Previous NEN Calls

[RickyJim]

How could they find an address on RVC when they were on Oregon Avenue?

[AghastInFL]

AIF, on the next trip can you get a shot of just where the police would park to be across the street from the back of Taafe's house?  TIA.  I still don't understand how they would know where the back of Taafe's house was.

Sure, that would be the second entrance NM NM just mentioned, the masonry wall ended at the NW end of the property the building in direct view is the 1430-1460 bldg wherein FT resides. This is the so called shortcut at 1350-1430 and if some perp were escaping they would indeed be in direct view. It actually makes very good sense.
This is close to the exact view here minus the newly installed wrought iron fence. For this photo I made a right turn from the school entrance road, stopped and took the shot.

[nomatter_nevermind]

There is  secondary entrance for the school, directly across Oregon Ave. from the 15X0 building of RATL. No sign there.

That should have been the 13X0 building of RATL.

[TalkLeft]

I guessed correctly about Ms Bentley.  Here is her obituary.  And I listened again to the end of Zimmerman's call.  He did say "Altermese Bentley", not Walter Reed's Bentley.  MYSTERY SOLVED!   

Thanks, Ricky. I updated the transcripts to reflect the change

[unitron]

I guessed correctly about Ms Bentley.  Here is her obituary.  And I listened again to the end of Zimmerman's call.  He did say "Altermese Bentley", not Walter Reed's Bentley.  MYSTERY SOLVED!   

Allow me to add my congratulations, Detective RickyJim.

That gold shield looks good on you.

[RickyJim]

Allow me to add my congratulations, Detective RickyJim.

That gold shield looks good on you.

   I feel humbled by the adulation.      NMNM, who brought the school to my attention, deserves to share equally in the prize money. 

[RickyJim]

Sure, that would be the second entrance NM NM just mentioned, the masonry wall ended at the NW end of the property the building in direct view is the 1430-1460 bldg wherein FT resides. This is the so called shortcut at 1350-1430 and if some perp were escaping they would indeed be in direct view. It actually makes very good sense.
This is close to the exact view here minus the newly installed wrought iron fence. For this photo I made a right turn from the school entrance road, stopped and took the shot.

So none of that fence in the picture was there on 2/2/12?  I guess you are saying that there was only one place an officer parked at Altermese Bentley would "go around the back" to enter the premises. 

[nomatter_nevermind]

NMNM, who brought the school to my attention

Serendipity. Like I said, it hit me. I was studying the radio traffic for an entirely different purpose. Smith used the name of the school giving directions to Ayala.

You did the real work.

deserves to share equally in the prize money.

You're so generous. It's a small fortune.

A very small fortune.

[nomatter_nevermind]

This is the so called shortcut at 1350-1430 and if some perp were escaping they would indeed be in direct view. It actually makes very good sense.

And yet, Zimmerman wins another booby prize in giving directions because, once again (actually previously), he couldn't remember a street name.

I think it's a double booby prize, because he also gave a wrong house number on the same occasion.

[RickyJim]

It is interesting to consider how the defense may use these clearly innocent inaccuracies to bolster a claim that Zimmerman's later inaccuracies about the events of 2/26 were also innocent. 

[unitron]

I just thought of something.

Who's going to break the news to Walter Reed that it turns out he doesn't own a Bentley after all, much less an entire dealership?

Hope he didn't already have business cards printed up.

[nomatter_nevermind]

Who's going to break the news to Walter Reed that it turns out he doesn't own a Bentley after all, much less an entire dealership?

  

[nomatter_nevermind]

Altermese Bentley may never have owned Bentley, but she always was a Bentley.

I think we're getting silly.

[nomatter_nevermind]

Now that RickyJim has proved conclusively that Zimmerman didn't say 'Walter Reed', I think he should get to work on . . . you know.

[unitron]

Altermese Bentley may never have owned Bentley, but she always was a Bentley.

I think we're getting silly.

From her bio, she sounds more like a top-of-the-line Rolls-Royce.