Austin Woman Missing 360/2222 Area

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

I’ve seen a vagrant emerge from a surrounding green belt into NW hills. It creeped me out. 

First thing that came to mind was Homer Simpson coming out if that hedge.

[Fico 1790]

We have a winner!

There are multiple UT basketball players in commercial real estate

[Neonmoon 38129]

They found her body behind Bridgepoint Plaza? 

[OU Sucks 8893]

2 minutes ago, Fico said:

 

There are multiple UT basketball players in commercial real estate

 

But how many sucked as badly as Atchley?

[Gardner Barnes 1562]

We have a winner!

I see what you did there. And it made me laugh.

[The Tres Leches 58]

Chief Manley had a presser.  They think no foul play involved.  Boyfriend said she had a medical condition which would cause confusion after 30 min of walking in the heat.  Video from buildings confirm.

[Bevo 13590]

3 minutes ago, The Tres Leches said:

Chief Manley had a presser.  They think no foul play involved.  Boyfriend said she had a medical condition which would cause confusion after 30 min of walking in the heat.  Video from buildings confirm.

Couldn't they have flagged someone down for help? That was really dumb planning unless she has a large life insurance policy listing him as the beneficiary.

[Red Five 40877]

I'll go with Brad Buckman.

[VolenteHawk 495]

4 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I'll go with Brad Buckman.

Brad Buckman loves him some Brad Buckman enough that he’d have assumed fans were talking about someone else.

 

[VolenteHawk 495]

18 minutes ago, The Tres Leches said:

Boyfriend said she had a medical condition which would cause confusion after 30 min of walking in the heat.  Video from buildings confirm.

Did they know about this condition before they decided the solution was her walking down an Austin highway in the middle of the day in August?

 

[Brisketexan 105177]

Did they know about this condition before they decided the solution was her walking down an Austin highway in the middle of the day in August?
 

Yeah, ummm....that seems to be some less than stellar thinking there, guys.

[The University 851]

yeah i've been leaning towards heat stroke or some other medical issue after hearing where they found her. she wasn't exactly light on her feet and it has been hot as fuck recently.

[JimmyJames 12271]

Very bizarre story. She made it close enough to the building to be within camera view but couldn’t make it to the building? 

[blacklab 11941]

For those of you that picked Conner Atchley

Spoiler

You are correct!

 

[Paper_jam 831]

The KXAN article up now says she was on video actually inside the building, and exited on the rear side. You'd think if she was feeling ill that she'd stay inside or ask for help, but ... who knows.

 

[Deej 76858]

I hear losing a significant other you rely on is like losing a limb. If so, her fiance's got this.

[Digdogger 1344]

1 hour ago, The Tres Leches said:

Chief Manley had a presser.  They think no foul play involved.  Boyfriend said she had a medical condition which would cause confusion after 30 min of walking in the heat.  Video from buildings confirm.

Being overweight is a medical condition

[Bevo 13590]

How far were they from Waterloo Ice House? I don't know which side of 2222 they were on but on one side is a swim center and on the other side is Waterloo and Siena.

[Brisketexan 105177]

How far were they from Waterloo Ice House? I don't know which side of 2222 they were on but on one side is a swim center and on the other side is Waterloo and Siena.

Other side of 2222 and other side of 360. So, you know, not really near Waterloo at all.

[gsoda3 3274]

we used to live off courtyard.  if they were at the intersection of courtyard/360 and she wanted to get to the office building, that is a terrible hill to climb.  i used to jog loops from the stop sign down to 360 and back up to the stop sign.  the closest office building is then a left turn down that street.  in 70 degree weather the climb was hard for me and i was mid 20s, in shape, and lettered in track.  i think she severely underestimated that climb.

[Jerry Callo 8709]

WTF.  That story is strange.  Wasn't like their car broke down in the middle of nowhere.  Sorry to hear the lady died, but damn.

[burntorangebongos 10750]

That was a bad plan to walk back in the heat of the day like that. So weird she made it into the building and was so disoriented as to leave it instead of  staying in it longer, if reports are true.

[phdhorn 6224]

So, to review:

1) They get a flat and somehow repair it (air in a can?  No, seems like she fixed it, left her lug wrench behind?).
2) They get another flat not even a mile down the road.
3) She says to 1-legged fiance, I have to go back and fetch me my lug nut remover.
4) Starts walking, disappears.
5) Finance waits 4 hours, nuthin'.  Then calls 911.
6) They start lookin' for her.
7) Find her like what, 5 days later?  5 days?
8) She didn't even get a few hundred yards 'afore she gets to a buidling in The Courtyard, goes through it, and dies on the other side.

Never has a title been so appropriate:

 

[ConferenceRoom 6144]

24 minutes ago, phdhorn said:

So, to review:

1) They get a flat and somehow repair it (air in a can?  No, seems like she fixed it, left her lug wrench behind?).
2) They get another flat not even a mile down the road.
3) She says to 1-legged fiance, I have to go back and fetch me my lug nut remover.
4) Starts walking, disappears.
5) Finance waits 4 hours, nuthin'.  Then calls 911.
6) They start lookin' for her.
7) Find her like what, 5 days later?  5 days?
😎 She didn't even get a few hundred yards 'afore she gets to a buidling in The Courtyard, goes through it, and dies on the other side.

