DC DC - Relisha Tenau Rudd, 8, SE DC, 26 Feb 2014 - #2

[CUCKOOHEAD]

Yes, there were, but I am still wondering what this dog walker's tip was? That is the first time I have heard that so I am super curious. I believe they had been able to tell he was in this area for about 2 hours, if I remember right. I will have to look and see if I can find the link.

The links yesterday that showed this small black and white dog looked like the dog was just delighted to be off the leash and running wild. Other search and rescue dog video I have seen shows the animal on a leash with it's nose glued to the ground. I understand this was a vast area to search and it didn't look like that dog would bite a flea but IMO he looked like he was having a great time. My cats runs down the hallway with full abandon and look like that dog. They also sound like a herd of small buffalo when they all do it.

 

[belimom]

I get that. I'm just grasping at a straw that points to a found safe !
Also, I don't know why he would kill Relisha if he had basically free access to her any time he wanted for the previous months or longer. It does not seem like he had to sneak or spirit her away and had permission from the mom to come and go as he pleased with her so what would cause a dramatic shift like that? Don't answer that , because I know. I'm just picking at anything that's not despair

I'm not sure he killed her on purpose.

This will sound horrific, but I think he did as he pleased to the point that she probably had internal injuries. Either that, or he suffocated her or strangled her while trying to keep her quiet. There's also the possibility that he reached a point of no return with Relisha - meaning that he had done so much that he knew he could not let her go, but he couldn't keep her.

:cry:

(What worries me is that the last vehicle he was known to be in - the white GMC - was found less than a mile from the park. I fear that he is over there also, and we'll never know what he did to poor Relisha.)

 

[SurfieTX]

Kellee Azar ‏@KelleeAzarFox5 1h

The bus carrying the DC Fire Cadets has left the staging area. Updates to come. #RelishaRudd @fox5newsdc

 

[PLT]

It's a still shot from the video - she just doesn't look 'right'. It is blurry, but even so, she looks different to me.

At the point, she had been out of school for enough days for the school to have contacted the mom the day before.

Thanks! I can only see the video from the news report and it was blurry and I couldn't hear what they were saying. I guess LE confirmed it was definitley her(?) I could barely see her and am going back to watch/pause it.

 

[belimom]

Kellee Azar ‏@KelleeAzarFox5 1h

The bus carrying the DC Fire Cadets has left the staging area. Updates to come. #RelishaRudd @fox5newsdc

It is raining here, so I wonder if they left due to the rain or due to finding something...

I guess updates will be at the noon hour? I'm home with a sick child so I won't turn it on. I'm sure someone here will update so I'll keep watching.

 

[astridxx]

Relisha hasn't been seen since 3/1. He bought these things 3/2. He killed his wife 3/20 between 12-6 am.

I wonder why he (presumably) waited so long to kill her?

 

[nursebeeme]

Thanks! I can only see the video from the news report and it was blurry and I couldn't hear what they were saying. I guess LE confirmed it was definitley her(?) I could barely see her and am going back to watch/pause it.

the video is in the parking lot thread in full and has to stay down there. brb with the link for you

 

[belimom]

the video is in the parking lot thread in full and has to stay down there. brb with the link for you

Isn't this the same video that's all over MSM news?

 

[nursebeeme]

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[belimom]

I wonder why he (presumably) waited so long to kill her?

I think she found out what had happened to Relisha and was not going to keep quiet.

 

[nursebeeme]

Isn't this the same video that's all over MSM news?

yes, but they did not play the video in full

(parking lot/social media thread is linked above)

 

[CUCKOOHEAD]

I get that. I'm just grasping at a straw that points to a found safe !
Also, I don't know why he would kill Relisha if he had basically free access to her any time he wanted for the previous months or longer. It does not seem like he had to sneak or spirit her away and had permission from the mom to come and go as he pleased with her so what would cause a dramatic shift like that? Don't answer that , because I know. I'm just picking at anything that's not despair

If his wife had threatened him with a divorce and he was terrified she would expose him as a pedophile then what is a slimeball to do? Get rid of the little girl that would be the one witness to his depraved acts which the wife was basing her divorce on?

