AL AL - Danniella Vian, 24, Mobile, 17 Jul 2018

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  • #481
I’ve been out of commission for a couple of days and am trying to catch up. I’m so pleased to see so many more interested members. I’m still reading but haven’t seen anyone list her full name yet. Danniella Nickole Vian. I noticed the unusual spelling of her middle name. Does anyone recognize it as a cultural reference? It’s listed here along with additional details of appearance.
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Feel better and take care of yourself! The info from the vigil footage was that MIL didn't know she was missing until Thur and filed the missing persons report on Friday. Doesn't look like any of the people involved with the disappearance night activities reached out to the family which is quite sad. Lots of time was lost.
 
  • #482
Feel better and take care of yourself! The info from the vigil footage was that MIL didn't know she was missing until Thur and filed the missing persons report on Friday. Doesn't look like any of the people involved with the disappearance night activities reached out to the family which is quite sad. Lots of time was lost.
Exactly. I was just looking at the AL LE notice I just posted. She is listed last seen 7/17 but the issue date is not until 8/1. So many days with no official acknowledgement from someone/anyone who cared about this girl.
 
  • #483
I've been following along this thread for a few days and feel strongly about a few things.

1. I believe DV stopped in that Shell station to use drugs. She was there for 20+ minutes with another car, which may or may not have been the friend she was following, or may or may not have been a drug dealer. I can think of very few other reasons she would be parked in a gas station parking lot in the midst of a night of partying for that length of time.

2. I think her friend may have also been a drug user, and that's why he's been so quiet. I bet he was going with DV to also use drugs. He may have been planning to meet up with her later, after circling back to grab her phone, to do the drugs they were buying in that Shell station parking lot. Maybe DV did a little bump to try it out first, and that's what took her so long.

3. I think DV followed a drug dealer/sketchy person in car #3 to go somewhere. More drugs, another party, something. Somewhere along the way, things went south. I think she probably arrived at a location with this person and then something happened that resulted in her being assaulted and/or murdered, or potentially an OD.

4. Potentially LE is deprioritizing this case because DV and friend are drug users and there is no real evidence at this point that harm has been done to her. They may be thinking, well, she followed some guy home to do drugs with him. Until we have evidence that she's been hurt in some way, what are we supposed to do about it? Not saying that's right, but with a heavy caseload, they may be prioritizing others over her.

IMO.
What evidence is there to support that?
 
  • #484
I absolutely agree with you, Jo. It's definitely not helping anyone but himself (I know he is making himself look shady, but no one knows who he is to point the finger at him). You just have to take the flack to help your friend, which unfortunately, this guy doesn't seem to understand.
It’s like taking your licks at school and still walking back into class with your head held high. Sorry, old school here. It was a different time back then. These are much more serious times with serious consequences. There is still ‘right or wrong’ though, no matter the times.
 
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How sad that is.




According to Google there is a Mellow Mushroom about 10 minutes from there and I’m assuming that’s where she worked since she had on Mellow Mushroom hat and shirt. I don’t recall reading where she worked or if they knew where she’d been earlier in day. Also if the car she was seen in was hers or not. But let’s just assume for a minute she was at work and the car was not hers since there isn’t anything to published saying they found her car. Perhaps someone gave her a ride part of the way home from work and dropped her off. Google walking directions show 3500 Goverment Blvd to be at a Shell gas station which might make sense as a place to wait for someone else to pick her up. Or maybe they stopped to get gas and she disappeared from there. Although to be honest these scenarios seem like something LE would release. I’m just grasping at straws. I am just hoping to keep her at top of WS in hopes more of the real sleuths will join in. There is so little info on this case it’s hard to see how anyone could help find her.
(Tried to insert screenshot of google map but can’t for some reason.)

The Shell Gas Station should have video cameras. IMO
Would be nice to know if they have been reviewed.
 
  • #487
What evidence is there to support that?

Just what I referenced. The seemingly little interest in the case from LE, the length of time she spent sitting in the parking lot of the gas station, the friend not publicly coming forward, the possibility that DV has a history of drug use (not having custody of her biological child, the comment on FB from a friend referencing her pulling her life together). These are all pointing in that direction, IMO.
 
  • #488
Ok, now I realize she was last seen 7/17. Here is the video affirming the Homicide unit is taking over the case a little more than a week later 7/25. With an alert not even issued until 8/1. I’m not buying it! Or the CYA PR reason why the MPD made this decision.
 
  • #489
It’s not very often when a police dept itself comes up with their own reward in finding a missing person. Just sayin’.
 
  • #490
The Shell Gas Station should have video cameras. IMO
Would be nice to know if they have been reviewed.
They do, and they have video footage of her from that night. It was released to the public by a news station and quickly taken down by request from LE.
 
