CA CA - Lesner Noe Velasquez Cardenas, 21, Redding, 29 May 2025

[MissMYB]

How scary - a rollover crash sounds serious. I wonder if he has a serious head injury. I am reminded of the case of Peter Porco where he was struck in the face with an axe and sustained severe brain injuries, but somehow still got up and completed his morning routine on autopilot, making coffee etc before he died. MOO.

That was one of the wildest stories ever. TBI can not be ruled out here.

 

[ToriwithoutT]

Isn't there a chance he's hiding at a friend's house who lives near the trail or something? Maybe he doesn't want to be found, but I think someone would still comment if he was just hiding, and that really confuses me.

 

[Knox]

I sure wish LE would provide an update on this case.

 

[ToriwithoutT]

I sure wish LE would provide an update on this case.

I tried to get in touch too, but apparently that's all they can release. What really puzzles me is whether there was a camera nearby while he was at the bank, so we could know if someone provided the money for the taxi or if he actually withdrew it with another card.

 

[rabidstoat]

That was one of the wildest stories ever. TBI can not be ruled out here.

Based on what I've read here, that's the most plausible theory I can come up with. He had an accident. Called the police. Did it say how long he waited? Maybe he worried they were coordinating with ICE, since he was reportedly paranoid of ICE. A woman passed by in a car and asked if he needed help, so he got a ride home. He ditched stuff and changed clothes or whatever, went to the bank, left money at the house for-- I have no theory on this. It's the end of the month so maybe something he owed money on due?

I don't understand how a TBI could make him decide to go hiking. Maybe it combined with his ICE paranoia and he was catastrophizing. As to how he paid for the cab, he could've had other cash money, or he could've used his phone to use Apple/Google pay.

Then he goes up into the mountains, not really knowing what he's doing. Gets tired, hides himself in some underbrush, falls asleep, and never wakes up due to his head injury.

All of this is just MOO.

 

[Sillybilly]

Lesner supposedly left the scene before LE got there. In that picture where Lesner is standing in the middle of the road, there is a person in the driver's seat of whichever vehicle that is, so at least one other person was outside that vehicle taking that picture. I wonder who that person is. It seems strange to me that a stranger is taking a photograph of someone who has just been in an accident.

 

[Knox]

Lesner supposedly left the scene before LE got there. In that picture where Lesner is standing in the middle of the road, there is a person in the driver's seat of whichever vehicle that is, so at least one other person was outside that vehicle taking that picture. I wonder who that person is. It seems strange to me that a stranger is taking a photograph of someone who has just been in an accident.

That whole scene doesn’t make sense, nor does the accident he was supposedly in. Then we learn his wallet and cash were found at Brian Kyncy’s house Hunters Dad? How does that make any sense? No one thinks this is odd?!!! I’m the only one?


We need to go back to the beginning and build a timeline with known facts.

 

[Rixey]

I tried to get in touch too, but apparently that's all they can release. What really puzzles me is whether there was a camera nearby while he was at the bank, so we could know if someone provided the money for the taxi or if he actually withdrew it with another card.

Banks generally have a lot of cameras both inside and outside as well as at the ATMs, so I'm sure LE has that already. It was also stated that he had stopped to eat around the same time he was at the bank and LE has the video from that restaurant. There are several fast food restaurants near that bank branch and no name was given as to which one he was at before leaving.

 

[Rixey]

That whole scene doesn’t make sense, nor does the accident he was supposedly in. Then we learn his wallet and cash were found at Brian Kyncy’s house Hunters Dad? How does that make any sense? No one thinks this is odd?!!! I’m the only one?


We need to go back to the beginning and build a timeline with known facts.

No, you are not the only one thinking it's odd. It IS odd.

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[Knox]

No, you are not the only one thinking it's odd. It IS odd.
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Thinking about this further, regarding his wallet and cash at Hunter’s Dads house.

I suppose if he didn’t have his wallet or cash, that’s why he had to go to the bank. This was something that didn’t make sense to me earlier - why would he need cash if he was going hiking?

He didn’t have his ATM card I assume, so he actually went into the bank. So you’re right, they have him on camera.

So in the days leading up to his disappearance. He leaves his wallet at a friend’s home, has a car accident, leaves to go on a odd spur of the moment hiking trip. What does this indicate, if anything? Was something going on BEFORE all of this happened?

 

[Auntie Cipation]

Lesner supposedly left the scene before LE got there. In that picture where Lesner is standing in the middle of the road, there is a person in the driver's seat of whichever vehicle that is, so at least one other person was outside that vehicle taking that picture. I wonder who that person is. It seems strange to me that a stranger is taking a photograph of someone who has just been in an accident.

I assumed that photo was not from that day but just a decent photo showing what he looked like. But I guess we don't really know one way or the other? Lots of bizarre stuff in this case.

And assuming the taxi driver has been vetted and is to believed, why aren't there/weren't there active Search and Rescue activities in the vicinity and along the trail where he was dropped off? MOO

 

[Sillybilly]

I assumed that photo was not from that day but just a decent photo showing what he looked like. But I guess we don't really know one way or the other? Lots of bizarre stuff in this case.

