I think the PI's, and the Anthony's, wanted the Suburban Drive area searched before TES could get there. The water was starting to recede in late Oct, early Nov. It wouldn't be long before that was added to the search grid.
On Nov. 8, James Hoover showed up at the main Command Center for searchers. He came around to the entrance that was for LE, TES, Media and anyone related to the search, but not "public." He was asked why he was there, why he needed to come in, etc. He provided a biz card to the first attendant, and said he was supposed to be there. As I walked up to listen to what was going on, he explained how he was with Leonard Padilla, and worked with him. Told all about how he and LP have worked together for years. Trained together. Good friends with Rob Dick, and they all go way back. blah, blah, blah Wanted to know how it was going, and where were we searching? We said we didn't know yet, but LP could probably fill him in. We had no reason to think otherwise, and let him in. We thought he seemed sleezy, but we were just doing a job, and no one would care if we thought he was a skeeze....
Never gave it another thought until a year or two later, when something came up about Hoover getting into the CC. I called my friend, the first attendant, and asked if she remembered him. She dug out the card, and said that's him. I said you should email YM, and she did. She also called LP and asked if they were associates, and he said no way! They do know each other, but were not connected in any way in this case.
JH only came to see what was on the agenda for the weekend in regards to searches. Probably wanted to make sure no one was going to Suburban Drive.
In thinking back to that day, when we were hanging out in the late day/early eve, he was nowhere to be found. We were with LP, RD, YM, NL, TM, and many others, but JH was not there hangin' with his "posse".....hhmmmmm
MOO and my best recall from almost 3 years ago.
JH is a snake. Watching him today made me feel as creepy as I did standing outside his SUV listening to his blah blah blah....