AL AL - Brittney Wood, 19, Mobile, 31 May 2012 - # 1

[paris_paris]

Maybe it was found & whoever has it decided to turn it on to see if it works? I have a feeling if a certain family member is involved they're not very experienced in how to 'hide' evidence or anything else to do with covering up a 'crime'.

Some of the family thinks if you don't answer a ringing cell phone it can't be pinged.

 

[Eileen730]

Hey can i give a link to someone FB?
Its SW's
Heartbreaking it is hes at the truck stop with 4 ppl to go look for Brittney and hes asking where is everyone??? No one showed up maybe more went i dont know its very sad if ya ask me ...

Something strange is going on no one is talking the hometown search FB page gets no comments.....I think everyone has an idea what happend...... but geeeee
I dont understand it!
Alot of these ppl have no transportation.....

 

[Eileen730]

Some of the family thinks if you don't answer a ringing cell phone it can't be pinged.

I know the mother didnt have a phone for a while cause they use prepaid she needed a new card i dont know about brit but my guess is its the same.

Just like they think they can erase messages. Donnies wife was being very persistant to get into Brits phone!

 

[danzn16]

A friend of WWH said Wendy broke BW's "code" to get her messages..Another friend she did not but was trying to do it..So, what "code" is she talking about??

WWH also said that ATT told her the very last call on BW's cell was to her husband at 7p on Weds. nite & then a text right after that to another # which they gave her the last 4 digits but nothing else..This was the LAST activity on her cell.

Now, since when would ATT give this info to anyone other then possibly her parents, especially IF they paid for the phone, or LE!! I am leaning towards NOT believing one word of this!

I think they mean voicemail password. That way she doesn't even have to have BWs phone to try to get her messages. Then this also means less contradictions also

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[Nolita]

We don't know IF she ever had the phone but she was telling the WORLD on her FB page that she was trying to "crack the code" on BW's phone..She didn't ever say how so it was either by calling it & trying to get into her voicemail, trying to get into her phone co. account online to view her calls & see who she was texting with, or she had the phone..She said she was trying to help get some clues to FIND Brittany.

It was said later on FB by a relative (cousin of BW, IIRC) that she did "crack the code" & then "deleted" some things..She would have to actually have the phone or access to her voicemail to do that..Obviously, she wanted anything to do with her hubby's connection to a then missing BW gone?

The phone "pinged" near the Lake House at a truck stop that Thursday night around midnight or so..Nothing else til it was detected that her phone was turned on some place in Grand Bay..I'm not sure exactly when but it was days after it "pinged" at Oasis & when she went missing/uncle killed himself.

Hope this helps..It IS kinda confusing!

Actually, and I've done this many of times...I call my voicemail from another persons phone (when my phone is dead) and I "hack" into it...you wait until the operator finishes telling you the you've been sent to an automated voice message system then you press the star or pound key (it's the star key I beleive) you enter your password and then the pound key...and you are free to listen to your msgs or even delete/save them...So - she didn't necessarily need the phone to do this.

 

[danzn16]

I was reading WWH's fbook page and am I crazy or is it TOTALLY WACKADOODLE to be updating your status from the hospital while your husband is dying?? An update about taking him off life support???

Too freakin' weird IMO. This whole situation is odd.

Or saying you just got a hug from a cute doctor?? um your husband is on the next room dying, can't you wait? Weird!!

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[Keoney]

Can someone confirm a couple of things for me? News reports seem to be mixed up a bit.
1) Tillman's Corner - This is where Brittney's home is
2) Fairhope, AL - This is where WWH and DH live
3) Styx River off of I-10 - This is the getaway / vacation house.

Anyone know if Turkey Branch, AL is close to the Styx River house?

Turkey branch is an area right outside the city limits of Fairhope, AL.
It's near Fish River. It's not an official town or city. As far as I
know, people who live in turkey branch are still considered to live in
Fairhope.

 

[Deleted member 718]

I missed this article from a couple of days ago.

"On this the last day of the search, one person very important to Brittney showed up for the first time. Her older brother Derek.

"I love you more than anything. Please come home." Brittney disappeared while Derek Wood was in Mobile Metro Jail. He was released last night. He believes if Brittney is watching she will reach out to him. "I want her to call my cell phone. 382-0362 I love you and miss you. Please call me."

