Found Alive TX - Brett Detamore, 38, Houston / Bear Creek Park, truck found torched, 21 June 2023

[Teche]

I believe the sub contractors will be filing soon, too.

 

[Houston281]

Thank you for the clarifications. Not one person saw Brett on the day he was reported missing.

It's only by trailing and tracking the movements of his vehicle, via VG, that police are able to determine the whereabouts of his truck on that morning.

The VG System caught his truck leaving West U. Reports say his truck was also seen West of Bellaire.

Where does the intel on his phone's location being at Lakewood come from? At what time? Just bc his phone pinged at a location does not mean that he was physically with his phone at that time.

It’s on the “find Brett Detamore” Facebook page, it states his phone pinged once at Lakewood and once at BCP. <modsnip: discussing comments from Facebook>

 

[Houston281]

Is it normal that there is not alot of information leaked to the public about what is known? It seems like his family would be divulging facts on the Find Brett Detamore page and updating everyone with what they know but it’s radio silence all they are asking is share the bulletins.

 

[Knox]

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JMO, an even stronger probability is Brett did not disappear willingly and he is the victim of foul play. It could be random, but I would lean towards someone known to him. I've seen discussion on his cell phone pings, but no mention of thoughts where it might currently be. Did it shut off right after it last pinged on Clay Road? If I remember correctly, they can tell if a cell was powered off or just dropped off the network.

Why was the Bear Creek location chosen to dump and set his truck on fire? Who frequents that area? Is it really that out of the way? A perp generally operates in a relative comfort zone of familarity.

 

[Jack7278]

Thank you for the clarifications. Not one person saw Brett on the day he was reported missing.

It's only by trailing and tracking the movements of his vehicle, via VG, that police are able to determine the whereabouts of his truck on that morning.

The VG System caught his truck leaving West U. Reports say his truck was also seen West of Bellaire.

Where does the intel on his phone's location being at Lakewood come from? At what time? Just bc his phone pinged at a location does not mean that he was physically with his phone at that time.

I might be wrong but I think it was short after

 

[glassheater]

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JMO, an even stronger probability is Brett did not disappear willingly and he is the victim of foul play. It could be random, but I would lean towards someone known to him. I've seen discussion on his cell phone pings, but no mention of thoughts where it might currently be. Did it shut off right after it last pinged on Clay Road? If I remember correctly, they can tell if a cell was powered off or just dropped off the network.

Why was the Bear Creek location chosen to dump and set his truck on fire? Who frequents that area? Is it really that out of the way? A perp generally operates in a relative comfort zone of familarity.

<modsnip>, why aren't there more searches? Maybe because of the heat but there has been no information or search parties, drones etc mentioned.

 

[queenie6777]

<modsnip> why aren't there more searches? Maybe because of the heat but there has been no information or search parties, drones etc mentioned.

Equusearch did one in the park the day after he went missing, but there have none since then.

 

[glassheater]

Equusearch did one in the park the day after he went missing, but there have none since then.

Just my opinion and hunch: I think LE is onto something since there has only been a one day search, no updates and quiet. Usually searches go on for multiple days when foul play/ self harm is suspected. I'm really hoping he is alive.

 

[websleuther2020]

Again..my thoughts as well!! I was trying to see if there is some verification of particular "favorable courts", but gotta get back to normal business!
I'm still waiting for that "news" that was projected at midnight on the Find Brett Dentamore" page... won't be able to check back until this evening tho.... !!
This case is starting to look like the "John Forsyth" case in Missouri.

<modsnip> There are only new flyers posted today and nothing additional listed on the flyers. I was really hoping that they had a positive lead on the case.

 

[glassheater]

Also Houston has a transfer system with traffic cameras installed on many parts of the freeways. I'm sure LE looked at them to determine the path the truck took and narrow down time periods. HIs truck was as good as it gets for easy spotting.

Houston TranStar Cameras

Houston TranStar Freeway Cameras

traffic.houstontranstar.org

 

[glassheater]

This is a screenshot of the camera map. The blue cameras are on freeways and the gray ones are a mix of freeway AND major roadways. He may of avoided freeways if he was trying to avoid the freeway cameras which are known. That would make more sense why it took him longer to get to the park that morning (shown by the difference in time when he left home and when his last ping was).

