I don't dispute the video showing the trooper carrying the backpack. It just contradicted the information on the timeline when KL arrived on the scene at 6 am. JL's dad found his belongings strewn on the road and the backpack was mentioned at the same time. My information was inaccurate based on the dashboard cam.
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I apologize if OP read my post as disputing OP's opinion, reliant on information published in the linked AAS article dated 12/13/21.
To be clear, I am disputing the accuracy of the timeline published by AAS where the report inaccurately lumped several events as all as occurring at 6 AM.
The following corroborated facts contradict these events reported by AAS as happening at 6 AM:
Trooper Flores' DPS report/inventory negates he collected anything but the backpack and its content after 12:35 AM.
In his own words, KL previously told us that he left his Missouri City home for Luling early Monday morning-- forgetting the 2nd set of keys to the Nissan and without knowledge of where the crash occurred. KL only had knowledge that JL's phone was located at the impound yard because he was using the find my phone app.
KL, the registered owner of the Nissan, could not get access to the Nissan until after the impound yard opened at 7 AM.
After retrieving JL's phone (wedged between the seat and console), KL learned the location of the crash on Salt Flat Road (i.e., dispatch location for the tow), where KL alone located and collected JL's clothing scattered along the roadway.
From the Caldwell County Sheriff's Press Release dated Jan 29, 2021:
Caldwell County Sheriff's Office
January 29, 2021
For immediate release:
The Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office continues the search for 21 year old, Jason Landry, who is considered a missing person.
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The volunteer firefighter, who discovered Jason’s abandoned vehicle, did not enter the vehicle. The Trooper who responded to the scene, almost an hour later, also did not enter the vehicle. The vehicle was towed from the scene to an impound yard, where the next morning, Jason’s father, the registered owner of the vehicle, entered the vehicle through the unlocked driver’s side door, and discovered Jason’s cell phone between the driver’s seat and the center console.
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Jason’s father collected the phone and attempted to locate the scene of the collision. Upon arrival to the area, approximately 900 feet from the collision scene, Jason’s father found articles of his sons clothing (shirt, shorts, socks, underwear, slide sandals and a wristwatch) in the roadway. Those clothes were collected by his father and later released to investigators who have processed those clothes for any evidentiary findings.
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Upon a review of the Troopers body and dash cameras from his initial response to the crash scene, investigators know that approximately 900 feet from the collision scene, the following articles, belonging to Jason, were discovered in the roadway; a backpack, a ball cap, a plastic bag of personal toiletries, and a tumbler with his deceased beta fish in it.
These findings were north of the clothing, recovered the next morning by Jason’s father. Jason’s backpack contained his wallet, a usable amount of marijuana, a laptop computer, gaming equipment, and a few personal effects.
Any report stating that the backpack was “filled” with narcotics, is inaccurate.
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On Monday, Jason’s father received the backpack from DPS (without the seized marijuana) and released the phone to DPS Troopers when efforts began to access the device and data. DPS continued being lead on the search and initial investigative efforts, until Friday, 12/18/20 when the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office assumed lead. This office has been working with various outside agencies and organizations since assuming lead investigative responsibility.
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TX - TX - Jason Landry, 21, enroute from TSU to home, car found crashed at Luling, 14 Dec 2020 #3
TX - TX - Jason Landry, 21, en route from TSU to home, car found crashed at Luling, 14 Dec 2020
. Sigh.
