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

[nancydrew71]

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This one? Yes it does! And actually it shows up better than it does in this pic because the flash didn't have much of an effect.

She didn't have a lot of privacy back there, if anyone wanted to look.

ETA: Note that there are no lights on in her back yard patio area. Or pool. Any time there were lights on just think how much brighter and more visible everything and anyone would be back there. Even inside the home, with the lights on.

But, is there an ordinance that would keep her from lighting up this area? The alley in back of our homes is very wide. Our garages face it and everyone has a motion detector light on their garage. Plus a street light at either end so it's nicely lit up. We are in a very populous and very popular area, we've had zero crime. I think this light helps prevent it. JMO Also, when we had a pool, we always kept out pool area lit up. It just felt so much safer.

 

[MissD]

But, is there an ordinance that would keep her from lighting up this area? The alley in back of our homes is very wide. Our garages face it and everyone has a motion detector light on their garage. Plus a street light at either end so it's nicely lit up. We are in a very populous and very popular area, we've had zero crime. I think this light helps prevent it. JMO Also, when we had a pool, we always kept out pool area lit up. It just felt so much safer.

I don't know about a city ordinance but I think if it was allowed there would already be lights back there in that alley. All the alleys are dark. No lights.

 

[MissD]

I just noticed something I hadn't seen before. Does anyone know what this object is up in the corner on her porch? I have put a red circle around it.



Is that a motion detector or some kind of camera?

Where's Bernina when you need her?

:tantrum:

 

[nancydrew71]

I just noticed something I hadn't seen before. Does anyone know what this object is up in the corner on her porch? I have put a red circle around it.

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Is that a motion detector or some kind of camera?

Where's Bernina when you need her?

:tantrum:

I even zoomed in with my computer but can't make it out. :

 

[cluciano63]

The bracelet may have been the only item someone close to her could describe and that was likely mass-produced, so one can google the info and get an idea what it might look like, jmo.

 

[Luvrosco]

I could be wrong,but it looks like it's a reflection from a light. There were no lights on inside when you took the picture inside the house. I think it's coming from a light perhaps on the house across the street. Rehabs we have a WSer that is very familiar with photography.

 

[MissD]

Before I leave for the day, I wanted to add a few thoughts that have come to mind about Allison and the type of girl she was and what might have been going on in her mind around the time of her murder:

From all accounts, friends & family, and from reading her Facebook page over and over, every post she ever made at least 3 times, I feel like I've come to get a general feeling of what Allison was like before she died. The type of person she was.

I think she was a really nice girl. A great girl, with wonderful values and a good heart. She was the girl next door type. Wholesome. The kind of girl you take home to mother.

And she was smart. And successful and ambitious. But even with her success in the business world and the financial assets she was acquiring, she seemed to remain unspoiled and unaffected.

It appears to me she was in a 'nesting' mode. She was ready to fall in love and ready to start a family. Even her parents have verified this. And from all the photos I have seen of her with Alex she seemed to genuinely be crazy about him. Her devotion to him is just so obvious in photos of her with him traveling to Europe, to visit with her family, with his family. She was IMO definitely ready to get married to him. He was the one.

I think Allison was generous too. I have a feeling that at this particular time, due to his being back in grad school, her BF didn't have a lot of extra cash and so I think it's possible she footed the bill to Paris. Of course I could be wrong but I get the idea that to her it didn't matter who paid and who didn't. She was in love. That was what mattered to her.

I think it would have taken something very big to cause her to want to break things off with her BF. This is always a possibility. Something could have happened to make her change her mind. It happens with couples in love. Especially when they get to the one year mark. Expectations happen or don't happen. True personalities submerge, differences begin to matter, etc.

I just feel like something happened. Did someone from the past show up and want to see her again? Did she somehow lose interest in her BF and want to see her ex BF again (whoever that might have been). Did she start having second feelings about the relationship, wondering if this was indeed the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with?

Or did she simply need space? When she asked him (as has been reported) to go home to study and have some quiet time, was it because she needed it or was he getting on her nerves?

Or could it be this beautiful and sweet girl suddenly wasn't as appealing to her BF for reasons we don't know. Could it be that something happened and he didn't show up on Valentine's Day?

Is that why the bottle of champagne was unopened.....left out to spoil....to lose its flavor?

Do you think they might have talked about this? That weekend?

:thinking:

 

[Luvrosco]

Great points.

 

[MissD]

Or could it be possible that after Allison posted that VDay Photo on FB at 12:02 p.m. Saturday just after noon, that someone saw that photo, someone who was very, extremely jealous, of either Allison or of Alex, someone who wanted what they had and because they knew they could never have it or her or him, they were consumed with hatred and jealousy and rage.

Is this possible? Is it possible that someone murdered Allison just because she was so much in love? Because she was so happy? Because they wanted what she had?

Could this have been someone Allison knew from her past or present? Someone Alex knew from his past or present? There are some very sick twisted minds out there. And her FB page was very public. As was his Flicker Photo Stream.

I'm only throwing this out there as a possible 'other scenario'.

I have heard it said that when two people are very much in love "even the gods can be jealous".

 

[Luvrosco]

It certainly could be. I know you hate it when someone mentions,Jodi Arias,but she was full of rage when Travis rejected her and was going to take another girl to Cancun.

 

[OldSteve]

Seeing those photos you took - scary as other have said! Wonder if motion sensor lights are forbidden as well... I so much more cautious than I was when younger...
I'm leaning more to this being a crime done by someone local who had been spying on her...

