Tommy Longo hasn't been mayor for several years - article is old. No way it's 12,000 ft long - it's approx 1000 ft over water. Area isn't as secluded as many other places on Waveland coast. People fish there most nights. I would say that it would be unusual for the pier to be completely empty. But, when you're night fishing, you usually have a cooler that you're dragging/rolling to end of pier. At the end are the "shark fishermen". Often people are dumping large fish they've caught back into the Gulf so if no one is else there, it would be easy and not usual to drop contents of cooler off the end. We've seen some very large stingrays (10+ ft) under the lights - pier is lit for night fishing, attracting the fish to area.
Everyone talking about dropping contents off beaches in the area, especially around Long Beach and the Pass - it's just not feasible. Beaches are wide in Waveland and BSL and even wider in the Pass and LB. You would have to walk out 40-50 yards in Waveland and at night, you'd walk forever to even get to water above your ankles. That's why people are out floundering most nights.
Much more likely that Jaren was dropped off end of G-L Pier, concrete pier in Clermont Harbor (think it's called Am. Legion Pier), around Silver Slipper or back by Bordages (Lakeshore). Or, around marsh areas by piers and across from Bucaneer Park (or back part of Bucaneer which has water that eads out to Gulf).
There's also area where Beach Blvd ends by Hollywood Casino. So many secluded areas but beaches aren't a possibility - no water close by at night and too much activity during the day.
JMO
Thank you for your comments. This does help!
There is a big difference from 12,000 to 1200 feet! But, I have
seen this 12,000 feet mentioned in several articles. Even if it is
1200 feet that is still about 4 football fields long! (A football field
is about 300 feet in length - not including the end zones). Thats still
a very long pier. I find it interesting that you mention about the sharks
at the end of the pier. Personally, I always thought that was their plan
to throw the body in the water, so that the sharks would consume her
body to hide the evidence. Obviously their devious plan did not work!
Wasnt the weather bad that early morning and would it be silly to go
fishing at 3:15am till about 4:30am during that time? Im sure that there
are some folks out there who would do that though. Personally, I would
be asleep in bed at that time.
I definitely have not ruled out the other areas that you have mentioned.
I am beginning to think that the body was dumped somewhere in that
area now. I think either way it was done west of Bay St Louis.
