GUILTY CA - Abdullah Alkadi, 23, Los Angeles, 17 Sept 2014

[tarabull]

:wave: Hi Seajay - In post #97 you said:

However, he still has the Lexus and he didn't take it.

What do you mean by this?

 

[branwynbreeze]

Doubt this has anything to do with it, but:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014...dy-after-putting-out-tree-fire-in-northridge/

 

[Seajay]

:wave: Hi Seajay - In post #97 you said:



What do you mean by this?

His family said he also owned a Lexus and that it was still at the apartment building. So he didn't take that when he or his phone ended up out in Beaumont. Hi Long time. Good to "see" you.

 

[katydid23]

Doubt this has anything to do with it, but:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014...dy-after-putting-out-tree-fire-in-northridge/

It might. There are not usually a lot of dead bodies found in Northridge.

 

[Seajay]

This was taken from post number 50 posted by Jersey Girl.

Alkadi was planning to sell his Audi to a man he met through Craigslist, LAPD Detective Merrill and family members said.

The man agreed to come to Alkadi's apartment last week to buy the car, Alkadi's cousin Allison Alomair said. The family has since not heard from Alkadi, whose parents live in Saudi Arabia.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...276201881.html


Alkadi had another car, which is still at his apartment, Alomair said.



Alkadi is described as a Middle Eastern man with black hair and brown eyes, 5 feet 3 inches tall and about 110 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans or beige shorts, Los Angeles police said

 

[tarabull]

Doubt this has anything to do with it, but:
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014...dy-after-putting-out-tree-fire-in-northridge/

So peculiar!

I hope it's not Abdullah!

lease:

 

[tarabull]

Thank you Seajay!

I see what you are getting at.

 

[branwynbreeze]

It might. There are not usually a lot of dead bodies found in Northridge.

True. I have started so many posts in this thread and erased them. I'm just west of Northridge. What bothers me:
2 hours of unknown between 5-7
What time was the car sold? I heard it was cash, which doesn't bother me too much-have friends who paid cash for fancy cars, but what if a friend of a friend (buyer) going to get back cash does.
Just because his phone was in Beaumont doesn't mean he was-traces of Gavin Smith.
His family stated per Reddit he graduated, but MSM says he's missing classes. Also stated he was moving back home.

I really don't have any idea what happened, but do know that he lived not too far from some questionable areas. There is also a park that homeless use to hang out down the street, not sure if they still do.

 

[Seajay]

If he had graduated already, why wouldn't he have taken care of preparation for his return to Saudi Arabia back then instead of going there, coming back, only to go back again. He would have known when his graduation was and should have made plans to close things out here back then. So I'm more inclined to believe he had no graduated yet.

Which brings up the question why he would have disappeared himself now? So I don't think he did. Unless he came up with a ruse to return here, saying he had to finalize his return plans so that he could stay here.

Just throwing it out there: Is he already in a contract for an arranged marriage back in Saudi Arabia? Would that be a reason for him to not want to go back? Especially IF he had a love interest out here in the U.S. Just thinking out loud. FWIW.

 

[Seajay]

When was the ping in Beaumont? Was it that same night or was it the next day?

 

[mrsobrien]

I agree that reporting quickly seems like the right thing in this situation. If I didn't return from a high dollar craigslist transaction for 12 hours, I hope someone would report it as fast!

I don't find it that odd for his cousin to report him missing so quickly. If Abdullah was not the type of guy who had a lot of friends and went out a lot, it would be alarming for him not to have returned to the apartment to sleep at all that night.

Additionally, and more importantly IMO, his roommates likely knew he was selling that car. We have been told now that the buyer is innocent in all of this, but at the time there would have been no way for the roommates to know that.

If I knew a loved one was conducting a Craig's List transaction, and then they did not return home or sleep at home that night and were unreachable via phone I would be alarmed.

 

[Seajay]

I agree that reporting quickly seems like the right thing in this situation. If I didn't return from a high dollar craigslist transaction for 12 hours, I hope someone would report it as fast!

But then again, I have to ask, why wasn't anyone with him? If I had a Craigslist meeting, I would take someone with me. In fact, the one and only time I had one, I took 3 other people with me.

 

[tarabull]

Charred male body found at Nobel Charter Middle School to be examined in coming days

...Corral said they are aware of Alkadi’s case but there is so far no evidence to indicate the identity of the deceased man. The coroner’s office is checking with other LAPD divisions about their missing persons cases as well, he said.

http://www.dailynews.com/general-ne...r-middle-school-to-be-examined-in-coming-days

 

[EmiLove832]

But then again, I have to ask, why wasn't anyone with him? If I had a Craigslist meeting, I would take someone with me. In fact, the one and only time I had one, I took 3 other people with me.

I agree, with all the CL horror stories you better have back up.

My question is, how did he intend to get home after he sold the car?

Selling a vehicle would be the scenario you would definitely need someone to follow along to get you back home afterwards.

 

[Ragamuffin]

I thought the buyer came to Abdullah's apartment, and took the car from there? I wonder about the funds. Was the cash still there? A check?

Could the police reporting that the buyer had nothing to do with the disappearance just be a way of making a potential POI relax?

I'm stumped. If the buyer has genuinely been ruled out, and I don't think this is a walk away, then what happened in those few hours?

 

[Maiko]

I'm also stumped. Where are you Abdullah?

 

[EmiLove832]

I thought the buyer came to Abdullah's apartment, and took the car from there? I wonder about the funds. Was the cash still there? A check?

Could the police reporting that the buyer had nothing to do with the disappearance just be a way of making a potential POI relax?

I'm stumped. If the buyer has genuinely been ruled out, and I don't think this is a walk away, then what happened in those few hours?

I apologize if I was mistaken. For some reason I thought he met the buyer some where but having the buyer come to him would make a lot more sense.

 

[jnblsm]

Any word on the identity of the body found in the fire? I'm following this case because my daughter graduated from CSUN last year and I live in Riverside (the good part). I was intrigued when we 1st thought the Audi buyer was from here. Thought I'd finally be the WS "eyes and ears" but Beaumont is too far.

 

[Seajay]

Any word on the identity of the body found in the fire? I'm following this case because my daughter graduated from CSUN last year and I live in Riverside (the good part). I was intrigued when we 1st thought the Audi buyer was from here. Thought I'd finally be the WS "eyes and ears" but Beaumont is too far.

Cracked me up how you had to qualify that. I get it though, I live in L.A. County and know some of the plagues of Riverside County.

 

[jnblsm]

Cracked me up how you had to qualify that. I get it though, I live in L.A. County and know some of the plagues of Riverside County.

I tell ppl I live REALLY close to Corona, you know "Riverwalk Parkway"? [emoji26]