Found Deceased MA - Jaimee Mendez, 25, Swampscott, 6 Nov 2014 - #1 *Arrest*

[Elizabella]

In the link I just provided, Jaimee's family states they do not believe Jaimee was involved with illegal drugs...

Thanks I didn't see that.

 

[wdmcmahan]

LE is very tight lipped on this one. Everything I am reading is coming from the family for the most part. I did read from the DA's office that she was last seen Thursday night and reported missing by the family Saturday morning.

1. In post 518, the family states she left the house to run an errand. She was heading to Western Union to pick up a check. I would like to know how she got there? how did she end up with JF as they claim? How much later were the phone calls?
2. They then state in othe articles she was last seen at Rite Aid? Does anyone familiar with the area know if RiteAid and Western Union are near each other?
3. What makes me puzzled is that if she truly was last seen there or seen there at all, why would LE not confirm this? Someone may have seen something! They always, to my knowledge release where a missing person is last seen.
4. all of the items the family says searchers found. Why is LE not confirming this?
5. She is a missing person, says LE. That is pretty much all they say. Nothing else. Why? I don't understand. I don't think they are trying to protect JF. I have followed many cases and I have seen nothing like this one before.

http://www.salemnews.com/news/local...c5d-cca6-51b9-b623-230872aa8c5a.html?mode=jqm

I'm not for sure, but could Jaimee have been actually going to the Rite Aid to pick up the money she was supposed to get from the Western Union transaction? I know that certain stores near me provide that service...

 

[Elizabella]

I'm not for sure, but could Jaimee have been actually going to the Rite Aid to pick up the money she was supposed to get from the Western Union transaction? I know that certain stores near me provide that service...

Maybe that's what she "told" her family she was going there for, but really it was for a different reason. Sorry, just playing devil's advocate here.

 

[wdmcmahan]

You're right to do that, Elizabella. We should absolutely explore every possibility!

 

[MissUnderstood]

Maybe that's what she "told" her family she was going there for, but really it was for a different reason. Sorry, just playing devil's advocate here.

I'm not sure I believe JF's story about Jaime being his drug buyer. I've known a few drug takers and abusers and someone using Heroin would usually have their own connections. Unless he owed a dealer money or something and was using her as an in between.
The phone calls to friends about being nervous around him also seem strange. Why was she still with JF if she told first friend she felt nervous but next friends call to pick her up was an hour later. Why did she spend another whole hour with this guy after that first chat with friend.




MOO!!

 

[LLC]

Was that pond a place where people wen to get high?

In Lynn, drugs hangouts are everywhere.

I'm not sure I believe JF's story about Jaime being his drug buyer. I've known a few drug takers and abusers and someone using Heroin would usually have their own connections. Unless he owed a dealer money or something and was using her as an in between.
The phone calls to friends about being nervous around him also seem strange. Why was she still with JF if she told first friend she felt nervous but next friends call to pick her up was an hour later. Why did she spend another whole hour with this guy after that first chat with friend.
MOO!!

Its a tough call all around. He was already known to police, on Parole, probation...so using someone else as a middle man isn't a big stretch. Especially if it was someone who was looking to score as well...JMO.

I wonder where the friend was supposed to pick her up when she didn't show...also what happened that they waited (was it Saturday?) to call police to report her missing? I'll have to go look.

 

[sunflowerchick]

I'm not sure I believe JF's story about Jaime being his drug buyer. I've known a few drug takers and abusers and someone using Heroin would usually have their own connections. Unless he owed a dealer money or something and was using her as an in between.
The phone calls to friends about being nervous around him also seem strange. Why was she still with JF if she told first friend she felt nervous but next friends call to pick her up was an hour later. Why did she spend another whole hour with this guy after that first chat with friend.

MOO!!

Well that raises another possibility as to what could have happened to her. Somehow maybe she got mixed up in a "deal gone bad"? Or maybe she took the fall for JF owing money? Not saying it happened. Just saying it MIGHT be a possibility. We really don't know anything at this point.

...Also I am still not convinced that it was JF who JM was referring to as the guy she was with who "creeped her out". I still think that info has only come from the family and is hearsay at this point.

