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

[ThinkThinkThink]

That’s why I said hope. Of course it’s not gonna end well. When you’ve sleuthed enough of these you have to remind yourself of hope. MOO

We all know it doesn't look good...but the bear always holds out a smidgeon of hope too. It's always possible. Seeing her Mom's angst & fear in that segment today made me so upset...both parents looked shell-shocked. I hold out a bit of hope, just for them.

 

[Lesliebham]

Auburn police believe missing 19-year-old Aniah Blanchard was harmed – WVTM13

 

[WillenFan21]

Any chance the blood in the car (assuming that’s what it is) could be from the accident that caused the damage? Maybe just wishful thinking. The carjacking theory seems to fit, but I don’t totally understand the strategy behind jumping out of the backseat and scaring someone who’s flying down I-85. Seems like a good way to get in a nasty accident that leaves everyone injured and the (unrestrained) perpetrator too injured to leave the scene and then caught.

Also, two things about the Snapchat messages seem weird to me. First, if you just met someone, you don’t answer “where are you” by saying “with ____.” Think about your friend, spouse, parent asking “where are you” and you know they don’t know this person. It makes no sense to answer “with Eric.” Giving a location or saying “with this guy Eric I just met” or something is much more natural.

Two, if it’s not her sending the messages, why say she’s almost home? If whoever has her is sending these (or making her send them), this drastically reduces the amount of time before it’s suspicious that she’s not home. From past cases where someone has sent messages from a victim’s phone, I would expect something more like “I’m with this guy I just met, we’re going to hang out for a while, maybe go to another bar and be out pretty late..”

So many strange things with this one.

I agree it's so puzzling. I'm sitting here trying to rack my brain of plausible scenario in this case. It just doesn't make sense. I had got to thinking as I was writing this that maybe the perp lives not in the complex the car was found but possibly near by and possibly dumped her car there and then walked home but then I'm like no because you'd think there would be finger prints/DNA all over the place. But at the time I'm like I highly doubt she could was killed in that parking lot because people who live in the complex would have heard noise etc... then I go to maybe this is staged as a car accident but that would be stupid on the perps part because of the foul play evidence. And also like I said earlier usually in cases of rape/murder the person is usually killed outside of the car not in it and the damage to the vehicle is the biggest thing throwing me off in all of this. Why is there damage on the car?

 

[epiphany]

The Associated Press on Twitter

Police say evidence shows a missing Alabama college student, who's the stepdaughter of a UFC fighter, was harmed and is now considered a victim of foul play. Aniah Haley Blanchard, 19, was last seen on Oct. 24.

 

[Sleuthinsleuther]

It is also possible the perp shot her in the car (ugh! I hate even thinking that), breaking the window. Although it is hard to envision the motive for that unless it was a carjacking/robbery rather than a sexual assault.

That’s what I was thinking as well when seeing the damage. Maybe she tried to grab ahold of the wheel and he injured her . All jmo

 

[peppertheyorkiepoo]

I’m a lifelong resident of Auburn and while it is far safer than many places we are certainly not exempt from our share of tragedy. Every year or every other year we get some notoriety for someone disappearing, murder, etc. They don’t always make the major news or show up on websleuths but it happens. I’ve got close friends in LE and they’ll tell you don’t let your guard down. Auburn attracts a cross-section of the worlds culture and with it comes its fair share of bad elements as well.

Every year or two. If we can make it through a weekend without a shooting or murder, we count our lucky stars. It is rare to have an abduction or pedo abduction, child molestion is common.

 

[WillenFan21]

I was looking over the car picture again and noticed something. Is it just me or does it look like the back window where I got the arrow pointing to is shattered as if someone hit it with an object?

 

[Bewitched229]

JMO-maybe he (the monster) caused a fake accident-acted normal-she got out to exchange info, the damage is paint transfer-from his vehicle-and she fought. And it went south. Where is HIS vehicle? That’s the question. Again...JMO

 

[Agent47]

Kinzie Lueck was returning from her grandmother's funeral. Their predators are soulless.

JMO

Where did Kinzie Lueck go missing?

