I haven’t speculated on who might pick up Holt – just that I believe someone did rendezvous with Holt and picked him up. If there are pay phones in that area, I hope the phone records are being checked for outgoing calls made between 11:25 to 11:17 on that Tues.
Was the white utility vehicle a parking lot security person? Well, if so, Holt likely would have not parked even in the same general area as someone who smacked of being security. And, if security personnel was in that vehicle – then surely they are trained to notice someone in the same area park their SUV, leave the window fully open on a rainy day, and then hop a bus or just walk away. Surely that security person is trained to, at least somewhat, recognize that behavior as suspicious.
If you’re not a fan of my assertion that there was someone who helped Holt toward the end, then just sail on by this post – I ain’t mad at ya! Otherwise, here’s some more reasoning.
Other than the timing of the entry/exit of the 2 vehicles and their close proximity (which would have to be yards), the fact that Holt drove right by WalMart’s front doors all the way to the strip mall area – a place where WalMart and Burger King, as well as other stores, all have cameras facing different directions – and yet 8 minutes are left off of the WalMart surveillance timeline while he was in this area means something to me. These cameras either saw the SUV exit the area or remain in the area. Either way, it had to have been recorded on camera. And 8 minutes of what someone is doing after they just committed murder is important. After being in this area, the SUV suddenly takes off across the full length of WalMart’s lot and arrives at a spot where he backs in. Although the camera showed Holt drive to that spot, stop, put the car in reverse, and back in – the camera was unable to show Holt’s movements out of the vehicle.
Detective Gleason knew that the public would have access to his report (in fact, he requested that it be sealed after the investigation). I understand his reasons. My point in saying this is he knew the affidavit is public info and he kept this in mind when he selected the information to be in the report and the information to leave out. Because of my 20 years in professional communications, I know for a fact that when you know the public will ultimately have access to your message, you’d better craft it carefully. Give them what they need to know, but leave out what they don’t, give partial or fuzzy information when you can - especially on key things. Most people don’t even notice the minor details or facts that are brushed over. Some notice and discount seemingly irrelevant information as not important -- and sometimes it is not important. I happen to think that this vague mention of the utility vehicle is important – just as I thought Clint’s statements about multiple transactions was important (even though many posters disagreed with me saying because LE didn’t confirm it so it wasn’t true) and we later learned this is exactly what occurred.
I am happy to hear alternate viewpoints, but trust me when I say you’ll not convince me – at this point – that utility vehicle is nuthin’. You can laugh at me if I’m proven wrong. I’m old – I can take it!
