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

[FindHG]

But if she wasn't with whoever she was with voluntarily, and they were trying to rob her, don't you think her first call would have been to the police instead her friend? Or wouldn't her phone call to her friend said more than just "I'm with this guy and he's making me uncomfortable"?

No, I don't think so. He's a spinner. He spun her along. She was at first weirded out, and then too late, on to him. It got ugly before she could get away. He used the little bit of acquaintance he had to get her in the car and then some weird schmooze about 'I want to go here, or there before I drop you off at home.' Got her to an isolated place, that garage near his home where he kept his cars, as his relatives were in the house, and asked her to come inside the garage with him. She said she'd wait it the car. That's when she made the second call and tried to get away to meet her friend. But he didn't have the cash yet so he went after her. And poor poor Jaimee Mendez could not fight him off. He got her back in the car somehow, not the seat, but the carpet. I'm so very very sorry to the Mendez family to be writing this even. I do it to help and not to add a moment of pain to their already broken hearts. He didn't know she had made the second call. That's the way it plays out as I see it.

 

[Steleheart]

I see a simple psychopath short on cash thinking he was smart enough to get away with it, after the fact. Jaimee Mendez didn't go along. She was scared of him and trying to get away. She was a fighter, so she didn't go along with handing over her money or her dignity. He may have wanted her money and more and she may have fought him. He didn't know her that well. He just knew she had cashed a check at the time. Maybe having some skills cleaning up may have afforded him a good lawyer in the past, but this time he's a hot hot potato, today. That's simple and simple always makes sense to me because it is what situations usually turn out to be. Simple greed. Simple psychopathy of a rapist. Simple skills. A simpleton, the way I see it.

I don't like the cows, much. Sorry. But it is all of course the ravings of mind, no cows necessary to point that out. Thank you, I've been wondering about it but it seemed too trivial to bother.

~ I have not seen a diagnosis by any trained mental health professional who is authorized to violate his HIPPA.
~ Not quarreling with you, but I have seen nothing relating to his bank balance. I would need some evidence to make this assumption.
~ again I am just unsure where this statement comes from. Not in the facts of the case. By the evidence we have seen we are unsure if she even knew him other than some others and himself.


I'll say something else. I worked in the cleaning industry for 12 years with my own business. If I had to murder some woman and then clean up it would take me 4 days to make the arraignments, I got to get me a carpet extractor, I need a steam machine - I am talking steam not hot water vapor, I need a hospital quaternary disinfectant, I need a clean room suit, breathing apparatus, face masks, gloves and a full head gear as well as a place to dispose of all that stuff.

LE is way more smarter than this guy.

There is something else.

:moo:.

 

[FindHG]

~ I have not seen a diagnosis by any trained mental health professional who is authorized to violate his HIPPA.
~ Not quarreling with you, but I have seen nothing relating to his bank balance. I would need some evidence to make this assumption.
~ again I am just unsure where this statement comes from. Not in the facts of the case. By the evidence we have seen we are unsure if she even knew him other than some others and himself.


I'll say something else. I worked in the cleaning industry for 12 years with my own business. If I had to murder some woman and then clean up it would take me 4 days to make the arraignments, I got to get me a carpet extractor, I need a steam machine - I am talking steam not hot water vapor, I need a hospital quaternary disinfectant, I need a clean room suit, breathing apparatus, face masks, gloves and a full head gear as well as a place to dispose of all that stuff.

LE is way more smarter than this guy.

There is something else.

:moo:.

You wouldn't need any of that if you claim she was in your car selling you drugs. You have garage with plastic sheets hanging around. You have chemicals like acid laying around. You excuse scratches on your face and hands from a struggle as your job with the garbage company. The garage was not at the residence. It was at a location near his home, IIRC. By his own admission he's a petty criminal. That tells me he admits to stealing and to support his drug habit. Psychopathy is the most broad term you can use for somebody who rapes children, beats and rapes women. You'd need to know him up close and personal for a long time to give a more specific diagnosis and be a psychiatrist, it all seems to me.

 

[cluciano63]

I did not think it was disputed that she went to meet this guy,or that he was some sort of a friend...is it?

 

[hockeymom4]

I see a simple psychopath short on cash thinking he was smart enough to get away with it, after the fact. He didn't know her that well. He just knew she had cashed a check at the time.
This RSO doesn't seem in that league, I mean his mother dropped the dime about the 13 year child he raped.

