But why park it there instead of in front of the grandmas apt? Im sure they even have visitor spaces. Do we know the exact apt of the grandma or if this lot is used as overflow parking? It is strange that theres a path to the parking lot. I do think she parked the car there.
I just remembered the path leads to Arden apts and not the grandmas apts, right?
It would seem odd, IMO, that, if she were visiting her relatives, she wouldn't park in front of their building.
I'm going to give my opinion on the area where the car was found. The Carmike Theater in Albemarle Square shopping center is an old theater. The last time I stepped foot in there to watch a movie, back in the late 90s, most of the seats were covered in plastic to deter people from sitting in them. That place was gross! We recently got a nice new theater back in the spring right up the road at Stonefields shopping center. A lot of the theaters here either closed or changed to independent formats because the Regal theater is taking business away from them. I'm surprised that this theater is still staying open. Point is...it's not heavily frequented. There is a reason that it doesn't have outside cameras, IMO- the place is an old dump and it's just not worth having cameras to protect it in any way. My gym, ACAC, is up an embankment from the theater, but the way it is situated, I would be surprised if any cameras at ACAC or in their parking lot would be pointed in that direction. There was a Pier One in that quadrant of the shopping center, but it moved into a new store at the Stonefields. The backs of some stores face the road that runs between them and the theater. IMO, it would be easy for a car to sit there for months on end and nobody would notice anything. BUT, IMO, I do find it strange that a person would put a car there if they weren't deliberately placing it there to be found. We have tons of places where a car can be stashed. I had a boss who was bound, gagged, and locked into his trunk and the car stashed in the woods behind a shopping center here in town. He was left that way for days before anyone found him (he actually survived that ordeal). My point is, I believe, that by putting that car there, whomever wanted it to be found. Either it was a cry for help from Alexis or a tease from a very cruel person.
Now, my opinion about the apartments surrounding where the car was found. There are three apartment complexes situated in parallel fashion to the cinema parking lot. The Google map shows this. To the extreme left would be where the car was found. To the right of that is Arden Place apartments, where the K-9 scent led to. Beside Arden Place Apartments are Rio Hill Apartments where the grandmother and uncle live. Beside those are Mallside Forest Apartments. I'm not trying to be prejudice about anyone's living situation, but I was shocked when they put those "nice", "luxury" apartments beside those other two complexes. If you look at the Rio Hill Apartments website you will note that there are income restrictions (
http://www.brac.com/apt_detail.cfm?type=large&propID=2266). The rent is low. AND, their neighbors at Mallside Forest Apartments have even lower rents. It is no coincidence that although all three complexes are accesible via vehicle from Rio Rd, they are encouraging people to take note of Arden Place from the shopping center side. Around these parts, it doesn't fly to make the rich folks have to drive through the hood to get to their luxury homes- IMO. And, all of these complexes are accesible to anyone- no gates or codes to simply drive up to them.
