In going through posts, people have questioned the accomplice angle. I believe Holt committed the crime of kidnapping/rape/murder himself without anyone else's knowledge, presence, or participation. But I think, given the new information, it's likely someone helped his cover-up. I do not believe it was his father, as he was at work. The following is my opinion based on facts...
First, on a rainy Tuesday morning, WalMart's parking lot is so full that a “utility vehicle” has to park all the way in the Northwest corner of the lot – the farthest spot from any entrance into WalMart....
seriously? There are no closer spaces? Clearly, the driver is not there to shop at WalMart. Are there other reasons? Sure. But the "utility vehicle" arrives within minutes after Holt arrives at the other side of Walmart headed behind the building to the dumpster area. Then Holt drives right in front of Walmart and travels toward the strip mall. He eventually winds up back at the Northwest corner of the parking lot and once Whitney's SUV is backed into a nearby space, the "utility vehicle" immediately leaves. The vehicles are so close that a single tree blocks camera visibility of any activity between the two vehicles. Additionally, though a tree may have been "blocking" the camera vantage point between the two vehicles – it would not have blocked the comings and goings of people in that area had they ventured more than a few yards from their vehicles. That would have been caught on camera.
The Details:
The area I’m referring to is: 45°32'34.12"N 122°25'21.07"W (Google Earth) where Whitney’s SUV was found. This is documented by photos on MSM.
Source: Affidavit - surveillance footage
Note: 1. Date October 16, 2012; 2. all times are am; 3. italics indicate quoted verbatim from report.
- 11:17 - the Ford Explorer enters the camera view onto WalMart property from the south side of the adjoining strip mall, it travels southbound along the east side of the WalMart building, westbound along the southside of the building (though there are no camera views), and then around the corner to near the dumpster. (Pg 21 & 22)
From 45°32'31.30"N 122°25'6.68"W to 45°32'25.56"N 122°25'19.14"W
- 11:19 - The Explorer parks adjacent to the dumpster. A white man can be seen exiting and reentering the driver's side of the Explorer. (Pg 22)
At 45°32'25.56"N 122°25'19.14"W
- 11:22 – a white utility vehicle enters the parking lot and parks at the northwest corner of the parking lot. (Pg 20)
General area of 45°32'34.13"N 122°25'20.74"W
- 11:24 - The Explorer backs out and then drives northbound along the west side of the building, and then eastbound across the front of the store toward the adjoining strip mall. (Pg 22)
From 45°32'25.56"N 122°25'19.14"W to general direction of 45°32'30.98"N 122°25'10.19"W
-- REPORT MISSING INFORMATION FROM 11:25 to 11:37 --
- 11:38 - Whitney Heichel's black Ford Explorer drives westbound from the north part of the strip mall across the northern part of the parking lot and backs into a spot at the northwest corner of the parking lot (where it was eventually located). (Pg 20)
From approximately 45°32'32.24"N 122°25'9.98"W to exactly 45°32'34.12"N 122°25'21.07"W
Note: the surveillance footage records the time but that does not mean a full minute has passed from 11:38 to 11:39.
- 11:39 - the white utility vehicle leaves onto NE Sandy Blvd. (Pg 20)
Nearest exit 45°32'34.45"N 122°25'19.09"W
Officer Muzyn also noted that due to a tree that blocked the camera view for the area between the two vehicles he could not determine if there is any foot traffic between the two vehicles. (Pg 20)
Notes on this detail: I don’t see any humongous trees in Walmart’s parking lot that would suggest the tree was blocking a wide area of the camera’s vantage point – so the space between the two vehicles that was “blocked” would be very narrow. Meaning the cars were close together. (I also hope that Officer Muzyn checked with Townsend Farms directly across the street to see if they have cameras pointed at this place. Townsend’s tallest building is just 100 yards away and has a straight shot view of where Whitney’s SUV was parked.)
I also don’t see in the report that the surveillance footage showed a white male walking away from the car.
I believe this information is key and why I say there is a second person involved in the cover-up of Holt’s crime.