 

[Fonz713]

Just my opinion and hunch: I think LE is onto something since there has only been a one day search, no updates and quiet. Usually searches go on for multiple days when foul play/ self harm is suspected. I'm really hoping he is alive.

I definitely think they know about the debts and it's telling the searches are no longer happening. IMO, they think he fled or was kidnapped.

Also Houston has a transfer system with traffic cameras installed on many parts of the freeways. I'm sure LE looked at them to determine the path the truck took and narrow down time periods. HIs truck was as good as it gets for easy spotting.

Houston TranStar Cameras

Houston TranStar Freeway Cameras

traffic.houstontranstar.org

IMO, they can put him in the park but don't know of he willingly got in, or was forced into, another vehicle.

 

[glassheater]

IMO, they can put him in the park but don't know of he willingly got in, or was forced into, another vehicle.

For sure, but they can most likely find out which route he took and time stamp stills to see if there was a stop. Of course the roads leading to Bear Creek Park don't have any road cameras like the other areas. Hmmmmm. If he took mostly side roads instead of freeways it would be harder to peg his route.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Is it possible to have a link to the legal documents as I need to read the details? TIA

So, he was served with a lawsuit in the days prior to vanishing. Is this the breach of contract lawsuit? TIA

I thought he was a successful businessman and now there's chatter that he was in financial binds.

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<modsnip> There are only new flyers posted today and nothing additional listed on the flyers. I was really hoping that they had a positive lead on the case.

There is something very strange about the "find Brett" page. As @websleuther2020 2020 says, the only comments are about the flyers---to look look look LOCALLY. The owner also keeps responding (definitely not sounding panicked).

 

[glassheater]

If he took I-10 W to the park, there is a camera literally at every exit. I think LE would have mentioned it by now. He may of taken roads versus freeway. Plus the freeways in Houston are very well lit. His truck would of been noticeable.

ETA: Yes it was early but I-10W in Houston can build up traffic FAST. Heavily populated suburbs all the way past Katy commuting in but also a lot of commuters to the energy corridor as well which is on the other side of the freeway from BCP.

 

[nhmemorymaker]

There is something very strange about the "find Brett" page. As @websleuths2020 says, the only comments are about the flyers---to look look look LOCALLY. The owner also keeps responding (definitely not sounding panicked).

Is there any possibility that he was not in the truck at all? Maybe this was well planned BEFORE any bright shiny truck was discovered..

 

[websleuther2020]

Is there any possibility that he was not in the truck at all? Maybe this was well planned BEFORE any bright shiny truck was discovered..

At this point I feel like anything is possible. Early articles and flyers mention that it was unknown what he was wearing at the time he left his home so he obviously avoided any home cameras/security/ring systems when leaving the home or they do not have any of those systems at their home which I would find unlikely in this day and age. If they did not have one of those systems I would think at least one of the neighbors would have them and captured him or the vehicle leaving. Also, it is only known that his truck was captured around 4:30 that morning via WestU's virtual gate system (no confirmation or images that he was the one driving the truck or if that's exactly when he left his home or just when the truck left the area).

 

[queenie6777]

There is something very strange about the "find Brett" page. As @websleuther2020 2020 says, the only comments are about the flyers---to look look look LOCALLY. The owner also keeps responding (definitely not sounding panicked).

I agree. Even late last night when the admin was saying there was an update coming soon, and to standby it just ended up being new flyers posted to distribute. Very weird.

 

[Eldiamundo]

Totally anecdotal but we always hated taking Wesleyan and avoided it if we could. Do we know if his phone was pinged right at Lakewood or near it. It could have been as he was driving by it. ETA: He was off of Tennyson and College st.

College north to Bissonnet, turn Left on Edloe. Even easier

 

[Fonz713]

Is there any possibility that he was not in the truck at all? Maybe this was well planned BEFORE any bright shiny truck was discovered..

It's just hard to believe that he had a partner in this who thought it was a good idea unless he was trying to escape from something else besides the debts that are known, like the threat of physical harm. It's possible he owed the wrong people money.