"Him and his sister are only 16 months apart so they have the same friends, run the same places they are like this," says Chessie. "He is Brittney's protector and he feels like he wasn't there when he should have been."

"I'll protect her from anything. That's why I want her to call me. She knows that I'll keep her safe."

Derek describes searching for his sister as "painful". He believes something scared Brittney so badly that she is hiding and afraid. He and everyone hopes she will make that phone call."

I wonder what he thinks scared Brittney? It's worrisome that their mom says they run in the same group and he's just been released from jail. I fear that Brittney's lifestyle choices may contribute to what ever has happened to her.

 

[flourish]

It doesn't have to be either of those. She could have sent friend requests a long time ago and the people have only just accepted them.

LOL
:floorlaugh:
And this is exactly why it is great to have so many eyes on WS...so when I miss something completely obvious someone reminds me
I love you guys!

 

[danzn16]

There is a pi in sarasota fl,has made a map of missing girls around bw age and height blonde hair everything and he has updated it to include bw and the girl that recently came missing in laffeyette ,la and he thinks its could be a truckdriver because of were all the women came missing and did anyone check the videos from the oasis truck stop at the wilcox exit to see if anything turns up!!!!

Do you have a google map of this? Would be interesting...

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[migranny]

I am a long way away, Michigan in fact. IMO I do not believe this girl is hiding. She would at the very least contact a friend. She is 19 years old and hasn't used her phone or been on Facebook. That tells me something is very wrong!

 

[Keoney]

So iirc she dropped him at the house then dropped off kids somewhere and came back. An hour and a half later..if he shot himself as soon as she left,would he still be alive an hour and a half later when she returned... I'd think he would have bleed to death in that amount of time?

I doubt he was alive once he pulled the trigger. I believe that's why a person would choose a shotgun. It's instant and max damage. I'd say very little chance of survival at close range. A good friend of mine chose this as his way to commit suicide as well.

EDIT: I forgot, they did say he was on life support etc. Ok so this case just gets odder and odder. Apparently he was "alive" for 2 days? June 4th is when his son says "dad left us".

 

[Keoney]

Ok, I'm late to the discussion, and new here! I live in the area where this is happening and grew up here. This whole story fascinates me, but there are so many holes. I'm having a tough time finding FACTS.

Someone said that UD Styx River home was on waterworld road, but I can't find that information anywhere to verify this. Last time I was down waterworld road, it was pretty creepy. Lots of cruddy trailers and everything felt kinda run down. JMO, but I could see some meth cookin' happening out there. To me, the drug theory seems like a good one. The Tillman's Corner area has always been known as a heavy drug use area. (Not that everyone from TC is a drug user!) And then having a house/trailer out in the middle of no where, could be a good place to cook.

I don't really understand this whole phone "ping" thing. But I do know that Waterworld Rd runs nearly parallel to I-10. So it seems possible she could have been passing through on I-10, bc her dad said something about her cell signal bouncing off a tower in that area. Unlikely, I know, but possible?

On her mode of transportation: I seriously doubt she walked from Tillman's Corner to Wilcox Rd (Styx River). It's all interstate and she would have had a hard time walking across the bay. Someone had asked about surveillance cameras. There are traffic cameras close to and along the I-10 bayway (bridge) and pedestrians are not allowed. She would have been picked up pretty quickly if she'd attempted to cross on foot. The bayway and the causeway are the only two ways (unless you own a boat) to get across the bay. To get on either one from I-10, you have to go through either the Wallace Tunnel or the Bankhead Tunnel, and once again, there are cameras and pedestrians are prohibited. There is a way to the causeway from I-65 and across the Cochran Bridge. She would have added quite a few miles onto her trip if she had opted to go this way.
Tillman's Corner has a few truck stops, if I'm remembering correctly. And the Oasis Travel Center @ Wilcox (Styx River area) is a truck stop. She probably could have gotten a ride with a trucker? But if that had happened, I would think that someone would remember seeing her or someone would have her on a surveillance camera somewhere.

Her brother was in jail when she went missing. He joined the search as soon as he was released. Her mom says they are 16 mo apart and ran with the same crowd. If there was anyone who could ask around and find out what happened, maybe he could. He was quoted in the local news (http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/jun/14/s-ar-3974586/) saying:"I'll protect her from anything. That's why I want her to call me. She knows that I'll keep her safe."