 

[Knox]

I was looking over the car picture again and noticed something. Is it just me or does it look like the back window where I got the arrow pointing to is shattered as if someone hit it with an object?

I'm on my phone, but I would say no. But looking at your pic, it could be the passenger side that's broke?

 

[Knox]

Where did Kinzie Lueck go missing?

Salt lake city, UT

 

[peppertheyorkiepoo]

I was looking over the car picture again and noticed something. Is it just me or does it look like the back window where I got the arrow pointing to is shattered as if someone hit it with an object?

Definitely shattered. Behind the driver. Makes me think two PIO, one driving her car, two someone in the backseat with her . I am new to this and have old eyes. Can anyone tell from the photo is window broke in or stattered out?

 

[EllaMae]

I said that early on. It looks like it could have happened in a parking lot, the round concrete posts that street lights are embedded in. I know how it looks because I hit one shortly after I got my DL, lol. The damage was down the whole right side of the my car.

What about the side mirror? IIRC LE said that Aniah's car had damage to the side mirror, and those posts are not that tall are they? Also...it looks like the tire has some damage as well. I wonder if the car was actually damaged in Montgomery because it doesn't look very drivable to me.....at least not at high speeds on the interstate. It's also possible that the headlight was messed up. It's hard to tell exactly from the photo if the hood is bent a little on that side just above the tire. My daughter had very similar damage to her SUV and the headlight housing had to be replaced because the side of the hood got bent in a little and it damaged the headlight housing. Her headlight kept going out, and it wasn't the bulb.

When I heard that there was evidence of foul play inside the car....I felt sick.

 

[WillenFan21]

JMO-maybe he (the monster) caused a fake accident-acted normal-she got out to exchange info, the damage is paint transfer-from his vehicle-and she fought. And it went south. Where is HIS vehicle? That’s the question. Again...JMO

Only problem with this is that something clearly happened to her in the car because MSM and LE are stating specifically they have evidence she was harmed inside the vehicle and are also stating it out right that foul play is involved. I'm so clueless about this case. I was even thinking maybe a carjacking done by multiple people but if that was the case someone would have seen something. The damage to the car and her being harmed inside of it is whats throwing me off from every damn theory I come up with.

 

[insearchoflight]

She could have been assaulted in the car, perp drove her and the car to rid of her body, then abandon car at apartments. Somewhere along the way perp damaged the car because he’s most likely intoxicated himself. Just speculating on a possible scenario.

 

[WillenFan21]

Definitely shattered. Behind the driver. Makes me think two PIO, one driving her car, two someone in the backseat with her . I am new to this and have old eyes. Can anyone tell from the photo is window broke in or stattered out?

My mind has been going to more than one person involved too because I think the crime happened at another location and that maybe the car was dumped at the complex. There is either more than one suspect or the suspect lives within walking distance to that complex and chose that area to drop the car off then walked on foot back home.

 

[crhedBngr]

We all know it doesn't look good...but the bear always holds out a smidgeon of hope too. It's always possible. Seeing her Mom's angst & fear in that segment today made me so upset...both parents looked shell-shocked. I hold out a bit of hope, just for them.

I agree.

 

[WillenFan21]

She could have been assaulted in the car, perp drove her and the car to rid of her body, then abandon car at apartments. Somewhere along the way perp damaged the car because he’s most likely intoxicated himself. Just speculating on a possible scenario.

Would they have even used the term foul play in this type of scenario if she was just assaulted in the car?

 

[AndieW]

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Definitely shattered. Behind the driver. Makes me think two PIO, one driving her car, two someone in the backseat with her . I am new to this and have old eyes. Can anyone tell from the photo is window broke in or stattered out?

Definitely shattered. Behind the driver. Makes me think two PIO, one driving her car, two someone in the backseat with her . I am new to this and have old eyes. Can anyone tell from the photo is window broke in or stattered out?

It’s not broken on drivers side. You can see police looking in the window with hands blocking the glare in other pictures.

 

[crhedBngr]

Would they have even used the term foul play in this type of scenario if she was just assaulted in the car?

I believe they would, yes.

An assault can be lethal. Right now, unfortunately, we don't know if Aniah is okay or not.

JMVHO.