I wanna talk about/see what folks have to say about Noah Myoung - I feel like when TCBS mentioned his case initially it flew under my personal radar, but lately and seeing as the next season will likely go more in depth for him, I was looking into it more.
Firstly:
Here is Noah's page on Charley project
Also, Sorry if this confusing, it's hard to explain geography over text but it helps to map it and see what I mean on the timeline. Consider this my thought exercise on Myoung's feasibility and likelihood as a Keyes victim. I'd like to know what others see here and whether I'm missing something, I also have many questions which I'll try to separate w/ parantheses.
TLDR, Keyes' timeline has him in Calistoga California at the 'golden haven' , and then camping in Heraldsburg, at the same period as Myoung's disappearance in San Bruno, 2 hrs away, on 5/1/2007. This is about a 1.5/2hr distance by car.
The pair had just returned from "COSMED" (
or cosmetic surgery - anyone tell me if this was the lap band op or not?) in Mexico. This trip had multiple tijuana medical trips prior to 5/1.
My observation here as to mapping it is that feasibly,
Keyes and Kim had stayed in Napa 4/29,
went southbound to Tijuana for this OP 4/30, returned and were in Calistoga as of 5/1, and then proceeded to go to nearby Santa Rosa the day after Noah Myoung disappears 1.5 hours south in San Bruno, which they already passed by the day before. Meaning- Keyes easily could have driven that, basically backtracking, timing it with an 'escape'.
Now, The timing with Kim - She was probably rested up at the hotel after her spa day recovering from "COSMED" or just chilling. But the same day she does that, Keyes in this scenario could easily have just dipped out for a while, as he rented that kayak and possibly (or as an alibi) camped in heraldsburg the night of 5/1. IK and Kim had radically different schedules that day and night of 5/1.
So, Keyes says he's camping, makes the transaction there (
was this site at 2411 Alexander Valley significant or just an alibi?) while in reality he's spending the night fishing for his victim or already scheduled it, driving to san bruno that evening instead, and then abducting/murdering his E taxi service victim into the night. Before this he buys stuff at Calmart in Conestoga as well. (
Sounding like Walmart and Jimmy Tidwell a bit? or maybe my pattern recognition deceives me)
After this, Kim and Keyes go to nearby santa rosa and have a 2 day vacation package. (
Hello? The caribbean cruise & SK / possible texas victims? Again, a bit of a possible pattern here with distancing from crimes & vacations )
Additionally as a victim, Noah Myoung is an interesting one. If you want to just rob someone, getting a one man private taxi service isn't really the obvious option, it's not even likely he had much money on hand.
But if you're a serial killer, it would be easy pickings. Get him to come to you later in evening with a good offer, take control of the vehicle and victim and have your way.
The other point here that, while it may sound silly i feel is worth pointing out due to how corny Keyes was- Thinking about the case reminds me a bit of the Zodiac murders loosely in MO. And all of this is nearby to Lake Berryessa, SF, etc. Maybe for Keyes that was an aspect he enjoyed given his admiration of his predecessors. Also, where would he dispose of a victim around here?
This seems to me to be quite consistent and would match a lot of what we know of Keyes. Victim and car go missing, small stature of victim, vacations, short timelines, Victim was presumably from online/phone contact like DF.
IMO, Myoung seems like an MP that really can't be ruled out. It's kinda screaming at me after I dug into it more, to be honest. It's also one of the rare times his timeline lines up really well with a reported MP.