 

[Soulmagent]

LE will be able to tell if JM's phone and JF's phone pinged in the same area's and until what time.If Jamies phone went dead at a time before those phones stop pinging together then LE surely has their guy.

I think the reason we are not hearing much is because they have alot more of the story and do not need public tips except the location of Jamie herself.
They dont need sightings after a certain time, they dont need witnesses, and they know there is very little public information they need in this murder case. JMO.
OR speculation below....

I also have started wondering if Fleury's family is connected somehow. A grand jury rumor? I think the Mendez family would have been called as witnesses to that...

As for this being way a case that is different somehow than others .. I dont see it that way.. It is alot like Kelly Boudreaux's case ,who was also last seen with a sex offender. JF'S story sounds alot like Randy Taylors., trying to pin drug use on the victim to make her less like a victim. Jamie is 25 ,and an unwed mother so I guess the "drug issues" thing (that no one, except the SO, said anything about )is because people to question her lifestyle choices more so than a volleyball captain and an Army enlisted soldier.



Kimberly Draman was last seen with an SO. Still missing.
Lara Garza was last seen with an SO. Found deceased.

 

[Knox]

I'm not for sure, but could Jaimee have been actually going to the Rite Aid to pick up the money she was supposed to get from the Western Union transaction? I know that certain stores near me provide that service...

Rite Aid does provide Western Union service.
https://www.westernunion.com/us/en/riteaid.html

 

[Knox]

Maybe that's what she "told" her family she was going there for, but really it was for a different reason. Sorry, just playing devil's advocate here.

No need to be sorry Elizabella.

There needs to be room for discussion regarding a victim's lifestyle. This can be done respectfully, without being pernicious. Whether Jaimee sold or used drugs, she did not deserve to ripped away from her son. But if, or even how, either of those things could relate to her disappearance, should be looked at.

I know virtually nothing about Jaimee, I was thinking about that today. Did she work, or have a boyfriend? Is her son's Father in his life? What were her interests, and ambitions? What did she want out of life? Who is Jaimee?

 

[SDHELPS]

In the link I just provided, Jaimee's family states they do not believe Jaimee was involved with illegal drugs...

This is the hardest realization for a family to absorb. My sweet SIL passed 7 years ago and she was diabetic and bipolar (42 yrs old). Getting her to take her meds for her mental illness was close to impossible.

One evening we got a call that she had passed away and a friend was with her and had called 911. We reached out to the friend (a man) many times to inquire what had actually happened and he said she just died. We were lost without any closure for at least 3 weeks.

Then we found out that she died from a heroin overdose. No one could believe that would be possible! Long story short is that she had been using for years per the ME report. The friend (sic) that was with her gave her the injection. We were so overwhelmed and were certain that he ended her life but LE gave him the free and clear because she was a user. The days of John Belushi and accusations were long gone.

Sorry for the rant but just MOO that you can never tell when the devil is present. I just hope they can bring Jaimee home soon...

 

[wdmcmahan]

No need to be sorry Elizabella.

There needs to be room for discussion regarding a victim's lifestyle. This can be done respectfully, without being pernicious. Whether Jaimee sold or used drugs, she did not deserve to ripped away from her son. But if, or even how, either of those things could relate to her disappearance, should be looked at.

I know virtually nothing about Jaimee, I was thinking about that today. Did she work, or have a boyfriend? Is her son's Father in his life? What were her interests, and ambitions? What did she want out of life? Who is Jaimee?

I put the link to the article in which Jaimee's family provides answers to some of the questions you have, in post 518. Jaimee worked at a pizza/ sandwich restaurant "doing everything except making pizzas", including makinmaking sandwiches and delivering food.
Her son is now with his father. It sounded like Jaimee and her sons father were together but unmarried.

 

[FindHG]

I put the link to the article in which Jaimee's family provides answers to some of the questions you have, in post 518

briefed respectfully

Thank you for posting the article link, I see that it has been picked up by other local press. It was very helpful and good of her family to give a sense of who she was. My prayers and thoughts are with them for their strength, perseverance, and determination to bring Jaimee Mendez home to her own. May they and LE prevail in doing so.

