Insomnia does weird things to me, so bear with me if this random thought comes out of left field and doesn't make a bit of sense, but... why would someone access Melissa's voice mail from TWO separate hotels the night she went missing ? Obviously, no one is going to just drive to one hotel, park, access her voicemail , and then drive to another hotel and repeat the process. Why would anyone do that ? So, someone had to have booked a room at The Best Western and someone had to have booked a room at Budget Inn. Was it the same person ? The only reason I can think of for 1 person to book 2 different rooms is if they were running 2 girls at the same time. Or maybe LISK booked one room, and saw a girl working out of a room at a different hotel ? But then, how on earth would Melissa fit into all this ? Why would SHE be at 2 different hotels ? And if she wasn't at either of these hotels...if she was already dead...did LISK just dump her body and then go hotel hopping with her phone? I mean...WTF ?!
It just drives me nuts that sometimes, when I'm thinking about this case, there are things like this that I can't for the life of me make any kind of sense of. Does it help me figure it out to know that Robert Blake got popped for trafficking at the very same Best Western that Melissa's voicemail was accessed from ? You'd think so...but no. It's just more random WTF's that confuse me even more.
It could be a number of different scenarios.
- It could have been a pimp, your explanation makes perfect sense.
- It could've been Melissa herself (provided it was accessed before she was killed) , she accesses it from the hotel she is working out of and then at the hotel of a John , men with families and secrets to hide may book their own hotel room, traveling business folks would also fit the bill.
- It could've been Melissa at one location and her killer at another.
- It could've been the killer at both, if this person is on the prowl, chances are they frequent hotels that escorts work out of
It could've been any combination of the above. I like your approach , just think that none of the aforementioned scenarios are far fetched.
The Best Western and Budget Inn are very close to each other. I’ve always thought her voicemail was accessed at two different locations to throw the cops off. Similar to choosing different locations when he made the taunting phone calls. I think it was a strategic move. Those two motels are under a 5 min drive away from each other. The Budget Inn has been a hotbed for drugs and prostitution for at the very least 20 years. Everyone in the area knows what goes on at that eyesore. I think driving to one hotel, accessing her voicemail, then driving to another to do the same is exactly what happened.Insomnia does weird things to me, so bear with me if this random thought comes out of left field and doesn't make a bit of sense, but... why would someone access Melissa's voice mail from TWO separate hotels the night she went missing ? Obviously, no one is going to just drive to one hotel, park, access her voicemail , and then drive to another hotel and repeat the process. Why would anyone do that ? So, someone had to have booked a room at The Best Western and someone had to have booked a room at Budget Inn. Was it the same person ? The only reason I can think of for 1 person to book 2 different rooms is if they were running 2 girls at the same time. Or maybe LISK booked one room, and saw a girl working out of a room at a different hotel ? But then, how on earth would Melissa fit into all this ? Why would SHE be at 2 different hotels ? And if she wasn't at either of these hotels...if she was already dead...did LISK just dump her body and then go hotel hopping with her phone? I mean...WTF ?!
It just drives me nuts that sometimes, when I'm thinking about this case, there are things like this that I can't for the life of me make any kind of sense of. Does it help me figure it out to know that Robert Blake got popped for trafficking at the very same Best Western that Melissa's voicemail was accessed from ? You'd think so...but no. It's just more random WTF's that confuse me even more.
The Best Western and Budget Inn are very close to each other. I’ve always thought her voicemail was accessed at two different locations to throw the cops off. Similar to choosing different locations when he made the taunting phone calls. I think it was a strategic move. Those two motels are under a 5 min drive away from each other. The Budget Inn has been a hotbed for drugs and prostitution for at the very least 20 years. Everyone in the area knows what goes on at that eyesore. I think driving to one hotel, accessing her voicemail, then driving to another to do the same is exactly what happened.
