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Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 16:52:35 -0800
From: Richard Childers <fscked@sbcglobal.net>
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To: Bill Dobberstein <BDobberstein@ci.fortuna.ca.us>, 
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Subject: Saw SUV Parked Behind Bldg 5 Last Night (was: '137 12th Street: Who
 Dunnit?')
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I saw an SUV with a large 'O' decal on the rear window being towed from 
the scene, on the back of a flatbed truck.

That exact same vehicle was parked behind Building 5, next to the 
garbage can - out of sight from the street - last night.

So I don't know when and how it got to the back parking lot.

 From the fact that it was parked behind Building 5, I felt pretty sure 
that the owner was in 5D - as that is the apartment that overlooks that 
space, behind the building.


Regards,

~richard




On 01/05/15 15:59, Richard Childers wrote:
> I was not a witness.
>
> I haven't even seen the body.
>
> However ...
>
> 1) I did see a young woman with blond hair, and a pink jacket, in 
> front of Building 5, coming out, this morning. From the description of 
> the victim, this might have been her.
>
> I'm not sure which apartment she came out of - but I think it was 
> Apartment 5D.
>
> If the folks in Building 5 all claim they don't know her ... somebody 
> is lying.
>
>
> 2) The owner of the brown pit bull, who lives in 5D, came towards me 
> after the murder and said he had seen it, that a woman had "jumped out 
> of the bushes" and attacked this other woman.
>
> Right behind him was Bobbie, the former manager, saying the exact same 
> thing.
>
> I am puzzled by this description of events because I don't know of any 
> bushes that would conceal someone, behind 137 12th Street.
>
> The only possibility I can think of is if this person leaped over the 
> fence - in which case, there would be footprints, and other signs of 
> that person's passage.
>
> The assailant would also have to be pretty healthy, to go over that 
> fence. It's not a very stable fence. It would require some upper body 
> strength.
>
>
> 3) I saw the person whom I have been complaining about, known as 
> "Bubba", leave Building 5, after the murder, and he was acting oddly - 
> hunching his back, cocking his hat to conceal his face from the 
> officers watching the scene, and he looked kind of pale, too.
>
>
> 4) The occupants of Apartment 5D would have had a perfect view of 
> events in the rear, and would have been in a perfect position to tell 
> if the coast was clear to go down and do something bad, too.
>
>
> 5) The placement of Building 5 is optimal for anyone who has done 
> something bad in the back parking lot and needs a place to escape to 
> and hide within.
>
>
> 6) I saw someone trying to start a truck back there, earlier today. I 
> didn't see who was trying to start the truck. But I understand that a 
> truck was involved.
>
> Lacking evidence to the contrary, it seems likely that the young lady 
> left her truck here with someone's permission - that is, someone 
> promised to look after it for her - and then, when she returned, she 
> tried to start it, was attacked, and was killed, in the back parking lot.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> ~richard
>
>