AZ AZ - Allison Feldman, 31, Scottsdale, 18 Feb 2015 #2

[MissD]

I just returned from the Photo Shoot.

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Now for Allison's house:

I was parked immediately in front of it and I turned out my headlights so they wouldn't interfere with my photos. Her house was completely dark. There wasn't a single solitary light on anywhere. It was so dark it was hard to see it even just looking at it from the street. I'm talking really dark here.

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As you can see, her house is as dark as probably any house you've ever seen in your lifetime, anywhere. It's like haunted house scary dark.

Creepy!!!

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This is the house with the street lamp a couple of doors down from Allison. Even with a street lamp you can see how dark it still is.

And then there is the "alley". WHOA!!! That's the scariest, creepiest looking alley I've ever seen anywhere EVER!!!

YIKES!!! I wanted to drive down it but no way. I couldn't bring myself to hardly get out of my car to take a photo. I could never live in a house with that alley right behind me. And her wall...easy to get over IMO.

Pic of alley if you can see it. I did take one with a flash just so you could kinda see it cause like the others, its really dark.

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This one is of alley with a flash. Just so you can get a general idea of it. The one taken without a flash I can't get to upload for some crazy reason.

I'll try again after I post these.

 

[MissD]

I'm going back to take more and I will take some with a flash so you can see them better. But from these, I promise you, this is how dark it was. Like when you are in your house and you have all the lights off.

That's just how dark it was.

:scared:

 

[MissD]

This almost makes me wonder if someone didn't plan it this way so they wouldn't be seen.

I'm serious.

 

[MissD]

My adrenaline is still 'off the charts'. But I'm going back.

I want the same pic at 1:05 a.m. that the surveillance cam got with the new moon.

The only thing that might be different is the fact that the neighbors may not have had all those security lights out front that they do now before she was killed. I got the feeling they had definitely beefed up their lighting since it was right next to her on the corner and well, and no street lamps there.

I would do the same.

 

[enzeder]

Many thanks MissD! - I've just looked at your pic's - Sooo dark in Allison's neighborhood! - It's no wonder that they can only make out the shape of the killer leaving. That alleyway running along the back of Allison's home looks downright creepy too.

 

[MissD]

Many thanks MissD! - I've just looked at your pic's - Sooo dark in Allison's neighborhood! - It's no wonder that they can only make out the shape of the killer leaving. That alleyway running along the back of Allison's home looks downright creepy too.

You're welcome enseder! I think. lol I did go back and take some more pics right around 1:05 a.m. It was downright scary, I'll tell ya! Even scarier then than when I went the first time. It is not only dark there but in the particular location of where she lives, it's somewhat 'remote'. Hard to explain but I will try tomorrow.

I'm too tired right now to even upload them onto the computer. I will do it in the morning.

Thanks for taking time to look.

I wouldn't have lived in that house with that alley running behind me and on that dark street for all the tea in China. And I'm not kidding.

It really does give one a new perspective of things being over there under the circumstances. You get a feeling of danger and vulnerability.

But then knowing what happened there evokes all kinds of feelings in you that one might not normally have. But still..........

:thinking:

 

[Luvrosco]

MissD you are amazing! You should get WS super sleuth award! Thanks so much. It really does put things in perspective. I can't believe how dark it is.:loveyou:

 

[enzeder]

You're welcome enseder! I think. lol I did go back and take some more pics right around 1:05 a.m. It was downright scary, I'll tell ya! Even scarier then than when I went the first time. It is not only dark there but in the particular location of where she lives, it's somewhat 'remote'. Hard to explain but I will try tomorrow.

I'm too tired right now to even upload them onto the computer. I will do it in the morning.

Thanks for taking time to look.

I wouldn't have lived in that house with that alley running behind me and on that dark street for all the tea in China. And I'm not kidding.

It really does give one a new perspective of things being over there under the circumstances. You get a feeling of danger and vulnerability.

But then knowing what happened there evokes all kinds of feelings in you that one might not normally have. But still..........

:thinking:

BBM - Me neither!. I wonder if the killer used that back alleyway at some point?. Once again, many thanks for going there and taking the pic's for us MissD!. :tyou:

Image showing alleyway from video at link.​

Video: http://www.fox10phoenix.com/clip/11155783/victim-identified-in-scottsdale-homicide-case

Here's one of the earliest videos. It also shows just how dark Allison's street is even with all the lights of the police vehicles.
Video: http://www.fox4news.com/clip/11153343/scottsdale-police-investigate-woman-found-dead

 

[Lilac7]

I can't believe how dark it is! There doesn't seem to be many street lights.

