My understanding is that she left the hotel late on the 4th/very early on the 5th.
She was reported missing early on the 5th.
The officer attempted to make contact with the mother and she was not home.
She contacted him "the following day." I swear I heard she contacted him on the 7th, but I can't find where I heard it.
The first we heard of it in the media the Mom was saying she would never run away. So we don't know when she changed that with law enforcement.
Now, MY personal issue with law enforcement in this case is very simple.
She was last seen in a MOTEL.
They have CAMERAS.
It would have taken an hour, to go through a few hours of video from 10pm-2am just stopping when you see a person. Just confirm that she walked out of there with the boyfriend. It would back up your runaway theory.
Had they done that within 18 hours of Elizabeth's disappearance instead of 18 DAYS... this might have been totally different. 3 weeks is a long time for evidence to deteriorate. Had they found her that first week, they'd have a lot more evidence.
This case was easy. It was handed to them on a silver platter. How often do they have a large part of the crime on VIDEO?
My issue isn't calling her a runaway, now that we know her mother suggested that. My issue is that they didn't do such a simple thing like looking at those videos, just to make sure there wasn't something like... a kidnapping on the tapes. :twocents:
In the initial report in the early morning hours, they had her classified as a runaway.
Time line
Lubbock police reports revealed in court documents Monday detail some of the police efforts since Elizabeth Ennen went missing.
Jan. 5, 2011
■ 1 a.m. Patrol officer Jason Nuss responds to Elizabeths Central Lubbock home, talks with her mother and takes a report.
The summary of the public version of the report states: Juvenile runaway.
■ Later in the morning Lubbock Police Detective Jeremy Winters is assigned the case. He goes to Ennens house. No one is home. He leaves his card asking teens mother to call him.
Jan. 6, 2011
■ Detective receives phone call from mother. He writes in his report that mother said Elizabeth couldve possibly run away with her boyfriend, Humberto Salinas III.
■ Detective later writes in a report: The next several days I continued to focus on Humberto Salinas III and Elizabeths friends to locate her.
Jan. 7-20, 2011
■ Police reports for this time werent released in public document so its unknown what investigators did during this time. Police Spokesman Capt. Greg Stevens said investigators continued to work case.
Jan. 21, 2011
■ Detective writes in report that he contacted Humberto Salinas and asked for an interview.
■ Detective meets with Salinas and his wife as the Carriage House. Salinas later comes back to police department for a recorded interview.
■ Police get security camera footage from Carriage House, showing the hallways and parking lot.
■ Police department obtains a late-night warrant and arrests Salinas on charges of kidnapping and terrorizing Elizabeth Ennen.
Jan. 22, 2011
■ Lubbock police call afternoon news conference announcing the arrest and asking for the publics help in locating Ennen, who is still missing.