Never has a title been so appropriate:

 

They had a donut spare which they probably didn't maintain well so it was flat too. 

[phdhorn 6224]

4 minutes ago, crackamacgowski said:

They had a donut spare which they probably didn't maintain well so it was flat too. 

Fair enough, but when that gets flat, you might consider calling...

 

... er, nevermind.  They got off the Rational Train after step 1.  

[ConferenceRoom 6144]

Yeah, I feel bad thinking and saying this but neither of these two seem(ed) very bright. I don't know anything about them but it sounds like a ton of bad decisions led up to and contributed to her death. 

[MissingInAction 25129]

Culling of the species. These two didnt reproduce did they? 

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

I saw this on Columbo a few years back.

[gyroprotagonist 2594]

he needs to pass the walter sobchak goldbricking fake cripple test before his 'alibi' is confirmed.

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

Still weird they didn't start really looking for her for so long.  Hell, she may have still been alive but unconscious on the ground for hours behind that building.

[jimmyjazz 46000]

The APD map doesn't seem to quite line up with the story.  The spot marked "Recovery" is quite a ways from West Courtyard & 360.  If she actually walked all the way from ~ Pennybacker Bridge up to Lakewood and then back south, it's not surprising she could have succumbed to heat stroke, but the story still seems a little vague.

 

[Brisketexan 105177]

28 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

Still weird they didn't start really looking for her for so long.  Hell, she may have still been alive but unconscious on the ground for hours behind that building.

Chief Manley seemed to be indicated that this was problematic, and that they'd be looking at their investigation protocols.  The initial responding officer searched for a whole 15 minutes.

They could have mobilized a search -- even a volunteer one -- that day.  Texas Equusearch, for example.  Hell, my son roams the greenbelt behind our house, and I told him to keep his eye out (in case she'd wandered that far).  They didn't decide to search in earnest until Sunday, and by then, she was long dead.

[fluff 87]

I assume they went and found the lug nut key at the first flat site?

[jimmyjazz 46000]

5 minutes ago, fluff said:

I assume they went and found the lug nut key at the first flat site?

I can't tell if she found it or never got there.

[Pam Cummings 9647]

14 hours ago, Deej said:

I hear losing a significant other you rely on is like losing a limb. If so, her fiance's got this.

God damn it, have an upvote. I'll see you in hell.

[fluff 87]

I was talking about the cops, at least it would confirm his story.

[Deej 76858]

15 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Chief Manley seemed to be indicated that this was problematic, and that they'd be looking at their investigation protocols.  The initial responding officer searched for a whole 15 minutes.

They could have mobilized a search -- even a volunteer one -- that day.  Texas Equusearch, for example.  Hell, my son roams the greenbelt behind our house, and I told him to keep his eye out (in case she'd wandered that far).  They didn't decide to search in earnest until Sunday, and by then, she was long dead.

15 minutes. Great police work. "Damn, it's hot out here. I need to get back to my cruiser."

[hornbri 1400]

19 minutes ago, Deej said:

15 minutes. Great police work. "Damn, it's hot out here. I need to get back to my cruiser."

Well it was Hot outside, needed to get back to the AC

[gsoda3 3274]

The APD map doesn't seem to quite line up with the story.  The spot marked "Recovery" is quite a ways from West Courtyard & 360.  If she actually walked all the way from ~ Pennybacker Bridge up to Lakewood and then back south, it's not surprising she could have succumbed to heat stroke, but the story still seems a little vague.
 

Looks like she went up courtyard and turned on to Shepherd mtn CV and went in to those buildings there. That's a weird path she took.

[phdhorn 6224]

7 minutes ago, hornbri said:

Well it was Hot outside, needed to get back to the AC

Shoulda searched at night.

[TornACL 7722]

I have to assume the combined IQ of those two folks was about 75

[TornACL 7722]

1 hour ago, Deej said:

15 minutes. Great police work. "Damn, it's hot out here. I need to get back to my cruiser."

To be fair, there weren't any dogs to shoot so he lost interest pretty quickly.

[El Diablo 4232]

4 hours ago, crackamacgowski said:

They had a donut spare which they probably didn't maintain well so it was flat too. 

I don't believe there were any spare donuts around this lady. 

[OU Sucks 8893]

1 hour ago, El Diablo said:

I don't believe there were any spare donuts around this lady. 

If there were, maybe police would have searched for her more than 15 minutes.

[jimmyjazz 46000]

2 hours ago, TornACL said:

I have to assume the combined IQ of those two folks was about 75

Maybe including the cops, too.

[crash_davis 23114]

sounds like a lot of bad decisions and unfortunate events.  a daughter/friend,/girl friend was lost.  sad for all parties affected.

[Texas_Rocks 346]

15 minutes. Great police work. "Damn, it's hot out here. I need to get back to my cruiser."

Not really surprising when reflecting on how PDs are lazy as fuck unless something excites them. Their lackadaisical approach to this unfortunate event only bolsters that.