Found Deceased AL - Aniah Haley Blanchard, 19, Auburn, Lee County, 23 Oct 2019

[katydid23]

There are almost certainly security cameras at the apartment complex and it is supposed to have a gated entry. They probably have a good idea on the timeline already.
Her car was seen near I-85 in Auburn. Most likely that's the route Aniah took to Montgomery. The apartment complex is close to I-85 also.

Was she even the one who drove her car to Montgomery?

 

[killarney rose]

Well.....I have relatives who used to live in that area but moved away several years ago because it was deteriorating.

The Taylor Road area to the east is upper middle class. However when you come to the Atlanta Highway area, it is detiorating, and not so good. This complex, from the picture looks like one of the newer complexes that have been built for section 8 tenants. The complex itself is nice, but the area is not safe due to the tenants.

 

[sleepysleuth]

I work for a builder, we built several homes in the neighborhood directly behind this complex. I never felt unsafe there, nor have I ever heard the residents complain of gunshots. But we built our last home there about 5 years ago, so I guess the tide could have turned. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But area aside, I get the feeling it’s just a random dumping place for the car. If Aniah was in that complex, it seems the police should have been able to locate her by going door to door, which hopefully they did? Just my opinion, obv.

 

[MFH]

They just shared Aniah’s story on HLN weekend express. I’m glad it’s getting a little more coverage. I’m very worried for Aniah.

 

[PixieStix]

But area aside, I get the feeling it’s just a random dumping place for the car. If Aniah was in that complex, it seems the police should have been able to locate her by going door to door, which hopefully they did? Just my opinion, obv.

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I think it was randomly dumped there, unless someone was so stupid as to drive Aniah's car to hide where they lived, which seems unlikely but not out of the realm of possibility. However, after looking at google maps, it seems the apartment complex is tucked away a bit from the main road. There appear to be many other apartment complexes in the area. I think you would almost have to know it was there. That tells me the person who put the car there knew about the apartment complex and probably had a connection there.

 

[zencompass]

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Alabama college student still missing; police find her damaged vehicle

I had a thought that perhaps she had met the man and she possibly felt unsafe and ended the date.

Could he have followed her in his car and forced her off the road, thus causing the damage?

That might account for him getting her alone and vulnerable - at the side of a road.

I agree with others that he likely was the person who drove the car to the apartment building, abandoning it.

This is such a sad and scary case. Although this doesn't look good at all, there is still hope. I just can't shake off hope, little that it is, that she is alive, somewhere.

 

[Southern_Girl]

Nice to meet another Alabamian!

I’m in the Birmingham area too. Have been most of my life. I went to high school off of the same street (or parkway, I believe) as the stepdad. I knew him much better back then.

This is not looking good for Aniah IMO. :/

 

[Quill]

dbm

 

[nikoriko]

They found her car a solid 70 miles outside of Auburn, which is quite the distance and makes this look even more grim. On Google earth I noticed there was a forest, Tuskegee National Forest. It can be accessed on both routes to Montgomery from Auburn. It's unfortunately pretty huge but if I were them I'd start searching outside of there immediately. There's rest areas, and stores right off the main highway that likely have cctv. There's also only small sections of highway that have traffic barriers, either a rail or wall. A search around those could probably detect any recent impact/car paint.

It's at max 50 miles away but from around where she (edit: her car) was last seen to the apartment complex it's about 45 miles.

 

[dotr]

It's at max 50 miles away but from around where she (edit: her car) was last seen to the apartment complex it's about 45 miles.

Welcome to Ws nikoriko, thanks for the info!

 

[MadTing]

Is the reason the car was backed in to the space because the front licence plate isn't required by law in that state? and thu Do we know whether the car was parked with or without a front plate and wether the family knows if her car usually had a front plate?

 

[dotr]

If LE take soil ect samples from underneath the wheels of the car, hoping it might give clues as to where the car had recently been, particularly if it had been in the woods.
Vehicle of missing 19-year-old, Aniah Haley Blanchard, was found

Aniah Haley Blanchard’s vehicle was located at an apartment complex in the 6100 block of Boardwalk Boulevard (Source: WTVM)

 

[dotr]

Is the reason the car was backed in to the space because the front licence plate isn't required by law in that state? Do we know whether the car was parked with out without a front plate and wether the family knows if her car usually had a front plate?

Welcome to Ws MadTing, good question!

 

[Southern_Girl]

Is the reason the car was backed in to the space because the front licence plate isn't required by law in that state? and thu Do we know whether the car was parked with or without a front plate and wether the family knows if her car usually had a front plate?

A front plate is not required in Alabama.

ETA: I do not know one person who has a front plate here. IMO, she wouldn’t have had one. Ive heard of people backing into parking spaces to hide an expired tag, so I could definitely see this being done to make the tag less visible.

 

[Drc40]

It's at max 50 miles away but from around where she (edit: her car) was last seen to the apartment complex it's about 45 miles.

I think anyone traveling between Montgomery and Auburn it’s pretty much normal to say “about an hour”. Give or take +/- 10min depending what side of either is your final destination.

