I think the house should be checked out very carefully for all sorts of DNA, and matched against any missing persons. It could have been used for all kinds of purposes. In any area, vacant homes and shelters get used for get togethers and for illegal things like drugs, underage parties, and in cases where there are very dangerous people as rape, murder, torture, assault sites.
It's not unusual for those without specific skills and degrees to end up working in assisted care. That is a job widely available in our area, I know. I think JM partook in activities where he needed some secluded "safe house" for himself, and kept his eyes out for any such places. I wish his friends, acquaintances had stepped up and shared what they knew of such places. Maybe he just kept this one to himself, but it's also possible no one wanted to tell on him. JM and others in the area may know of a number of such places. If the property is owned privately, LE doesn 't have ready access to it. Can't patrol it. It's up to neighbors to keep eyes open but if they are far enough away, the land parcel is large enough, it's just not possible to watch it 24/7. 2-3 Am are not times that people are up and about and watching much of anything. I watched our neighbors house while it was vacant and on the market, but I can tell you it was not a strict watch, and anyone being very careful or going there at times that our family was asleep could have had easy access to it.
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I might also add to SteveP's ideas...a couple of weeks ago I suggested that the VAN that MJ House (assisted living facility that JM worked at prior to UVA Hospital) owned would likely travel to & from their facility on a daily basis to points all over the greater Charlottesville area.
Now, I'm not saying he was hired as the van driver for that facility. BUT - being that he was previously employed as a taxi driver, before taking the job at MJ House, do you think that he might have mentioned this to his employer?? Thus, "unofficially" had access to their VAN - and might have picked up the slack for the hired driver at times, whether they needed someone to run back and forth to the grocery store, or, even the airport to pick up visiting loved ones? He could have been driving all over the general area for hours at a time. Another perfect setup for what he had been doing. Could have been gone for hours at a time transporting people around.
Seems to me that MJ House, his employment there, their facility, other linked facilities (e.g. "Mountain View Adult Home"), MJ HOUSE VAN, previous MJ VANS, might be important to investigate.
this Old Lynchburg Rd home, on the adjacent property to where the remains were found, was recently an "assisted living facility" - we just have to find out more about this. Very interesting, especially the unfinished basement mentioned in the real estate listings.
Sorry if this might belong in another thread Bessie.