Snipped by me. Curious how you came to the conclusion of psychopath ver the Internet. Do you have a degree? How do you know he was short on cash? How do you know how well they knew each other? i have read nothing that states she cashed the check, but may have missed this. I did read that she left to go to Western Union. I have asked if anyone found anything, but didn't see anything posted saying she got the money. Good for his mom for calling the police on him. When people break the law, they should be turned in. I wasn't aware of this. What article was this in?

 

[Elizabella]

You know, we also can't rule out her leaving on her own accord. I know what her family has said, but no one believes their wife or mom or daughter would ever do such a thing. Until they do. Her calls to her friends and her stuff thrown around town may have just been a means to cover her tracks - to make people think she was murdered or abducted. Maybe she was stressed out and secretly wanted out of the life she was in. Maybe she went to rite aid, got the money, got her friend some drugs, then left town with some people. Got some insulin along the way. Weirder things have happened. If you don't think this is possible, you need not look any further than the Brenda Heist case. Woman goes missing in 2002 after dropping her kids off at school. Family said there was no way she would have abandoned her children and she is declared dead. 12 years later she turns up alive in Florida. Turns out she had a mental break down that morning, met up with some homeless people that she had never met before, and traveled with them down to Florida.

Do I honestly think this is what happened in the JM matter? No. But a good detective (or sleuther) does not jump to conclusions. Instead they rule things out. And so far not much has been ruled out in this case. So I'm leaving the options wiiiide open.

MOO, JMO, etc etc etc

 

[hockeymom4]

You wouldn't need any of that if you claim she was in your car selling you drugs. You have garage with plastic sheets hanging around. You have chemicals like acid laying around. You have an excuse for your scratches from a struggle as your job with the garbage company. The garage was not at the residence. By his own admission he's a petty criminal. That tells me he admits to stealing and to support his drug habit. It's in a location nearby IIRC.

Never read about this garage with plastic sheets either. How am I missing everything?

 

[Elizabella]

You wouldn't need any of that if you claim she was in your car selling you drugs. You have garage with plastic sheets hanging around. You have chemicals like acid laying around. You have an excuse for your scratches from a struggle as your job with the garbage company. The garage was not at the residence. By his own admission he's a petty criminal. That tells me he admits to stealing and to support his drug habit. It's in a location nearby IIRC. Pyschopathy is the most broad term you can use for somebody who rapes children, beats and rapes women. You'd need to know him up close and personal for a long time to give a more specific diagnosis and be a psychiatrist, it seems to me.

Stealing and using drugs are not the same... Not everyone who uses drugs steals, and not everyone who steals uses drugs. Also, not everyone who has sex with a minor when they are 19 have a "rapist" mentality. I don't know the story behind what happened, but he hasn't been convicted of rape since, so I don't see how it's fair to call him a woman beater/rapist.

You say you would need to know someone a long time to give a proper diagnosis, but you sure have been quick to do just that, have you not?

 

[FindHG]

I'm done trying to figure out what happened. That's the way it makes sense to me, based on all the information available on MSM that seems credible. Forgive me for not entertaining your doubts, but we keep going over the same ground over and over. I'm more interested in where exactly is being searched and where she may be and why she cannot be found. So they flew over Revere today and searched the pond.

 

[Soulmagent]

I can see where is criminal history points towards FHG's Opinion..

 

[FindHG]

I did not think it was disputed that she went to meet this guy,or that he was some sort of a friend...is it?

Yes. It is in dispute as her family account of her leaving just for twenty minutes to get cash sent to her by her dad.

http://www.salemnews.com/news/local...cle_588cfdbb-a25f-5246-9cd6-bdc2c0d9b28e.html

The evening Jaimee disappeared, they said, she was going to the store to collect money sent to her by her father via Western Union. She grabbed a single cigarette from a pack, Alyssa said, and said she would be back in 20 minutes.

It's a he said and she's not around to say situation, and who you want to believe, the family or him? Of course LE by now will have all the phone records, interviewed the friends, any one else potentially involved as they conduct their search on areas that are related to him and central to his movements, where he may have worked, or known, where his car may have been seen etc... and they seem to be sticking with it along those lines.