After reviewing my case study further the Park Place apartment location was always planned to be mixed use of high density multi-family and low impact commercial uses fronting Atlanta Highway. There looks to be a failed single family development immediately to the west of Park Place but generally it developed as predicted about 12-14 years ago.

I could not find any reference to Park Place at the Montgomery Housing Authority so it’s unlikely they were built specifically for sec 8 but any property can house sec 8 tenants. Their is a rent maximum and minimum property requirements but any home, anywhere, can qualify as long as you have an eligible tenant and property.

I find it odd they would dump her car in this location considering it has only one ingress and egress. That’s high risk. Someone likely followed the perp driving her car, if that in fact happened, and taken them away. We could have two POI’s. LE has to have strong leads through CCTV.

i hope the dad finds the perps first. Lay down a good MMA beating before turning over to LE. I’m afraid this is not going to turn out well.

 

[killarney rose]

These complexes sometimes have the housing authority logo on the complex sign if they are built specifically as govt subsidized housing. But most complexes in These marginal neighborhoods are full of section 8 tenants. The complexes themselves look nice and well kept, but the residents bring their own set of issues with them.

 

[diggndeeperstill]

Again always helpful analysis from you.
Hadn’t thought about two poi’s. I had wondered if the poi caught a bus as my map showed a bus stop or possible bus line in front of apartments. I do think odd it’s the car is there and feel like there has to be a connection.

I’ve wondered if she had friends there?

I think anyone traveling between Montgomery and Auburn it’s pretty much normal to say “about an hour”. Give or take +/- 10min depending what side of either is your final destination.

After reviewing my case study further the Park Place apartment location was always planned to be mixed use of high density multi-family and low impact commercial uses fronting Atlanta Highway. There looks to be a failed single family development immediately to the west of Park Place but generally it developed as predicted about 12-14 years ago.

I could not find any reference to Park Place at the Montgomery Housing Authority so it’s unlikely they were built specifically for sec 8 but any property can house sec 8 tenants. Their is a rent maximum and minimum property requirements but any home, anywhere, can qualify as long as you have an eligible tenant and property.

I find it odd they would dump her car in this location considering it has only one ingress and egress. That’s high risk. Someone likely followed the perp driving her car, if that in fact happened, and taken them away. We could have two POI’s. LE has to have strong leads through CCTV.

i hope the dad finds the perps first. Lay down a good MMA beating before turning over to LE. I’m afraid this is not going to turn out well.

 

[EllaMae]

Was she even the one who drove her car to Montgomery?

Maybe......maybe not. I have different theories on that aspect. But she was more than likely still in the car for at least part of the drive there. Her car was seen on camera in Auburn heading towards I-85 IIRC. I'm not sure if LE knows who was driving. There are a lot of security cameras in that part of Auburn.

I've driven that route between Auburn and Montgomery several times, but it was earlier in the day or evening and there was a lot of traffic. And I haven't been through there in about 3-4 years. But at that time of the night during the week I can't imagine there were that many cars on the road. As awful as the thought is, I did wonder about the more isolated areas between the two cities....

I just can't see her letting a guy she didn't know well drive her car unless she was incapacitated in some way. That's always a possibility. She had already traveled a lot that day so driving to Montgomery that late seems like something she might not want to do voluntarily.

I also wondered if the guy she met had an accomplice.

 

[Drc40]

Ok, upon additional examination I think we can put to bed the notion these units were built for sec 8 or any kind of subsidized housing. Doesn’t mean they aren’t occupied by subsidized tenants but they were not built for that purpose.

The Alabama Housing Finance Authority is the state funnel for state and federal subsidy funds. Among other things, it finances developers to construct subsidized apartments. The AHFA did not provide any funding for these units. I suppose there could have been some other type of incentives, possibly city, but that is unlikely as it would go through Montgomery Housing Authority and it also doesn’t list Park Place as one of its projects. Looks like it was speculatively built based on supply/demand and it ended up in an area of decreasing values. 2008-2010 changed the trend dramatically.

Who takes the lead in this case? Montgomery, where her vehicle was found or Auburn, her last know location? The lack of LE info kind of makes me feel they are in recovery mode.

 

[EllaMae]

I think anyone traveling between Montgomery and Auburn it’s pretty much normal to say “about an hour”. Give or take +/- 10min depending what side of either is your final destination.

After reviewing my case study further the Park Place apartment location was always planned to be mixed use of high density multi-family and low impact commercial uses fronting Atlanta Highway. There looks to be a failed single family development immediately to the west of Park Place but generally it developed as predicted about 12-14 years ago.

I could not find any reference to Park Place at the Montgomery Housing Authority so it’s unlikely they were built specifically for sec 8 but any property can house sec 8 tenants. Their is a rent maximum and minimum property requirements but any home, anywhere, can qualify as long as you have an eligible tenant and property.

I find it odd they would dump her car in this location considering it has only one ingress and egress. That’s high risk. Someone likely followed the perp driving her car, if that in fact happened, and taken them away. We could have two POI’s. LE has to have strong leads through CCTV.

i hope the dad finds the perps first. Lay down a good MMA beating before turning over to LE. I’m afraid this is not going to turn out well.

That's my working theory at the moment.