Keeping an eye on the local news. It might be interrupted on occasion due to the Malaysian aircraft tragedy. I'll try and post what we find out.
A few thoughts or observations:
(a) Afternoon court in Milw. is usually around 1:15-1:30pm. After the judges, deputies, and staff come back from lunch. That does not necessarily mean his case will be heard at that time, though. It just means he is on the list of people to be in court that day. Sometimes, you can wait forever...sometimes even your case gets bumped entirely if there is not enough time. My guess is that he will be seen, however, sooner than later simply because this is so high profile. He is probably not being held with the general inmate population, but under "protective custody," which means they are going to want him to get into court and get out as quickly as possible and take him back to his cell (I am pretty sure he is in solitary confinement);
(b) They showed a picture of the "fire escape" to the salon. It actually is a 1-flight staircase. So, he was not scaling the side of a building or anything, like he was on a ladder...he was walking up stairs. Regardless, I see no reason why he was doing this as a patrol officer if he was not perusing a subject or checking on a safety issue;
(c) The woman from the hair salon, according to a co-worker, was "blocked-in" by SZ on at least 4-5 occasions;
(d) If I recall correctly, when I saw the local news of SZ when the story broke and media was live and on-scene at the time LE was bringing stuff out of his apartment, it was a refrigerator forensics was hauling out...not a freezer. And apartment-sized refrigerator (which are pretty small). That does not mean anything, though...since they may have just grabbed the fridge from his apartment just in case;
(e) I lived in apartment where we had an awful smell. I work in property management (not for the company that owned the building I lived in, however). I KNEW it was something dead...I KNOW that smell since I have ran across it a few times, myself. I called property management of my building numerous times and asked them to check it out. They sent maintenance to my unit and then dismissed it as possibly a dead animal caught in the walls or perhaps that the boiler needed to be flushed (think, radiator heat). I was like, "Nope, you morons...something is DEAD...if it were in the walls they are plaster...I would not be able to smell it. And I know enough about boiler systems to know it ain't that, either" They ignored me. Sure enough, a few weeks later the mail lady called the police because the guy had not yet picked up his SS check and it was over a month. The elderly gentleman had passed in his sleep and no one knew (he did not have contact with family and his rent was just automatically deducted from his bank account). So, to make a long story longer, it is possible other tenants complained but nothing was done. And IF (and I am just saying IF), property management of SZ's apartment gave him a notice...chances are he had plenty of time to clean. I personally have given these notices myself, and they usually say something like, "We have had complaints about (blah, blah, blah) and you have "x amount of time" to remedy this situation (usually 72 hours) or you will be evicted". Depends if he was on a lease or month-to-month...but typically, it is 72 hours. You HAVE TO give notice to enter...for the properties I work for, it is 24 hours...but it varies from company to company...sometimes it is 48 hours (it is in the lease). So, he had plenty of time to "clean up" if, in fact, the West Allis Police did come to his apartment;
(f) I am surprised no one he worked with complained about him reeking like hell. The smell of decomposing flesh "sticks" to everything, including your clothing. I know...I have cleaned out homes following finding someone who is deceased that has been there for awhile. I burn those uniforms (not literally, I just throw them out)...but really...it hangs on you and your clothing even after you leave the premises. Now, this is just speculation, but if he was working for a security company (Securitas) they provide your uniforms...you just turn them in and grab another (or five) as you need them. Perhaps this is the reason he did not "stink" is because he changed at work. I have had jobs like this where they have your uniforms at your job and you change there (and sometimes shower)...you do not bring them home. That could possible explain a little. As I said, however, this is just speculation, not fact;
(g) I worked for a construction company that remodeled all the rooms in the very Sheridon Hotel that he supposedly was a security guard at for awhile. FYI...I do not know SZ, do not recognize him at ALL. But, that doesn't mean anything since as a construction worker I went through a completely different entrance and used the service elevator. They frown upon us "dirty" construction people being in the lobby or anywhere where general public can see us. So, there is very little chance of me every running into a security officer. My rambling leads to this: They were SUPER strict about who got keys to any room. It was a WAY BIG pain in the butt to get a passkey if we had to get into another room. Maybe because we were construction workers, maybe security is different...but in my experience, they were SUPER careful about who got passkeys and you practically had to give up your first born to get one. So, my hope is, as a security guard, SZ did not have access to rooms. But knowing that Sheridon, I am pretty sure he did not, and if so, they have some digital record of that.
Okay, hoped that helped a little. Sorry for the rambling...I am just typing as I am thinking.