 

[hockeymom4]

I'm done trying to figure out what happened. That's the way it makes sense to me, based on all the information available on MSM that seems credible. Forgive me for not entertaining your doubts, but we keep going over the same ground over and over. I'm more interested in where exactly is being searched and where she may be and why she cannot be found. One day he'll have a lawyer in court to defend him. That lawyer will be much better at it than anything presented as reverse scenarios here based on what he claims. So they flew over Revere today and searched the pond.

Understand, can you please show me where it says his garage is full of sheets, she cashed the check and his mom turned him in? TIA. I can't find any of those things and I would find those very helpful. Example, his mom turned him before...why not now?

 

[hockeymom4]

Yes. It is in dispute as her family account of her leaving just for twenty minutes to get cash sent to her by her dad.

http://www.salemnews.com/news/local...cle_588cfdbb-a25f-5246-9cd6-bdc2c0d9b28e.html



It's a he said and she's not around to say situation, and who you want to believe, the family or him?

Clu was asking, has it been disputed that she went to meet this guy or that he was a friend? I asked the same thing above. I have not heard the family ever say they were not friends or that she didn't know him. But, I may have missed that one, too.

 

[Elizabella]

Clu was asking, has it been disputed that she went to meet this guy or that he was a friend? I asked the same thing above. I have not heard the family ever say they were not friends or that she didn't know him. But, I may have missed that one, too.

Actually, the sister admitted that they knew each other (Jason and Jaimee) and were friends, but that Jaimee hadn't known him for very long.

 

[Elizabella]

Understand, can you please show me where it says his garage is full of sheets, she cashed the check and his mom turned him in? TIA. I can't find any of those things and I would find those very helpful. Example, his mom turned him before...why not now?

Regarding the sheets part, I think FHG is going off a FB pic he had posted that appears to be a sheet in the background of the pic. No clue where pic was taken. No clue how old it was. No clue what the "sheet" was for. But, if more is available regarding this, I too would love to hear about it! I can add it to the timeline. Can you provide us a link FHG?

 

[sunflowerchick]

It seems like there's something surreal about the fact that with over 20 cases where charges were brought against this RSO, he was never convicted. Did he have the same lawyer for all of those charges? What gave him his teflon in court? What gives it to him now? Did he have friends or their lawyers that help out with those charges or just public defenders? Maybe the reason he stuck around Lynn was whatever carte blanche he could count on for his years and years of misdeeds, kept him out of jail. Maybe in Lynn is the network that works for him. Just remembered, "Betray now. Revenge later." was said up thread to appear on his social media display. That's a classic idea in Shakespeare "Julius Caeser" where Mark Anthony goes along with those who betray Caeser, to take revenge later. Maybe the RSO was as snitch, at some point. Let's hope he knows not just brutes but a Brutus who will betray this RSO, this time.

A man who knows the sea, the currents, may have access to any number of boats, marinas, why would he not head out to sea to dispose of Jaimee Mendez, then leave her things where they could be easily found to mislead a search? It may have been a natural choice for him and may be reflected in the confidence he displayed in that interview, possibly. To dispose of a body without leaving any evidence on the spur of the moment doesn't seem realistic for somebody doing that, just on the spur of the moment. He sounds like too much of a knuckle-dragger for that. It seems possible he may have done this before and know what he was doing. It doesn't seem out of the realm of possibility that he is some small time clean up guy for a syndicate of some sort. Is that what gives him the kind of legal clout it would take in legal representation to free him of all those previous charges? Since he seems so intimidating according to his court records, maybe the people who may have the goods on him aren't piping up with information because they are scared of him while he is still free to roam. Why is it with a record like his, he is still free to hurt people and get away with it?

Could he have hit on Jaimee Mendez after a well placed friend of his tipped him off to her having cashed her Western Union check from her dad or he could just have been lurking maybe? Could he have offered her a ride then given her the ride around to the point of her realizing something was wrong and calling for help, the first time toward the start of the ride? Something like 'You want a ride?' She accepts in a rush to get back home. Then 'I just have to make a stop' she gets a little suspicious and makes her first call. Then they're in the car together while he drives around and takes her to his house 'just a minute, come in.' She refuses. She's super scared at this point. Reaches out to a friend again, when he's out of earshot, makes arrangements to meet the friend by RSO's house, but the RSO returns and makes her vanish. Her cell doesn't answer when the friend looks for her. She couldn't get away to meet the friend. The RSO seems to anger easily based on his record.