Hope diminished, Mendez family talks about missing mom Jaimee Mendez's devotion to her son
By Ethan Forman Staff Writer Posted: Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:32 pm
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news...cle_efec4b10-a16e-505f-acda-579b07dbf2d8.html

She moved to Swampscott two years ago, and had lived in Peabody and Salem before that. She moved to Swampscott to help a family with a sick mother; Jaimee helped care for the mother and maintain the property.

"I think she was very independent, she would always work," Alyssa said. "I think she was more of a worker, honestly."

At the time of her disappearance, Jaimee worked at Hot Cheese Pizzeria on Humphrey Street in downtown Swampscott.
"She did everything but make the pizzas," her dad said, from making deliveries to making sandwiches.

Her family said it was a challenge for Jaimee to juggle her job, her diabetes and her autistic son, but she was a devoted mom.

"Anytime I talked to her, she was always talking about the next thing she was going to do for her son," Alyssa said.

 

[FindHG]

Divers will return to search Lynn pond for missing mom
Reported by Cheryl Fiandaca - Nov 18, 2014 11:20 PM [from tonight, will return with sonar as visibility was low]
http://www.whdh.com/story/27412998/divers-will-return-to-search-lynn-pond-for-signs-of-missing-mom

Divers search pond for missing Swampscott mother Jaimee Mendez last seen Nov. 6
Reid Lamberty reports 5:34 PM EST Nov 18, 2014
http://www.wcvb.com/news/divers-search-pond-for-missing-swampscott-mother/29799182

Found it! (RSO's mom on the phone, as mentioned up thread)
http://www.myfoxboston.com/video?clipId=10839383&autoStart=true

Divers Search for Missing Mass. Mother
Massachusetts State Police resumed their search Tuesday morning for missing Swampscott mother Jaimee Mendez, according to police.
John Moroney reports (w/Tim Jones) Tuesday, Nov 18, 2014 • Updated at 5:19 PM EST
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Search-Resuming-for-Missing-Mass-Mother-283025031.html

 

[FindHG]

This is the hardest realization for a family to absorb. My sweet SIL passed 7 years ago and she was diabetic and bipolar (42 yrs old). Getting her to take her meds for her mental illness was close to impossible.

One evening we got a call that she had passed away and a friend was with her and had called 911. We reached out to the friend (a man) many times to inquire what had actually happened and he said she just died. We were lost without any closure for at least 3 weeks.

Then we found out that she died from a heroin overdose. No one could believe that would be possible! Long story short is that she had been using for years per the ME report. The friend (sic) that was with her gave her the injection. We were so overwhelmed and were certain that he ended her life but LE gave him the free and clear because she was a user. The days of John Belushi and accusations were long gone.

Sorry for the rant but just MOO that you can never tell when the devil is present. I just hope they can bring Jaimee home soon...

I'm so sorry for your great loss. The love that holds such a loss may never extinguish, as pain of it as well may always be present, even if you have closure in processing such a loss of being able to put them to rest respectfully. Please accept my heart felt condolence.

I present to following points to not in the slightest way disrespect your pain or loss. Jaimee Mendez had a job. She took care of her son and her mom. There is not the slightest bit of information from LE, from her family, her close friends, co-workers, child care specialists, past record, to indicate that Jaimee was user of heavy drugs like heroin. If there had been, she would may have not had custody of her son. She lived with the father of her son in the same home. She was said to be a joyful loving extremely committed mom (never one night away from her son) who worked hard to keep up. She had gone through all it takes to enroll her son in a good program. I have family who work with autistic kids, that is not an easy process and takes much information checking on parents etc..., before they accept kids. None of this information indicates that there was any signs of her being a user. The most important thing is what LE is doing, which is searching areas associated with him. Based on that fact alone, not withstanding what LE chooses to release or not release as information that they may have, not for one second has LE indicated they are investigating any other avenue of inquiry. I imagine it may have more to do with building solid evidence, generating more leads about the RSO, before they may make a move. If Jaimee Mendez was involved with drug use or risked an over-does, LE would have said so from day one, so as not to have this RSO seem unfairly singled out. LE has not said or done anything like that nor to indicate any one other than the RSO was with her as she vanished.