Is this normal for Arizona? We have street lights all over where I live.

 

[justice be served]

I can't believe how dark it is! There doesn't seem to be many street lights.

Is this normal for Arizona? We have street lights all over where I live.

The adjacent city between Scottsdale and Phoenix, Paradise Valley, has no street lights so that it retains the natural desert feel. When i first moved there I couldn't believe how dark it is but you get used to it. Major streets do have lights though.

Thanks MissD for the pictures. I almost drove by the crime scene the other day as I was close to it but it kind of creeped me out. You are fearless!

 

[cluciano63]

The adjacent city between Scottsdale and Phoenix, Paradise Valley, has no street lights so that it retains the natural desert feel. When i first moved there I couldn't believe how dark it is but you get used to it. Major streets do have lights though.

Thanks MissD for the pictures. I almost drove by the crime scene the other day as I was close to it but it kind of creeped me out. You are fearless!

They do this no streetlight thing in ABQ too and to me, it is BS. Just too damned dark considering the large(ish) population. I have to take a flashlight to check my mail or even go to my car, which I cannot see on my very short driveway. My porch light does not give off much light.

 

[nancydrew71]

They do this no streetlight thing in ABQ too and to me, it is BS. Just too damned dark considering the large(ish) population. I have to take a flashlight to check my mail or even go to my car, which I cannot see on my very short driveway. My porch light does not give off much light.

I wouldn't like that either. I'm grateful for our street lights. We also have an alley in back but it has a big streetlight on either end so it's well lit! I can see why her BF wanted her to get an alarm system.

 

[MissD]

The adjacent city between Scottsdale and Phoenix, Paradise Valley, has no street lights so that it retains the natural desert feel. When i first moved there I couldn't believe how dark it is but you get used to it. Major streets do have lights though.

Thanks MissD for the pictures. I almost drove by the crime scene the other day as I was close to it but it kind of creeped me out. You are fearless!

Paradise Valley is one of my favorite places in Arizona. And I'm a stargazer so I don't care much for bright glaring street lights. I do like the dark sky ordinance we have here in Arizona but I also believe in safety.

I haven't lived in a neighborhood that wasn't part of an association in a very long time so it's different from living in a neighborhood that is say 'controlled by the City'. In our neighborhood as an example, we have lanterns on the property that are attractive and put out a nice ambient light that complies with the city's ordinance. It also provides a more safe environment than if it were all completely dark.

In single family or townhome communities here, it's most often up to the the resident to install landscape lights or other forms of lanterns, security lights, etc that fall within the association's strict guidelines for lighting.

In Allison's neighborhood I could see few houses that had any landscape lights at all. And her house was completely dark, not one single little light. I'm assuming the electricity has been turned off or whoever is managing things isn't leaving any lights on anywhere. No, the electricity isn't off actually because I could see a light through the picture window in the front that I thought looked to be the microwave display. So, there are just no outside lights being left on. Maybe the porch light is the only light on the outside of her house in front.

Honestly, it was so dark I couldn't really see much at all.

But that alley. WOW! Darkness and scariness. Bushes where someone could hide. Those utility things that companies like Cox put in for cable right by her wall where someone could easily step up on it and over the wall in seconds. In fact, it was apparent her next door neighbor, the one with all the security lights now, has raised his block wall in the alley since this happened. It looks to be about six feet now. I don't know exactly how high Allison's wall is. But it was much lower than I expected it to be.

Honestly, it did scare me. It made me wonder how she stayed in that house alone at night. Any night.

I would have had landscape lights out front, lanterns, anything to provide some attractive safety lighting.

But that alley..........

I'm not fearless, justice, really I'm not. I'm just glad the cops didn't show up and haul me off to jail.

Seriously!!!

:jail:

 

[MissD]

They do this no streetlight thing in ABQ too and to me, it is BS. Just too damned dark considering the large(ish) population. I have to take a flashlight to check my mail or even go to my car, which I cannot see on my very short driveway. My porch light does not give off much light.

I know just what you mean, Clu. In our neighborhood we can only use porch lights that are 60 watts or less. And they have to be soft light (ambient). Since the new LED lights have come out things are actually a bit brighter because the city here has switched to all LED and so has our association, to save money on electricity.

But still it's dark. I used to love the darkness. Now I'm not so sure I like it at all.

 

[MissD]

As for who murdered Allison? I still think, in spite of the easy access to her house, and the darkness, that it must have been someone she knew. In spite of the alley, LE has said there was no forced entry. All along they have given the impression (even came right out and said it) that it was isolated, targeted, personal.