And assuming the taxi driver has been vetted and is to believed, why aren't there/weren't there active Search and Rescue activities in the vicinity and along the trail where he was dropped off? MOO

The image was from

Mystery behind Redding man's disappearance leaves family and friends shocked

A redding man has been missing for almost a week now after he returned home from a roll over accident on may 29thWith family and friends left confused over wha

krcrtv.com

and under the photo it states

"This is the last known picture of Lesner Velasquez, allegedly taken shortly after his roll over accident along Oak Run Road the morning of May 29th. Photo provided by Brian Kyncy"

 

[truthfinder2019]

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First question: why did he leave before CHP arrived ?

• A local woman, described as a neighbor or acquaintance, picked him up from the crash site and gave him a ride back to his apartment on Trudie Trail in Redding. She later told his friend’s father that Cardenas appeared fine, coherent, and uninjured

Second question: who is she, was she passing by or was she called by someone ? At what time did she drop of Lesner at his apt ?

• Between ~1:30–2:00 p.m., evidence suggests that Lesner briefly returned home. Signs were found that he had changed clothes, and new backpacking gear was packed prior to the next stage .Oddly, his wallet and cash remained (at BK) while his passport was missing

Third question: it would appear no ring camera evidence seeing him entering his apartme t and at what time, why , if this is true? Did he use a backdoor on purpose, were the clothes placed by someone else? Did he ever get in at all?
His wallet and cash remained where? At his apartment or at his bf father’s house? Not clear msn report different info unless I’m mistaken

• At 2:06 pm, His friend HK checked the Find My iPhone location and found Lesner’s phone pinged near the base of Mount Shasta—16 minutes before the documented taxi pickup time

Fourth question: why did his friend check ?

• At 2:22 pm, a taxi driver reported picking him up near the Wells Fargo on East Cypress Avenue in Redding. Cardenas carried backpacking gear and said he was “trying to beat a friend’s time” hiking Mt. Shasta
• The driver dropped him off at a trailhead connected to Avalanche Gulch, likely McBride Springs, around 5,000 ft elevation. His cell phone stopped transmitting after the trailhead drop-off time . Since then, no further contact—no calls, texts, or app pings—have been made from the phone .

Fifth question: Mount Shasta is ~1.5 hours away from Redding. The phone should not have been able to physically ping in Mount Shasta before he left Redding.
GPS signals are very precise.
Who brought his phone there? Given the distance and known timeline, it is not likely that he went there in between the crash and the Bank /taxi appointment.
How did LE verify the taxi timing ? Are we sure it was him in the taxi ?

Sixth question: The more I go over the known details, the more I have questions.
And why would he take his passport and not his wallet? He allegedly left his wallet but was seen near a bank.
Did he leave the wallet at BK ‘s. before the crash, after, or during the taxi ride?

 

[mlhenn]

How did LE verify the taxi timing ? Are we sure it was him in the taxi ?

Would love to know the answers to these questions

 

[Sillybilly]

• At 2:06 pm, His friend HK checked the Find My iPhone location and found Lesner’s phone pinged near the base of Mount Shasta—16 minutes before the documented taxi pickup time

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Just for clarity of the timeline going forward (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), but it is my understanding the friend did check the Find My iPhone app at some point and found that Lesner's phone had pinged at 2:06 near the base of Mount Shasta. IOW, not that the friend checked the app at 2:06 pm before Lesner even had the accident.

 

[Knox]

<rsbm>
Just for clarity of the timeline going forward (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), but it is my understanding the friend did check the Find My iPhone app at some point and found that Lesner's phone had pinged at 2:06 near the base of Mount Shasta. IOW, not that the friend checked the app at 2:06 pm before Lesner even had the accident.

Police say Cardenas was picked up by a cab at 2:22 p.m. near a Wells Fargo on Redding’s East Cypress Avenue, carrying backpacking gear and telling the driver he was “trying to beat a friend’s time to complete a hike.” The driver reportedly dropped him off at a Mount Shasta trailhead. Nick Meyers told SFGATE that the location was McBride Springs, a popular campground about 5,000 feet up the mountain.

Hunter Kyncy uncovered a strange inconsistency in the timeline. On the day Cardenas disappeared, Hunter logged into his laptop and checked the FindMyiPhone app, which showed Cardenas’ phone pinging near the base of Mount Shasta at 2:06 p.m. — 16 minutes before police say he got into the taxi.

https://www.sfgate.com/northcoast/article/mount-shasta-disappearance-lesner-cardenas-mystery-20383486.php

 

[Sillybilly]

Thanks Knox, and yes, that supports my clarification that is was not the friend checking at 2:06. It was in fact Lesner's phone that pinged at 2:06 at Mount Shasta.

 

[Knox]

One question leads to another.

Prior to the phone supposedly pinging sixty two miles from Redding in Mt Shasta. Where was it and at what times?

Was he seen with a phone on camera at the bank?

 

[Kittypoo]

<rsbm>
Just for clarity of the timeline going forward (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong), but it is my understanding the friend did check the Find My iPhone app at some point and found that Lesner's phone had pinged at 2:06 near the base of Mount Shasta. IOW, not that the friend checked the app at 2:06 pm before Lesner even had the accident.

The find my iPhone app only tracks the phone so therefore anyone could have held that phone as opposed to CCTV showing actual footage of him.
IMO

 

[Sillybilly]

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