the opportunity to repeat the thing that depressed James last time- giving the clown the credit for James crimes. This will likely knock James out of commission and cause him to stop committing crimes unless he captures Jeter again. So Jeter has stopped James and all he has to do is watch his back and be ready for the time James comes back.