I agree that other possibilities are not wrong to extrapolate for the sake of discussion. But if it is based on information from a single source, this RSO, it doesn't sound like it would lead to avenues that would be corroborated by the facts of how LE has conducted the search, the facts about her released by her family, nor that fact that she is nowhere to be found. As was your experience, an overdoes would have exonerated this RSO from any responsibility or suspicion. That she is no where to be found would suggest actions that may have brought her to harm against her will that had nothing to do heroin, actions that she may have feared, actions that may have caused her to call for help, actions that may have lead to her death and disappearance, it seems to me.

Please, if anyone has the slightest hint or any information to base their supposition that Jaimee Mendez used heroin, was involved with dealing drugs, was with anyone other than this RSO, based on information from any other source than the RSO, please present it, as you go down that line. Facts are important. I see none so far that may indicate anything other than Jaimee Mendez was stuck with RSO and needed help to get away, none that may indicate that she was not lucid and or at risk of ODing, none that may indicate that she went willingly. There are so many facts that do indicate otherwise though, beginning with the fresh scratches on him Alyssa Mendez saw on his face and hands the same night Jaimee disappeared, it seems to me.

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news...cle_efec4b10-a16e-505f-acda-579b07dbf2d8.html

http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...scott-6-November-2014&p=11209035#post11209035

 

[TTF14]

So, JM left her home to go to Western Union, which may or may not have been located inside a Rite Aid. How did she get there? Did the RSO pick her up as he claimed? Did the family know who she was going with, if so? Why him? Would her live in boyfriend have been ok with her hanging out with another guy?

So many holes in the information we know and do not know....

 

[sophiebelle]

Did any of her close friends think it was odd she was said to be buying drugs or have they said anything to the contrary. Even if they don't use too, they would maybe know if she did. There's no denial except her parents or did I miss it?

 

[FindHG]

So, JM left her home to go to Western Union, which may or may not have been located inside a Rite Aid. How did she get there? Did the RSO pick her up as he claimed? Did the family know who she was going with, if so? Why him? Would her live in boyfriend have been ok with her hanging out with another guy?

So many holes in the information we know and do not know....

Maybe, but I'm going to give this one to LE and Mendez family, their friends and the community, that everybody else the RSO is trying to implicate with his story actually does pan out with them and LE, if for no other reason than the way the search has been conducted, as of this morning. Where could have this RSO have hidden Jaimee Mendez so after he was certainly with her, if he may have been the man who not only deliberately caused her harm, very effectively hid her? He should tell the truth about where Jaimee really is, or at least tell another story, cause this one don't hold water, it seems to me.

Divers to Continue Search for Missing Mass. Mom
Massachusetts State Police divers will return to Floating Bridge Pond Wednesday morning, to search for missing Swampscott mother Jaimee Mendez.
By John Moroney and Tim Jones - Wednesday, Nov 19, 2014 • Updated at 5:15 AM EST
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Divers-to-Continue-Search-for-Missing-Mass-Mom-283164431.html

 

[FindHG]

Dive teams to return to Lynn in search for missing mother

Nov 19, 2014 7:26 AM
http://www.whdh.com/story/27424802/dive-teams-to-return-to-lynn-pond-in-search-for-missing-mother

By Antonio Planas Wednesday, November 19, 2014
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/11/divers_to_return_to_lynn_pond
http://www.networkofnews.com/massachusetts/ (same story center column second) at this time

 

[FindHG]

I haven't seen/heard anyone say anything to the contrary. The rumor/word around Lynn is that they were all known as a group of "friends" that use including that Stephanie girl in the hospital (rehab).

LE would by now, have his phone records and know which if any of his friends my be involved, any reports of credence to the rumors, yet? Arrests? Searches? Interest even?

State police divers and sister of missing Jaimee Mendez still searching.
Boston Herald
Alyssa Mendez full PC from yesterday morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPgLv-t62IU