I think the only reason they ever said it "might have been someone in the area" was to protect themselves from someone suing them just in case it happened again and they had given the neighborhood a false sense of security.

I think she let her killer in that evening. Under what circumstances I don't know. I can think of many, too many to list here.

I still think it's interesting that LE hasn't cleared certain people they have interviewed, in spite of saying they have physical evidence that will prove who did it as well as who didn't.

A lot of Scottsdale residents use recreational drugs on a regular basis. I wonder how many of those interviewed turned out to be on cocaine, marijuana, meth, whatever.

I wonder if LE finding out someone was on drugs during an interview, DNA testing, etc. would cause them to do further research into that individual.

I keep thinking about Allison living there alone in that house. It hasn't been so long that the house was completely rennovated. Two years ago it didn't even have a garage door on the front. Just an opening for cars to park. You can still see it on Google. What it used to look like.

But no matter what or how dark, it is a very odd coincidence that the one night her boyfriend is not there she was murdered.

I do have more pics I took at 1:00 AM but I don't know now if I will bother to post them. I think everyone has gotten the idea now.

Hope this can shed a little more light on things....no pun intended.

:blushing:

 

[nancydrew71]

As for who murdered Allison? I still think, in spite of the easy access to her house, and the darkness, that it must have been someone she knew. In spite of the alley, LE has said there was no forced entry. All along they have given the impression (even came right out and said it) that it was isolated, targeted, personal.

I think the only reason they ever said it "might have been someone in the area" was to protect themselves from someone suing them just in case it happened again and they had given the neighborhood a false sense of security.

I think she let her killer in that evening. Under what circumstances I don't know. I can think of many, too many to list here.

I still think it's interesting that LE hasn't cleared certain people they have interviewed, in spite of saying they have physical evidence that will prove who did it as well as who didn't.

A lot of Scottsdale residents use recreational drugs on a regular basis. I wonder how many of those interviewed turned out to be on cocaine, marijuana, meth, whatever.

I wonder if LE finding out someone was on drugs during an interview, DNA testing, etc. would cause them to do further research into that individual.

I keep thinking about Allison living there alone in that house. It hasn't been so long that the house was completely rennovated. Two years ago it didn't even have a garage door on the front. Just an opening for cars to park. You can still see it on Google. What it used to look like.

But no matter what or how dark, it is a very odd coincidence that the one night her boyfriend is not there she was murdered.

I do have more pics I took at 1:00 AM but I don't know now if I will bother to post them. I think everyone has gotten the idea now.

Hope this can shed a little more light on things....no pun intended.

:blushing:

After seeing those pictures and what you described, I would be afraid to stay there alone for even one evening. I think any noise would make me jump. Allison was alot more brave than I am. I sure hope and pray this is solved soon.

 

[MissD]

BBM - Me neither!. I wonder if the killer used that back alleyway at some point?. Once again, many thanks for going there and taking the pic's for us MissD!. :tyou:

Image showing alleyway from video at link.​

Video: http://www.fox10phoenix.com/clip/11155783/victim-identified-in-scottsdale-homicide-case

Here's one of the earliest videos. It also shows just how dark Allison's street is even with all the lights of the police vehicles.
Video: http://www.fox4news.com/clip/11153343/scottsdale-police-investigate-woman-found-dead

That photo must have been taken in the daylight. Here's a better pic of the alley taken last night at 1:05 a.m.

Scary dark alley. No lights....

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Note: The neighbors to the left have raised their back block wall. You can see the difference when looking at the one right across the alley from it. Allison's wall is the same height as the old one. If you look really hard you can see the tall skinny Mexican palms in her back yard. That's her house.

I had to use a flash to get this pic. So normally it would be much much darker.

 

[MissD]

I don't know what kind of lighting they had before Allison was murdered, but they aren't taking any chances now.

This was taken at 1:05 a.m.

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I'm pretty sure this is the house that has the surveillance camera on it. I could see something that looked like a camera aimed in the direction of Allison's front yard. But I couldn't really get a good shot of it with their lights deflecting off my camera and the shadows, etc.

You can tell from this how nervous some of the neighbors are.

Especially right next door.

 

[MissD]

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[MissD]

Honestly, I can't even imagine a burglar not being scared under these circumstances.

I have read that burglars prefer some light. Light creates shadows, places where they can hide. A little light they can see to move around in.

There is much debate on this subject due to the dark sky ordinance.