Not that I don't think this man has been an active pedophile for some time.

Did we ever determine if his 'granddaughter' was another lie? I didn't think he had kids and if the grandchild was the wife's maybe she stopped him from having access to the child once she realized he was sexually abusing young girls?

Nothing would make me happier than to hear Relisha has been found alive and will be adopted by a loving family.

 

[AstroKitty]

Thank you everyone (12 people!) that sent me links to all the presser, mom interviews and things like this I am now caught up. <3 I owe you all!

I'm going to try and stay on top of this today but I am preparing for tour, I leave in a few days and I won't get much internet time. I may ask again for links to be sent, I hope I don't get in trouble for that. I am very much devoted to this case and I don't want to miss anything!

Ps: Sprinkle baby dust. Me and the old man are trying to conceive this weekend and next week. Nothing like spacing them out lol my oldest is almost 19.

 

[popsicle]

Kellee Azar &#8207;@KelleeAzarFox5 4m
@ let me also clarify those were the fire cadets there are also police cadets who are still here. @fox5newsdc

https://twitter.com/KelleeAzarFox5

 

[StormyNights]

there were phone pings at the aquatic gardens (point A)


point B is the other park that was searched due to a tip from someone walking a dog and cleared (per reporter)

https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=...G__gAcjX6aKA&oq=langdon+park+&t=h&mra=ls&z=14

Got it! Thanks Nursie!!

 

[AstroKitty]

I too am very curious about Tatum's married life and the dynamics of it all. I am with most in the theory that the wife was leaving and going to talk, or he had at least fear that to happen. Strange that he would shoot her and leave her but bought trash bags, a shovel and lye/ lime to possibly dispose of Relisha. There's a story in of itself right there. Why the difference? Alone on paper the two different ways do show his difference in feelings towards them by the manner in which he was going to rid himself of them.

They never did mention if Tatum had a gun licensed to him did they? I'm assuming he didn't because he is a felon, so that would be an unlawful weapons charge too.

 

[belimom]

I too am very curious about Tatum's married life and the dynamics of it all. I am with most in the theory that the wife was leaving and going to talk, or he had at least fear that to happen. Strange that he would shoot her and leave her but bought trash bags, a shovel and lye/ lime to possibly dispose of Relisha. There's a story in of itself right there. Why the difference? Alone on paper the two different ways do show his difference in feelings towards them by the manner in which he was going to rid himself of them.

They never did mention if Tatum had a gun licensed to him did they? I'm assuming he didn't because he is a felon, so that would be an unlawful weapons charge too.

bbm

I think when he killed Relisha, he planned to just keep on living his life as if nothing had happened. But once everything 'hit the fan', he had to kill his wife to keep her quiet - then I think he went on the run (so no need to move her - just leave her and go), or he parked that white GMC near the park and he is also over there, somewhere.

I also think poor little Relisha would fit in a bag or suitcase, but his wife would be harder to get out. And that is really hard to type. :cry:

 

[floridamomma]

Ps: Sprinkle baby dust. Me and the old man are trying to conceive this weekend and next week. Nothing like spacing them out lol my oldest is almost 19.

awww have fun my oldest & youngest are 17 & 1/2 yrs apart!

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[nursebeeme]

hambirg, (I think it was you earlier that mentioned Relisha was last seen at a hotel?) Here is a snip about it and also not sure if the video is new and more on interview with mother

The last confirmed sighting of Relisha was March 1 at a D.C. motel. The next day, Tatum purchased a shovel, trash bags and lime.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DRAFT-Relisha-Rudds-Mother-Speaks--252902051.html


also interesting that they have not released the 1 march hotel video from the other hotel.. I wonder if it shows other things that they want to hold close to vest?

 

[nursebeeme]

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a member pointed out that the above link didn't take people to the page where the video is at so here is a better link (it is still the PL thread.. just the correct page):

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239460&page=8