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not to mention she was murdered in a vacant apartment and was bound with plastic ties, gagged (tape?), and stabbed...
are all these items readily sitting around in a vacant apartment? No. Most likely one of the vacant apartments was set up in advance for the right moment.
the cbs video from this morning I posted also said the garage used by maintenance workers was also being searched.
Who would have these things just sitting around on the fly or on their person to use in this way? No way. No wonder they say this was planned and calculated.
And a neighbor sees him driving slowly staring at kids on the playground.. he makes comments to residents that it would be easy to break in and take a kid..
And don't forget the sighting of him by the dumpster with a black bag and a flashlight..
He lived there for less than a month..l this complex already seemed to have lots of problems but they never knew trouble until this monster was hired into their midst.
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From what I understand, he had access to a golf cart. Even if he didn't, a porter carries trash bags everywhere they go - if he did have a cart, it was probably a stocked maintenance cart - all of which would have the basics:
Hammer
Duct tape
single edged blades
plastic twist ties - like the ones some PD's use to cuff perps
In fact, he probably had the duct tape, single edged razor blades, and the trash bags on him - no one would look twice. My porter has a trash bag(s), on him almost all the time.
If, like most porters, he also trashes out vacant units and assists with making them ready, he would have a hammer to remove nails, duct tape to tape up boxes, wrap old blinds, etc. The single edged blades would be used to scrape old caulk off the tub and around the toilets. The ties for all sorts of things - and I see them in the maintenance shops and on the maintenance carts all the time. Nothing at all unusual and totally accessible to a porter.
He probably visits the dumpster 10 or more times a day throwing away trash from the property, the office, the amenities, and the vacants - nothing unusual there either.
Crime of opportunity in every way.