  • #491
Great information. The mention of ping near Dauphin Street is interesting. Where did you see that mentioned? That could mean that is where they headed after Shell Station and maybe that is where things happened? Is the link postable?
When Danniella first went missing, JDT made a post about her being missing that was shared pretty rapidly around Mobile. She updated it a couple of times. When I first shared it/got wind of it, JDT had updated the post saying the last ping was on Dauphin Street and that it was weak. She also mentioned the possibility of it coming from a parking garage, something like that, because of the signal being a weak one. Within a couple hours it was changed to the last ping being at the Shell station.
 
  • #492
I spoke with someone who was at the car wash fundraiser, and apparently The First 48 interviewed some folks that were there, and it will be part of an episode to be released later. They don't usually cover missing person cases, do they? I don't think I've ever seen an episode about one.
 
  • #493
When Danniella first went missing, JDT made a post about her being missing that was shared pretty rapidly around Mobile. She updated it a couple of times. When I first shared it/got wind of it, JDT had updated the post saying the last ping was on Dauphin Street and that it was weak. She also mentioned the possibility of it coming from a parking garage, something like that, because of the signal being a weak one. Within a couple hours it was changed to the last ping being at the Shell station.

I remember this and remember thinking maybe LE knew much more than we did but then there was no arrest.

I read this New Yorker article on police informants this weekend and while I think it's a real long-shot, it made me think. Why isn't LE publicly making DV a priority? The Throwaways
 
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I spoke with someone who was at the car wash fundraiser, and apparently The First 48 interviewed some folks that were there, and it will be part of an episode to be released later. They don't usually cover missing person cases, do they? I don't think I've ever seen an episode about one.

I KNEW IT. I hate that. I really don't think LE should withhold information from the public who are worried about the missing person for a television show. The first 48 hours passed and we haven't heard anything at all.

I think it was @cybervampira who told me about the first 48. She said they used to cover missing cases but now only murder. :(
 
  • #496
Apparently the answer is yes to both questions. News station showed the video and then took it down at the request of LE Exclusive: Surveillance video may show missing Mobile mother
It was up around 15 minutes and the Internet was washed clean like I’ve never seen before. That Order came from the top of the food chain eating its way down until completely absorbed. Wayback didn't capture it that I can find. It’s gone. All in my opinion. AKA: common sense.
 
  • #497
What evidence is there to support that?
Nothing technically to support it. All we know is that LE most likely knows what was going on in the cars as they have the tape. LE also demanded that the Local TV Station take down the tape after it had been posted online. You scratch your head and wonder what was going on in those 2 or 3 cars for around 15 min? Looking for phone is possible but 15 min? not so sure. Disabling GPS? very possible but would just take a couple of minutes. Getting caught up with friends or figuring out where to go for further partying? maybe but why do it at gas station when they could just text or use SM? I can easily see someone in the group phoning around and having a dealer meet them at the Shell station as its right off one of the interstates? Dealer arrives then they split up the drugs and then they hit the road. Its speculation because police pulled the tape. There must have been some reason to pull the tape. We just don't know what the reason is unfortunately. There are any number of things that could have happened in those 15 or so minutes. What is your theory?
 
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I KNEW IT. I hate that. I really don't think LE should withhold information from the public who are worried about the missing person for a television show. The first 48 hours passed and we haven't heard anything at all.

I think it was @cybervampira who told me about the first 48. She said they used to cover missing cases but now only murder. :(
If she said it, then you can take it to the bank. It’s true. I feel my pulse starting to rise a bit. I don’t like being mad. I’ve always thought the reason, they themselves offered the reward is because they wanted to control the narrative and the tips going directly to them and no one else. Grrrr....
eta: I was initially thinking positively of their efforts to control the information and tips. But now, not so much.
 
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I remember this and remember thinking maybe LE knew much more than we did but then there was no arrest.

I read this New Yorker article on police informants this weekend and while I think it's a real long-shot, it made me think. Why isn't LE publicly making DV a priority? The Throwaways

I think something like this is as possible as anything else.
 
  • #500
When Danniella first went missing, JDT made a post about her being missing that was shared pretty rapidly around Mobile. She updated it a couple of times. When I first shared it/got wind of it, JDT had updated the post saying the last ping was on Dauphin Street and that it was weak. She also mentioned the possibility of it coming from a parking garage, something like that, because of the signal being a weak one. Within a couple hours it was changed to the last ping being at the Shell station.
Yes, that post is gone. Wonder if JDT made the decision to change her story because she was incorrect or because LE told her to stick to story about Shell station being last ping. Can only imagine what happens at parking decks in that area late at night. But we have zero official confirmation of that entire line of thought about the parking deck and downtown though which is unfortunate. If the group were heading downtown to party it totally makes sense they would need to find a place to park but we don't even know which direction they were heading after leaving the Shell station. JDT made mention about her theory of what happened in one of the MSM interviews as she said she explained it to the police. I wonder what it is? I still am coming to terms with how long it took them to report it to the police? A daughter not realizing her mother is gone and missing? Husband (even though he was in jail for a portion of the time I think as he was supposedly in jail for 5 days)? JDT and her husband? People on the party train with DV that night? Nobody helps her or reports her missing until Friday? Doesn't make sense.
 
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