Not trying in anyway to give false hope that this poor child may not have ended up in a VA landfill, but...based on these three news articles below:
March 28th
On March 2, Lanier said Tatum, 51,
purchased a carton of 43-gallon self-tying black trash bags, and later was in the area of the aquatic gardens in Kenilworth Park for a period of time.
Source:
http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/250977...nues-at-dc-park - ixzz2xInD5J8m#axzz2xrDJZXUn
March 28
The next day,
Tatum bought contractor-sized trash bags and spent considerable time in Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens, police said. Sources tell News4 Tatum also
purchased a shovel and lime, which can be used to speed up the decomposition of bodies.
Source:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/l...irl-Relisha-Rudd-Criminal-Past-252328821.html
April 9
Lanier still holds out hope that the child is alive but admits getting such a late start on the search frustrates her. And when police
determined the timing of the purchase of trash bags by Tatum and the fact that he spent time at Kenilworth Park made them very concerned.
Source:
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/dc/2014/04/09/relisha-rudd-mother-interview/7532971/
KLT was said to have spent several hours in Kenilworth Park. It does not take several hours to put a bag in a dumpster. .
I also think that the even though the "shovel and lime" has not been confirmed by LE, they had to have more than just the fact that he purchased self-tying garbage bags and he spent time at the park to start such a massive ground search. The pure fact that LE started that ground search tells me that they didn't think she was put in a dumpster either.
April 9
The U.S. Marshals conducted a walk-through of a D.C. apartment Kahlil Tatum, the now-deceased suspect in the disappearance of Relisha Rudd, sublet to someone else on Wednesday morning. The apartment is located in the 3500 block of Hayes St NE. Marshals eviction detail entered the apartment and found nothing. "He was scheduled for eviction today. We arrived, we went through his house, there was no property in the house so it was an easy walk-through. We found zero," said David Neuman with the U.S. Marshals. "There were a few boxes that had no property in it but other than that it was completely empty. Our understanding is that the police have already searched the facility."
Source:
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/local/2014/04/09/kahlil-tatum-dc-eviction-relisha-rudd/7502837
It could take several hours to empty out an apartment full of bags and dispose of them in a dumpster. The Hayes St address backs up directly with Kenilworth Park.
http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1T4...a=X&ei=__pjU93dCJOrsQTB1oG4Cg&ved=0CCcQ8gEwAA
And is there anywhere that he may have buried her that would be close enough to this apartment location that would still, even if falsely, indicate the park, that has not been searched?
It would be really helpful to know how LE knows he was in the park that day. A Witness(s) would make it certain. Cell phone activity might leave some wiggle room as to exactly where in the park and would that then include the area that backs up to the apartment complex?
The purchase of lime has been discussed in depth way up-thread. It will not speed up the decomp process, but will actually preserve the body. It can help mask the smell of decomp though. I guess in that sense it could have been used even if she was put in a dumpster.
There is also the weather on that day. It was on average only 42 degrees and it had snowed about 0.10 inches. Locals have said that the ground was still really hard (although it may not have been technically fully frozen).
I just really don't want to give up hope in finding her. Upsetting as it is to think that the best we may be able to look forward to is finding a body, it would still be better than not ever finding anything at all and left to wonder.
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