Sachassophie
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Has anyone looked for the truck on Sentinel? Would it show anything that close to a base?
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would help to know if JRF had a gas card or always used a certain brand...would there be cheaper gas on the base that he could buy? of course if he was deliberately trying to be evasive, he would not follow a pattern IMO. otherwise, the gas purchases would leave a trail and an end point.What's Sentinel?
It would be great if the blue truck were somewhere near Julian. Not many places it could be (and still be roadside). Many places it could go off into a ravine. Drone searches could be done - but Julian is merely the last place that JRF's phone pinged (apparently). Daily drivers would see cars by the side of the road - so one would have to posit an accident.
San Bernardino County, all by itself, is the largest county in the world (and roughly the size of Switzerland, IIRC). Then, apparently, they were also within Riverside, Imperial and San Diego Counties. San Diego County is also very large - and quite urban.
So we have a complex situation in which two different kinds of searches are at play. Poorly informed (no last sighting) searches of a vast area with all kinds of terrain OR a deliberate attempt to hide the truck (as our verified insider has suggested - perhaps in a storage area).
But here's how I see the problem:
instead of a probably futile search over territory that's the size of a few European nations (and sparsely populated - not sure if people from highly populated areas can really understand how sparsely populated the Salton Sea/Imperial County area is)...we need a digital search. Where did JRF buy gas? Use an ATM? Etc. How is he accessing his funds? How would he pay for a storage unit without a credit card?
IOW, hopefully, LE is attending to all this - although I've never seen it in a voluntarily missing case.
SO, one thing family can do is persist in trying to get SBCSO to change Fang Jin's status to "involuntarily missing." The daughters would be crucial for this. Where I work, it takes LE about 24 hours to get a translator in possibly criminal cases and people just...zoom (or similar). It's difficult for the daughter in China, I realize that. But if there is a daughter in Belgium, perhaps she can do a three-way Zoom and attempt to basically get LE to change the status? Or at least note that the family does not consider FJ to be voluntarily missing??
IMO.
If you look at the highways, they make a big loop through thermal, down through Julian, then come back up to JRF’s home. Personally, I would start the search along that route. Maybe just driving it and looking out around any sharp curves to see if a truck could be hidden in the foliage. JMOO
would help to know if JRF had a gas card or always used a certain brand...would there be cheaper gas on the base that he could buy? of course if he was deliberately trying to be evasive, he would not follow a pattern IMO. otherwise, the gas purchases would leave a trail and an end point.
I believe it’s that the truck was captured on camera at a campground on the 22nd. Not exactly a confirmation that both Fang and JRF were both at the campground. And I’m not convinced the campground was actually in Thermal. It could have been some other town where there are hot springs.His phone pinged in Julian around 7/24. That was the last evidence of his existence, AFAIK. If there's evidence they went back to Morongo Valley after that, to me, that's huge.
Can you say how you know this? They were determined to have been at a campground at Thermal on the 22nd, I think. Her last phone contact was the 21st.
Past Julian, I know of no evidence that they went back up to Morongo -and if they did, that makes a huge difference as to an overall search.
TIA.
Thx , this part is done last week because we hired PIIf the money can be raised, hiring a private investigator to talk to the neighbors at JRF's trailer park might be useful, also to see if the owner/manager or any of the residents have security cameras. If money is tight, which I am sure it is for this kind of thing, then maybe just a targeted investigation by a PI at the trailer park. Someone must know something. The homes are very close to one another. Some may be reluctant to talk, but something may turn up.
Did any of the neighbors see Fang Jin? Did she stay there at all?
There is no evidence. If you follow the route they took on the map, it make a half circle. I spoke to some people familiar with the area who said that is a popular camping route. I was simply providing a suggestion based on simplest answer. They went to JT, back to his house, makes sense they make another trip then return to his home. Just offering an opinion.His phone pinged in Julian around 7/24. That was the last evidence of his existence, AFAIK. If there's evidence they went back to Morongo Valley after that, to me, that's huge.
Can you say how you know this? They were determined to have been at a campground at Thermal on the 22nd, I think. Her last phone contact was the 21st.
Past Julian, I know of no evidence that they went back up to Morongo -and if they did, that makes a huge difference as to an overall search.
TIA.
There is no evidence. If you follow the route they took on the map, it make a half circle. I spoke to some people familiar with the area who said that is a popular camping route. I was simply providing a suggestion based on simplest answer. They went to JT, back to his house, makes sense they make another trip then return to his home. Just offering an opinion.
Our insider may be able to provide info supporting a theory they didn't return to his abode once on their road trip. Sorry mods if I'm doing this wrong.Oh, okay. Certainly possible. In that case, I'd think somehow checking with his neighbors (or that friend who tried to contact the daughter) would be in order. LE has led everyone in four counties to believe that last known location was Julian.
If the money can be raised, hiring a private investigator to talk to the neighbors at JRF's trailer park might be useful, also to see if the owner/manager or any of the residents have security cameras. If money is tight, which I am sure it is for this kind of thing, then maybe just a targeted investigation by a PI at the trailer park. Someone must know something. The homes are very close to one another. Some may be reluctant to talk, but something may turn up.
Did any of the neighbors see Fang Jin? Did she stay there at all?
Welcome @mark1969Thx , this part is done last week because we hired PI
LE never confirmed that the last known location was Julian. That was second hand information given to her daughter by a park ranger.Oh, okay. Certainly possible. In that case, I'd think somehow checking with his neighbors (or that friend who tried to contact the daughter) would be in order. LE has led everyone in four counties to believe that last known location was Julian.
I agreeLE never confirmed that the last known location was Julian. That was second hand information given to her daughter by a park ranger.
LE never confirmed that the last known location was Julian. That was second hand information given to her daughter by a park ranger.