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I wonder. Using the information given via MB sister’s phone calls- the use of the term “half-breed”, could the SK be themselves “half-bred”.
Okay so follow me.
I wonder if SK grew up in a cultural environment as someone who did not “look” part of their culture, and it was repeated to them a lot.
I do agree - the term “half breed” is very old fashioned , and not typically how a Caucasion male racist would word this expression given the intention. The wordage is atypical considering the widely used verbal attack language used in American culture since IDK way before this person was alive.
But - maybe it used often to SK in another language and loosely translated
SK may sound white because he doesn’t sound specifically any other dialect/accent
Were any of the GB4 sexually assaulted? Or any indication? Aside from being naked
From my research, the AC4 were not.
Certain aspects of the 4GB and the AC4 are eerily similar. The spatial awareness holds me- from an aerial map view, the placement is so specific.
I am by trade a visual artist/sculptor - and the placement of these women from an aerial Google map perspective are very striking as a graphic. Highly specific. Not the same, but closely related.
This is how you build an art show, the work feels related enough to be in the same room and also independent. Not saying SK is an artist BTW.
I am also an avid Geocacher- i wonder if the spacing is based on pacing, very Boy Scout- counting each step you walk/heel to foot.
Maybe some of the larger variations in distance between each victim could indicate sometimes SK is drunk, as MB boyfriend/pimp said.
IMO it does seem possible SK does partake/drink/party sometimes, maybe only for the purpose of targeting. Perhaps each victim had contact previously and assumed it would be a similar, non-threatening experience.
It is noted ALL 8 of the AC4 and GB4 were identified immediately- I wonder if SK chose women who had family strategically to be noticed. (versus several LI Jane Doe for example)
There is a theory SK is a drug dealer because some victims gave an impression of a short, momentary, interaction or a person known or trusted.
I wonder if it could be as simple as SK likes to party and is wealthy. Very wealthy and seemingly non threatening. “I am heading up to LI, we are going to party our faces off - come up I will pay you well”
Aerially, 4GB - LE would know exactly where to look given the data. As PB pointed out- (1) was in the middle, and it went Left, Right, Left, and we could presume Right
The AC4 - I do not know the area, but the same goes essentially - 1 far 2 short 3 far 4 short and so on..
One thing is certain, each set of (4) women are exclusively a set. Highly specific.
(4) burlap sacks.
(4) in a drainage ditch in a row
Specifically intended burial distances, positioning, and dress. (naked in burlap/fully clothed w/o shoes.
I doubt any of the other victims on LI or AC found during the investigation are related. IMO.
I imagine this person studies burial rituals, maybe as part of a religion but maybe as a hobby.
Is there any indication the GB4 were sexually assaulted? Has LE looked outside the US for a similar pattern?
Insomnia does weird things to me, so bear with me if this random thought comes out of left field and doesn't make a bit of sense, but... why would someone access Melissa's voice mail from TWO separate hotels the night she went missing ? Obviously, no one is going to just drive to one hotel, park, access her voicemail , and then drive to another hotel and repeat the process. Why would anyone do that ? So, someone had to have booked a room at The Best Western and someone had to have booked a room at Budget Inn. Was it the same person ? The only reason I can think of for 1 person to book 2 different rooms is if they were running 2 girls at the same time. Or maybe LISK booked one room, and saw a girl working out of a room at a different hotel ? But then, how on earth would Melissa fit into all this ? Why would SHE be at 2 different hotels ? And if she wasn't at either of these hotels...if she was already dead...did LISK just dump her body and then go hotel hopping with her phone? I mean...WTF ?!
It just drives me nuts that sometimes, when I'm thinking about this case, there are things like this that I can't for the life of me make any kind of sense of. Does it help me figure it out to know that Robert Blake got popped for trafficking at the very same Best Western that Melissa's voicemail was accessed from ? You'd think so...but no. It's just more random WTF's that confuse me even more.
