SUMMARY of INDECENT EXPOSURE PHYSICAL LOCATION #1:
Atlantic Avenue and Century Circle, Myrtle Beach - between Dec 17 and 18
I drove by location of first Indecent Exposure incident today.
It's right off the big highway in MB - 501.
I turned off 501 beside Lowe's, then made a left onto Allied which becomes Atlantic Avenue.
I noticed the arrest report listed Atlantic Ave. and Century Circle,
so I continued until I got to where those two roads intersect.
If you face east from Century Circle toward the intersection with Atlantic:
Left corner, there's a large glass manufacturing company.
Right corner, warehouse with a Maintenance Company sign on the front and a smaller sign beneath it listing an aviation company.
From this vantage point, you can look straight ahead about two blocks to see a cul-de-sac where the road dead ends.
There is a dirt road veering off the cul-de-sac
with a sign that reads "service vehicles only."
The glass company was bustling.
Tons of traffic. Lots of people.
Tons of equipment in sight through a line of open bays.
The Maintenance company was locked up tight.
No sign of life whatsoever on the right corner.
A huge tower of PODS storage units were stacked in the maintenance company parking lot, maybe 3 high and 10 wide.
I couldn't decide if this was storage for a PODS business or if they were all there in conjunction with a move.
There are no buildings close to road at the intersection of Atlantic and Century. The glass company front door is about 300 feet back from the road, with parking in front between the building and Atlantic Avenue side.
I saw security cams above all the doors
on both buildings on the Atlantic street side.
This area is all heavy industrial. There's a science research outpost from Coastal Carolina University farther down on Atlantic Ave, but there wouldn't be any "through traffic" for anything on the entire street at night.
The warehouses are all massive,
2-3 stories high with large sliding bays
and loading docks interspersed.
The glass company seemed like a big outfit,
solely about manufacturing, no foot traffic or retail visitors there.
I imagine this entire area would be a ghost town at night, hence the need for all the security cams.
I can't imagine how any of the buildings at that intersection would be close enough to the road that a security cam might pick up indecent exposure in a car parked by the road itself.
I'm probably not describing it too well, so I'll just put my gut feelings out there...
I see two best possibilities:
Option 1) the M's parked at the far end of that cul-de-sac at night (tree cover would block 501 side) There's no building close by. Cars driving by on Atlantic probably wouldn't notice M's vehicle down there unless specifically looking that direction.
The M's hooked up near or maybe in the vehicle in whatever indecent way (anybody know what the weather was like that night?), and a long camera angle from one of the building cams caught grainy footage.
It took expert analysis for the positive ID.
Keep in mind, the M's have "malice and forethought" for the crime they plan for this very night. They're not having public sex for the thrill of possibly getting caught on this particular occasion. This is about perversion. They are excited by what they plan. (I feel queasy just writing that)
Option 2) the M's have a legitimate reason to park closer to a building, one that would explain their being in that area if they were noticed.
Maybe the maintenance company? The storage units?
They park by a building entrance, do whatever they do inside their vehicle, but a security cam catches enough grainy footage for the experts to later confirm IE.
If this act had an eye-witness, the eye-witness didn't report it December 17.
If a security guard or patrol car saw something suspicious, they didn't think enough to pursue it at the time.
If it was something seemingly harmless, like changing clothes in a deserted parking lot, I don't know how LE could get an obstruction charge on that, even if it was on video.
Although, changing clothes before the crime
would be a good reason to undress in the first place!
As for how LE got the video to begin with, I think Cell/Auto GPS or something tipped LE to location and LE requested any and all surveillance tapes from all businesses in the area. (This could include businesses en route from all pertinent locations, plus traffic cams, weather cams, etc)
The December 15th Facebook post by SM about the M's public sexual encounter in mall dressing room and mall family restroom establishes a pattern of behavior for this type of activity.
Note: I did read the post here about solicitor
saying no video of Moorer's was found.
I watched the news clip.
He said there was no "smoking gun" that led to the murder charges. He said LE had a combination of evidence and then the search at the M's home yielded evidence that tied in with what they had and produced more. He elaborated by saying they didn't find video evidence of the Moorer's murdering the victim or anything of that nature.
I took this remark as pertaining exclusively to video evidence found in the Moorer home on Friday, not video evidence in the entire investigation.