I'm not going to be the only one asking these questions, I'm pretty sure. I'm rather certain the longer this goes on the more people will naturally ask and ponder these questions. LE may be too, which may explain why they're taking their time bringing him in and focusing on finding Jaimee Mendez for now. I think it is possible LE knows a lot more than it will share publicly. Having him in the system all clammed up would serve no purpose while they can observe him as he twists in the wind a bit, to see if anything he does can give them a better understanding of what he is about, it seems to me.

20 cases? Links please.

 

[Ontario Mom]

Never read about this garage with plastic sheets either. How am I missing everything?

You're not. Someone (I can't recall who) posted a pic of JF and speculated it was taken in a garage with plastic sheeting in the background. That's the only thing I've seen about this garage with plastic sheeting. Honestly, it looked to me like the hallway of a house and I didn't notice any plastic sheeting.

 

[SDHELPS]

I can see where is criminal history points towards FHG's Opinion..

I'm not weighing in much lately but I once again ask that...please have open minds to other possibilities. Yes JF is a front runner (for me too) but the lack of media/MSM and LE attention should be a warning signal that others may be involved.

To make assumptions on exactly what transpired that night in terms of it could only be JF does not hold weight based on what we know from LE. Exclude what we have heard from Jaimee's family and JF and we have nothing.

First of all I pray Jaimee is found and home soon! Secondly I hope there is an immediate arrest and if it's JF I would be forever grateful to LE for bringing her justice and not giving up in their due diligence behind the scenes.

Also thank you to the locals who bring such valuable information to this thread!

:rollercoaster:

 

[SDHELPS]

I don't believe I saw this posted yet regarding Foster's Dam search today in addition to the helicopter search? Sorry if it's a repost...

A Salem Police Dive Team was heading to Foster's Dam in Swampscott, an Essex District Attorney's spokesperson said. The pond is in a somewhat remote neighborhood in the western part of town, to the south of Aggregate Industries quarry in Swampscott. The pond is located in the area of Windsor Avenue and Foster Road

More here: http://www.salemnews.com/news/local...cle_39bbfa34-71a2-11e4-87ca-bb4ab0c6c2a7.html

 

[Ontario Mom]

This case has been a difficult one to contribute thoughts and ideas to once JF was named by msm. Especially considering he has not in fact been named by LE as either a suspect or POI. They have treated him as such with the searches and seizures but since there has been no arrest (and 3 rounds of questioning) it honestly doesn't feel very likely he's our guy.

From what I've read about Lynn (I'm not local so it's not first hand info) it's mostly sketchy & full of drug activity. That makes me feel sorry for the people who live there who are neither sketchy or affiliated with the drug scene. If in fact the area is as bad as it seems, it really doesn't surprise me that so and so would know such and such, know where he lives, who his or her circle of friends are, etc. Even though reports say Jaimee and JF were friends, it also says they hadn't know each other that long. I questioned at first then, how her mom would know where he lived to go park outside his house. More than likely, one of Jaimee's friends (or the sister's friends) found out thru their own circle of friends.

Re: it being fact or speculation that JF was indeed the last person known to be with Jaimee. I'm still not convinced on that. Nearly every single early report I read said when she called the two friends that night she never said who she was with or where she was - it was just "this guy". It was her sister all along who was convinced she was with JF, presumably because he picked her up at the house. Then all of a sudden one of the articles comes out saying Jaimee actually said she was with JF (to the friend) and asked to be picked up at his house (to the other friend, an hour later). I honestly question that. Did she actually say that, or does the sister just naturally assume (and honestly, it's a logical conclusion since he's the one who picked her up). Can the male friend verify (or has he already?) to LE that JF's address is the location Jaimee asked him to come pick her up at? From all I've read, LE has not confirmed this. They have not denied it either, so we're all still left in the dark.

SO many unanswered questions here I'm just not getting that JF is our guy. First, it's too convenient, but secondly he doesn't strike me as the type to be able to conceal her whereabouts this long. The window of opportunity was way too small to meticulously and effectively remove all evidence directly leading him back to her. He just doesn't strike me as smart enough to pull that off. I studied forensic investigation long before anyone knew what a CSI was (started 30+ years ago) and I don't even think I could pull it off, with the technology detectives have available these days.

I could be totally wrong on this and he could very well be the one, but I'm just not seeing it yet. Either way, I don't believe dear Jaimee is still with us I think when they do find her, evidence will likely answer some questions we've all been scratching our heads about.

MOO.