Isn't it weird how professionals high in their fields are willing to throw it all away for kicks? Doesn't it seem to defy reason? It makes me wonder if its part of some sort of cult initiation ritual. The fact that Spencer showed up in his county vehicle with only 2 pills on him is just weird.I don’t know where the two hotels comes up other than that they share a cellphone tower. The hotels are also about a mile away from one another. One is a real hotel and the other is more of a motel with outside entrances.
My guess is if LISK wanted to be less seen or not have Melissa be seen at all that the motel would be the better choice. Those places on LI tend to also accept cash payment and also have hourly options as opposed to night rates.
That motel should be noted that a prostitute overdosed and died in this past fall. She was known the be a Nassau County Police informant and because so they were allowed to use her phone after her death. They setup a John named William Spencer who thought he was going to meet her and exchange opioids for sex but was met by law enforcement and taken into custody. Spencer is a well known Doctor who makes medical decisions for not only Suffolk county but the whole island and is also a legistalor on Long Island and runs a pediatric facility for children.
That same motel is the last street before jurisdiction turns from Nassau County to Suffolk. Sound familiar? Same issues were had in Gilgo where LISK seemed to know county lines very well. This motel is just before road called, you got it ‘county line road’. Eerily enough Shannan Gilbert’s grave that John Ray was able to obtain as a donation to the family is about 2 miles from there in a poverty driven area of a town called Amityville. Fans of music familiar with De La Soul is from this area. This area of Amityville is the not the waterfront million dollar homes where the Defoe horror house murder a took place.
One is a real hotel and the other is more of a motel with outside entrances.
That motel should be noted that a prostitute overdosed and died in this past fall. She was known the be a Nassau County Police informant and because so they were allowed to use her phone after her death. They setup a John named William Spencer who thought he was going to meet her and exchange opioids for sex but was met by law enforcement and taken into custody. Spencer is a well known Doctor who makes medical decisions for not only Suffolk county but the whole island and is also a legistalor on Long Island and runs a pediatric facility for children.
As close as Melissa and Amanda were reported as being, I would venture to guess there were photos of them together on Melissa’s phone. Maybe some texts like: ‘where are you?/ we had plans!?’ sort of thing. I remember in one documentary Melissa’s mother said that she and Amanda had plans for the weekend she went missing. I’m sure her sister had to have called and left voicemails or messages that were probably accessed.Does anyone else wonder if the killer must have been a repeat client of Melissa because he knew she had a sister, her name and things about her in the pre-Facebook/ smart phone days? Melissa's mother says in the LISK podcast that Melissa's sister was stored in her phone only by her name and not as "sis" or anything. Do we know if that is for a fact or her mom guessing? There really wasn't social media then right that LISk could have used to look up her sister and her biracial background? If LISK was a regular I see it as very likely she'd chat about her sister coming to visit...oh, sorry I can't do that Sunday, my sister is coming for the week, etc etc, normal friendly chatting if she trusted him. To me that's the likeliest reason he'd know her sister's name and also helps bolster the theories that all four women trusted him because he was a known, safe, previous client.
ETA- Dave's account of Amber's last call makes it seem it was a NEW client but again we don't know that for sure.
As close as Melissa and Amanda were reported as being, I would venture to guess there were photos of them together on Melissa’s phone. Maybe some texts like: ‘where are you?/ we had plans!?’ sort of thing. I remember in one documentary Melissa’s mother said that she and Amanda had plans for the weekend she went missing. I’m sure her sister had to have called and left voicemails or messages that were probably accessed.
Wouldn’t they have phone records of voicemail being checked? And this was 2009 don’t forget, we forget what phones are like post iPhone/ smart phone. Did any of the GB4 have blackberries or iPhones or anything besides Nokia’s and flip phones where you really wouldn’t store family photos or many photos of any quality at all.
Another disturbing theory is she was alive for some time as he taunts and got information out of her . I truly hope that isn’t true for her sake.