The following points seem critical to me, for Lauren's case:
1. The reasons for searching SM's apartment again. LE recovered both the bags of "soft" evidence, and the Master Key, during this 2nd search, correct? Well, these items are likely what they went there to search for, and, because of
2 separate and distinct reasons. That is important, I think. Of course, I do wonder if the FBI sent LE a better indication of what to look for, regarding the material that LG's remains were found in, thus the 2nd search.
MACON POLICE CHIEF MIKE BURNS TODAY SAID
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE F-B-I AND OTHER CLUES LED THEM BACK LAST NIGHT TO THE APARTMENT OF GIDDINGS' NEIGHBOR... STEPHEN MCDANIEL.
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=135549
2. While LE has obviously been searching several locations inside the apartment complex, this link specifically indicates
complex possible crime scenes, leading me to think that there is definitely evidence at those locations to go on record as stating such.
THEY CONSIDER
SEVERAL LOCATIONS INSIDE GIDDINGS' GEORGIA AVENUE APARTMENT COMPLEX POSSIBLE CRIME SCENES.
http://www.13wmaz.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=135549
“As of now, we are not looking at any other (crime) scene,” Burns said, referring to the apartment complex.
3. If LG was dismembered in her apartment complex, it is likely that there will be
forensic evidence in the plumbing. Zahra Baker's case has shown that information to be vital, and while her home had it's own septic system, which LE dug up, I do not know what the procedure would be in Lauren's case, since it is an apartment?
Among the areas checked were
apartment plumbing, but Burns wouldn’t elaborate. ETA the link for the plumbing drain traps. Wondering if LE took the plumbing drain trap from the vacant apartment downstairs, also?
Some of the items sent for testing include
plumbing drain traps from Giddings’ apartment and the apartment next door to hers where 25-year-old Stephen McDaniel, a fellow May law school graduate, lived.
4. With respect to LE asking if McDaniel had another vehicle. Routine question?
Is there video showing him in another vehicle? If he broke into apartments, could he have "borrowed" a vehicle to go somewhere?
Was Lauren seen on video in another vehicle? Why was LE asking about another vehicle? I think it's possible that there is a vehicle involved that LE knows about, and they are trying to determine that.
Police have questioned McDaniel for about 20 hours, his mother said.
She said she got a phone call from a police detective about 1 a.m. July 1 -- while police were questioning McDaniel -- and the detective asked whether her son had “a mental problem,” if he was on medication or
if he had another vehicle.
