Other interesting things in that video-
Kaitlyn asked Lauren's friend to go into her apartment and check on her that night.
Mercer Security went to the apartment that night at 10:00, but found nothing suspicious. Kaitlyn called 911 after that and MPD also came to the apartment that night.
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Wow. Hold on a second.
1. In the narrative report written at 12:52 AM on 6/30/11 (this was just after midnight on Wednesday, so it's early Thursday morning now,) Ofc Descoteaux wrote that he was dispatched to LG's address in reference to a Missing Person. (This must be the 911 call that Kaitlyn made, and I would assume she had already spoken with her parents to determine if they had talked with LG. If she had spoken with her parents, they would know that Kaitlyn was calling 911 and I'm assuming they would be awake, alert, upset, ready to travel to Georgia. LG's father actually did state that he was already in his car, driving toward Georgia on Thursday morning when he rec'd the news that a body was located at the complex in Macon.)
2. Ofc Descoteaux is MPD.
3. If Kaitlyn's info is correct, and Mercer Security went to that apartment at 10:00 PM on the evening of 6/29/11, who called them there & what Campus Police Officer responded? His name? I want to see his written report.
4. Here's why it's important: In the narrative by MPD, Officer D. states that after attempts to contact LG's parents at 2 different numbers, he was unable to make contact.
(Where were the parents? Surely Kaitlyn had spoken to her parents. She wouldn't allow the police to file a missing persons report and NOT be in communication with her parents about it. Usually a mother is the one to jump in and call in all the forces if she thinks something could be wrong with her child, so why was Kaitlyn doing the calling if LG's mother was aware? Even if the parents were with Kaitlyn, why didn't they answer their phones when the police officer called them on 2 numbers? If LG was missing, wouldn't they want to jum on all calls? If they were asleep at 1 AM, why were they not awake and concerned with Kaitlyn? I want to know where the parents were and if the Mercer Police were there at 10 PM, the parents of LG should have been notified then, according to Mercer's policy on missing students, but most definitely by Kaitlyn herself. But wait..there's more.)
Ofc D. also wrote that he was unable to get an answer on the boyfriend's number when he called.
He then wrote the following:
"SGT Copeland contacted the On-Call Persons Detective and Det Bridger was assigned the case. Det Bridger made the call not to respond to the scene and just complete the report and he would follow up on the case.
(I believe he left out the word
Missing in front of Persons when he wrote his report, but I typed it just as it's typed on the report. )
Detective Bridger is Mercer Police, according to their website. So why does this report make no mention of Mercer Police already being there FIRST?
And why does SGT Copeland call this Mercer Police Detective Bridger and he decides to NOT RESPOND TO THE SCENE? Why does the report fail to state that Campus Police were already out there at 10 PM, just 3 hours earlier? Why did Bridger not disclose that so Ofc D. could write that in the report? If Bridger did not know this, why not?
Mercer University Police Department's website states they are there 24/7 and never close. Here's the link to their policy on Missing Persons, as well as other very helpful information:
http://www.mercer.edu/police/stats/2010_MACON_CRIME_REPORT_FOR_2009.htm
"The Mercer Police Department is a service-oriented department. Officers are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. In addition to routine patrols, the Department provides an escort service at night for those students or employees needing to go to other areas on campus and for those arriving late from evening jobs."
The big problem I have is , if Mercer Security/Campus Police were out there at 10 PM, why was the policy on Missing Students not followed? (Was it because she had graduated and lived off campus? So what, she's not important anymore to Mercer?) And where is the report about their visit at 10PM? And why did Det. Bridger decide not to respond when contacted by MPD?
And last but not least, WHAT TIME were all the friends there, going over to the law library looking for LG? (Mercer's 10:00 visit? or midnight visit by MPD?) When was it that SMD said he and "JOE" were in LG's apartment and "JOE" plugged up LG's cell phone and looked at it to see her calls or to see that email she sent? What time was that? Was SMD doing this with the police officer present? I ask because of this:
Ofc D. wrote this in his narrative at 12:52 AM:
"The victims cell phone was on her bed with a dead battery. After turning the phone on we were able to tell that the victim has not called or sent any messages on the phone sent last Saturday evening."
So who is Joe and did the officer instruct him to plug the phone up so they could look through it? The officer should have cleared the property and not let anyone touch anything. This compromised so much.