The article went on to say: He believes something scared Brittney so badly that she is hiding and afraid. He and everyone hopes she will make that phone call.

I think what we are all wondering, is: Does he have a reason to think she is scared and hiding? Does he know something? Or is it just a case of wishful thinking, hoping she's alive and ok?

As far as the Donald Holland suicide, I can't find much info. I mean, yes it mentions that he killed himself in the news articles about Brittney. I'm just surprised his suicide isn't news worthy, given the circumstances. And in Fairhope, usually when there's a homicide or suicide, it makes the news.

Anyway, I keep seeing people advising "Leave it to LE, let forensics sort it out" etc. I don't mean to be negative nelly, but I don't have much faith in our LE. It's frustrating to think we may never find out what happened, and I realize solving these cases isn't as easy as on TV, but cases such as Angel Downs just don't instill much confidence in me (She was found on her driveway with a gsw to her head and witnesses saw her long time, on again-off again lover fleeing the scene. Two medical examiners couldn't determine if her death was suicide or homicide and apparently neither her hands nor the lover's hands were tested for GSR).

I hope they prove me totally wrong and get this figured out. I think it's hard for any of us who aren't connected to the families, to gauge how much LE is actually doing. We depend on the news to keep us updated, and when they don't, it makes it seem like no one is doing anything.

 

[danzn16]

He stated it on his facebook page. He is B.A. M.W.K commented that Klaas is still setting up the command center for the new search location. I have not found this mentioned anywhere else. Also, shortly after he posted about the new search location, he asked someone to explain how they could gps locate her phone if it was still going straight to voicemail.

WWH stated in her facebook BW phone us now ringing and then going to voicemail like its on now? Any thought or any other news on this?

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[Keoney]

I can't imagine a suicide being placed in the front of the line for an organ. So many are on the waiting list.

Not sure what was meant by the comment but I definitely read it several times because I thought it was odd.

on his son's fb page she comments: "Iam also donate his organs"
June 2 at 10:47pm via mobile

 

[maedlamsmom]

I doubt he was alive once he pulled the trigger. I believe that's why a person would choose a shotgun. It's instant and max damage. I'd say very little chance of survival at close range. A good friend of mine chose this as his way to commit suicide as well.

I am so sorry to hear about your friend. Suicide is such a painful way to lose a loved one; it often brings anger along with grief, making it all the more difficult to accept their death.

In this man's case, he did survive the initial gunshot, for a time. He was admitted to the hospital and, based on his wife's Facebook postings, remained on life support for a time, before eventually succumbing to his self-inflicted injury. I do, however, doubt he ever regained consciousness.

 

[maedlamsmom]

I wonder if there were neighbors or witnesses who heard the shot. Were there 911 calls about having heard a shotgun blast? Do they know the exact time the suicide occurred?

 

[Deleted member 718]

on her son's fb page she comments: "Iam also donate his organs"
June 2 at 10:47pm via mobile

http://www.facebook.com/paul.n.holland

From his friends list, MWK's page has some interesting comments from a cousin of Brittney.

We need a family tree! :waitasec:

 

[Keoney]

Something I am absolutely positive about is that Brittney's profile pic has changed from the one she had on there earlier on in the case.

I began following the case when it appeared on WS. In that very first thread someone posted Brittney's fb address. Of course I checked it out.
I remember being confused as to "which girl' on the profile pic was Brittney. The profile pic then was of 2 girls (Brittney & a friend)
I believe it was a day or two later I noticed it was then changed to a pic just showing BW. My thought was someone in her family changed it so there would be no confusion on what BW looked like..Which still could be the case..But it definitely changed.

Yea, probably family. Most people save their log in info in their browsers so they're auto logged in when they go to fb.

 

[princesspjs]

If I ever turn up missing and my "best friend" spent what must be hours of her time taking pictures of herself to post on facebook every day and then announces to the facebook world that she is "Super FKN BORED" just 3 days after I were reported missing and never once went searching for me, I would find a way to come back and haunt her. Just saying.

There are a lot of people who have let Brittney down.

IMO, JMO, MOO