Are you sure? The guy I talked to, who lived there at the time, thought that the landlord put cameras in the garage, pointed at the elevator, as a reaction to Lauren's disappearance. It's like overkill now. There are two cameras pointed at the elevator door. And, I think maybe one inside the elevator as well. Is there one inside the elevator? Were all of these cameras there before Lauren disappeared, as you recall? What about cameras on the floors? My contact said he thought they were there (on the floors) but not very useful. As I've outlined, the theory I'm trying to develop has Lauren and Mystery Man getting in the garage elevator and traveling to a floor, and then going to a room, without getting on camera. (Or, at least, without the footage being discovered.)
if you enter the garage elevator from one of the businesses on the arcade, the elevator will not let you off on any of the floors, just straight down to the garage. Inside your business, you can enter the elevator to take the trash down w/o a key, but once you leave the elevator to do so, you will need a key to get up again unless someone from your business buzzes you back up. Any resident can use the garage elevator, but they also need
a key. So if I'm an employee, my key won't allow me to enter any of the resident floors from the elevator.
Not sure about the other elevators as far as residents, but am sure an employee key will not work on any of the elevators except the garage one.
The cameras were there all along. This elevator is probably the most scrutinized one, because if anyone is stealing anything or bringing up anything they shouldn't be, this would be point zero for doing so, including residents, staff or employees of arcade businesses. But!
Your theory could still be true. Somewhere faaaaar back in this saga, someone interviewed either Elliot the owner of 10th and C or a manager, and they said repairing and maintaining the cameras there was a 24/7
project for maintenance.
To me, this indicates that the cameras were always being compromised. My boss calls this being
"misdirected". Most of the cameras there are the swivel type that can be adjusted. Not sure about 10th and C, but alot of the cameras at frats can be adjusted w/o even using pliers, screwdrivers, etc, but can be pushed up or down with any type of pole, even a broom handle. Some are tightened into position with screws but not all of them.
One thing no one can take away from the age group involved is their ingenuity. If they want the cameras not to work, they won't. I am middle-aged, and if I saw cameras, I would make a note that I am being watched and that would be that. This age group takes it in stride that cameras exist, and also know when to disable them, where to disable them, and how to disable them. This happens frequently. My age group says, "wow, big brother really exists!" and we might fear this, or feel apprehensive. Their generation grew up with big bro.
This also goes for burner phones. These "kids" know from the git go everything can be traced on their phones. They came out of the gate with this knowledge. Parents track them on their phone GPSes , car too. No one had to tell them this, it's second nature. This makes me wonder--did Lauren and Jesse track each other this way? anyway, buying a burner phone at Kroger is how to handle that. In the past, people would have to go all the way to Walmart or another big box store to get one but now they're everywhere.
Some people have mentioned that burner phones are too elaborate a scheme for these POIs, I say it's too easy for them not to have them. I've seen them being used, believe me, they are being utilized. These young drug dealers have read the newspapers (online?!) and all the social media about drug busts and other crimes being solved tracking cell phone records and cell tower pings. They may be immature but they are not tech challenged.
To me, the most difficult thing for them would be the way her body has been hidden so well. Disabling cameras and calls unable to be traced would be easy for them. Bribing a security guard (not accusing, speculating!) would be super easy with all that money. Just like to point out, everyone involved and even most of the supposedly innocent bystanders are multi-millionaires! In fact, I don't think, or at least I can't remember, any case involving kids where there was so much $$$. Lots of cases where victim was rich and POIs poor or vice versa, but this is a case where everyone is heir to millions. And these types of apt. security guards get paid
little more than minimum wage.
So in summary, it really is no surprise to me that cameras aren't working during the most crucial time.
And if phone calls after 3:38 are scarce on record, doesn't surprise me either.
At any rate Vidocq, your theory isn't compromised in the least even if cameras were by the elevator. JMO
I've always been suspicious of DB's Runcible Spoon tweet. So self-serving to place himself there at that time when it could be possible that he was already on his way back to MI. Wouldn't take a genius to figure out someone could have his phone, at the Spoon even, and make that tweet for him.
Having read most of the POI SM, they have a penchant for being clever, and I get the idea that they really think they are more clever than most people, with their puns, double entendres, etc.
A certain vulgar someone on PT and a certain POI both share this gratuitous cleverness and also a passion for fantasy football. That the certain someone on PT was saying the basest, most accusatory and hateful things about Lauren is noteworthy. PT has a huge section for fantasy football. Then we traced this person to other fantasy fb websites . JR and DB invented an ap called "Team Mash" which delivers game results every morning to fantasy sports users. iirc, they were in the process of selling this ap at the time of Lauren's disappearance.
You can play fantasy fb for fun or for $$$. Lots and lots of $$$. It's a billion dollar industry now.
**this post is speculation, JMO, MOO, and not accusing anyone of anything in particular.**
