What is even stranger is that the 911 call came in in the middle of the night in the dark. The combination of the calls for help and the car probably triggered it then but it still is strange nobody reported it earlier or has come forward yet to say they have seen it there that day.
RSBM for focus:
I would love to know the exact location of where the 911 caller heard the cries for help in relation to where Matthew’s car was eventually found:
“He then dropped her [his friend] off at her place around 4:30 in the morning on Friday,’ Brooke [Matthew’s stepmom] told Dateline, referring to information police have since told her. Brooke added that, after dropping the friend off at her home, cell phone records show Matthew’s car traveling toward the Malibu canyons near Rosas Overlook above the Backbone Trail and Hondo Canyon areas. ‘
He posted a SnapChat video of the view from the trail around 5:30 or 6:00 a.m.
According to Brooke, surveillance footage shows Matthew’s car driving near a gated area on the trail at 7:12 a.m. A couple of hours later, Brooke says phone records show he exchanged a few text messages with the girl he’d been partying with earlier.
‘He called her around 11:30 a.m., but she texted him to say she was at work and ask him what was up,’ Brooke told Dateline. Brooke says Matthew texted her back a jumbled message, and the female friend then asked if he was OK.
Matthew never replied.
[SBM]
Over 12 hours later, just after midnight on August 11 in the area near where surveillance footage last captured Matthew’s car, hikers called police to report hearing a male and female calling for help.
During their search for the people reportedly in need of help, the California Highway Patrol found Matthew’s car. A press release by the Los Angeles Police Department says his car was found ‘abandoned on the Topanga Tower Motorway, near Rosas Overlook, and above the Backbone Trail and Hondo Canyon areas.’” (BBM)
California man Matthew Weaver Jr. still missing nearly two months after car found abandoned in Malibu canyons
From an article published after yesterday’s news conference:
“Weaver had just moved to Granada Hills from Simi Valley and
was apparently in the Malibu area for about six hours.
Jayden Brant, a private investigator hired by Weaver's family, said during a news conference that
he has obtained surveillance video from a nearby construction site that shows people going in and out of the area where Weaver's vehicle was spotted. While he didn't release the footage, Brant said he hopes to speak to people who were there that night who can possibly shed some light into what happened to Weaver.” (BBM)
Family Members Announce $50K Reward Amid Search for Man Last Seen in Topanga Area in August
@joeconejo
I have a few questions regarding the timeline. If you cannot answer for investigative reasons, I completely understand:
1. “(Matthew) was apparently in the Malibu area for about six hours”:
1) Is it safe to assume this information is based on phone pings?
2) Has it been determined which area(s) of Malibu Matthew (or at least his phone and car) was in, particularly between 5:30 am - 6:30 am to 7:12 am? For example, I’ve thought about the parking area at the trailhead, the areas along Saddle Peak and Stunt Roads, etc. Was the phone moving at all or stationary until 7:12 am?
2. As to the “surveillance footage (that) shows Matthew’s car driving near a gated area on the trail at 7:12 a.m.“ and “people going in and out of the area where Weaver's vehicle was spotted”:
Is it safe to assume all of the footage came from security cameras at the gated construction site, where the Topanga Tower is being renovated?
Wait: I just noticed an updated, very detailed timeline was added to Matthew’s
website 12 hours ago. In fact, I think it pretty much answers my first two questions. Unfortunately, we cannot discuss information from
sites per TOS.
Is there any way you could have someone post the document on the “Help Find Matthew Weaver Jr” FB page, so that we can talk about it?
Thank you. It was very clear to me from the press conference video this is an extremely difficult time for your entire family (even though he did not say anything, Matthew’s younger brother completely broke my heart). Please take good care of yourself and your family.
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