 

[Bernina]

I just noticed something I hadn't seen before. Does anyone know what this object is up in the corner on her porch? I have put a red circle around it.

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Is that a motion detector or some kind of camera?


Where's Bernina when you need her?

:tantrum:

I don't have a clue.

 

[Bernina]

Miss D, did you see any security signs or security stickers in the windows? Because I didn't see any at all..........

 

[Luvrosco]

I have a security system and 6 cameras on my house. The system is only a year old and there aren't any stickers on any window. I just have a sign with the name of the company in front of a shrub. My cameras are noticeable at night. In fact the darker it is, the blue light in the center seems to appear brighter in the cameras.

 

[MissD]

It certainly could be. I know you hate it when someone mentions,Jodi Arias,but she was full of rage when Travis rejected her and was going to take another girl to Cancun.

BBM: That definitely did enter my mind and I thought of the same thing. GMTA

Seeing those photos you took - scary as other have said! Wonder if motion sensor lights are forbidden as well... I so much more cautious than I was when younger...
I'm leaning more to this being a crime done by someone local who had been spying on her...

BBM: I'm sure they are on that alley. If they weren't the corner neighbors would probably have them. They have major security lights in the front.

 

[MissD]

I don't have a clue.

Miss D, did you see any security signs or security stickers in the windows? Because I didn't see any at all..........

Dang!!! I thought if anyone would know what it was you would!

As for the security signs. No. They are not there anymore. She used to have a Cox Security sign in the front yard but it's no longer there and I didn't observe any window stickers.

I have a feeling the dad ditched the security company.

 

[MissD]

I have a security system and 6 cameras on my house. The system is only a year old and there aren't any stickers on any window. I just have a sign with the name of the company in front of a shrub. My cameras are noticeable at night. In fact the darker it is, the blue light in the center seems to appear brighter in the cameras.

What type of cameras do you have, Luv? What do they look like? Are they the dome type or the bullet type or something else?

TIA

PS: I'm only asking because I've never seen any with a little blue light in them.

 

[Bernina]

What type of cameras do you have, Luv? What do they look like? Are they the dome type or the bullet type or something else?

TIA

PS: I'm only asking because I've never seen any with a little blue light in them.

Mine have the red IR lights, but you could miss them if you didn't know where they were. I've seen newer models that are blue.

 

[Luvrosco]

I can only describe them as circular. Is that dome shaped.? The blue light is always visible,but when it's dark you can really see it. If someone was walking around my house looking to break in, I can't imagine not noticing them. I do have a two story house, so the ones in the back and side yards are quite high. We have an app on our iPads and iPhones and can go on it anytime to see around the yard. Of course there's a modem connected to our computer if you want to review footage. I'm not sure how frequently it's taped over. My son helps us with that stuff because we're morons in that area.

 

[Traymar]

My thoughts on the Valentine's photograph:

-Allison seemed to have been a very organized and neat person. She doesn't seem sloppy at all.
-The presentation of the items in the photograph leaves much to be desired, in my opinion.
-Indeed, it seems to me that the bottle would be facing front and center, and ALL the flowers in the vase (much prettier and impressive).
-The gift bag is sideways and you can barely see it for the card.
-The card does seem to have feminine writing on it, or in any event it has a smiley face on it that I simply cannot imagine any man drawing.
-The presentation appears to me to have either been done by a man or to have been done in a hurry.
-Do we know for sure these were for Valentine's Day?
-Does the writing on the card say "Thinking of you?"

Thoughts on the crime:

- Crimes of passion would seem to involve a person who is enraged. Rage is a secondary emotion -- behind all anger is fear, so they say. Fear of what? Humiliation, abandonment, embarrassment, loss of status, loss of standing, etc.? I think a certain possessiveness might be behind this crime.
- It seems unlikely to me that a stranger or even a stalker would be so enraged. If that is the case, I would expect Allison's death to be one among others.

Thoughts on the Tiffany bracelet:

- Is it possible that the police intentionally gave misleading information in order to fake out the perp? Perhaps the bracelet was not taken but was instead on display at the crime scene? In this case, how long would the perp be able to keep from revealing himself by saying, in effect, "no, her bracelet was there when I left!"
- Is it possible Allison and the BF broke up over the Tiffany bracelet? Or rather, the significance of the bracelet? Maybe a previous boyfriend gave it to her for Valentine's, and BF found out and wanted her to get rid of it or stop wearing it, but she refused? BF might have considered this an act of disloyalty?
- Perhaps all the talk about the bracelet is just LE trying to get the perp to incriminate himself by revealing a little too much knowledge?

Thoughts about the cameras and sighting:

- Why would police announce that they had video of the perp leaving at 1am? If someone known to her is indeed involved, wouldn't he/she be tipped off that LE was on to them? But that's assuming LE is being honest regarding the video.
- Is it possible LE gave a purposely inaccurate time for the perp's departure for the same reasons discussed above re the bracelet?
- If LE has video of the BF arriving to find her body, and the perp departing at 1am, do they also have video of the BF leaving and the perp arriving? Why wouldn't they? Would the perp and/or BF BOTH have come in one entrance and departed another?

Thoughts in general:

- Is it possible that an old flame HAD recently re-entered her life and she was having misgivings about BF -- or not? But perhaps there was pursuit by a previous BF, and current BF misunderstood and they fought and/or broke up?
- It seems to me the only conceivable reason the champagne would have been placed in the window is to get it out of the way. Again, something I just can't see Allison doing.

As always, these things are all JMO...