What are y’all’s thoughts on if this decision is related to RQ’s disappearance? The timing really raises my hackles. MOO
I looked at his AllTrails entries. He seemed to have been doing a lot of "day trip" type hikes up until then, visiting parks within a 1-2 hour distance from Trenton OH. Cummins Falls would have been 5+ hours drive each direction. Maybe it was an overnight trip? It seemed a bit different from the previous day hikes.
The timing of the Court's decision and RQ's disappearance is certainly suspicious to me. I realize that perhaps he may have had an accident while hiking, but it's more likely RQ staged an escape to start over. It seems he's been preparing for a while now. I wish him well.
Thanks Yaya. This transcript is a very interesting find. Here's some more info from some sleuthing I did.The timing of the Court's decision and RQ's disappearance is certainly suspicious to me. I realize that perhaps he may have had an accident while hiking, but it's more likely RQ staged an escape to start over. It seems he's been preparing for a while now. I wish him well.
I've snipped a bit of the details surrounding the 17-page certified complaint filed with the disciplinary council. Imo, it speaks for itself.
10. In or around late February or early March 2020, respondent approached Magistrate J. B. in the hallway of the juvenile courthouse.
11. Respondent told Magistrate B. that respondent had decided to stop practicing law. Respondent did not provide any additional information and walked away.
12. Since that conversation, Magistrate B. has not seen or heard from respondent.
15. In or around the second or third week of March, respondent approached R. at the courthouse. Respondent told R. that he was quitting the practice of law and was starting his life over.
16. In violation of Loc.R. 80, respondent failed to file any motions asking to withdraw from his pending cases.
32. Attorney M. N. and respondent were close friends.
33. Around this same time, N. learned that respondent stopped taking juvenile cases.
34. Upon hearing this, N. was concerned and contacted respondent.
35. Respondent told Newland that respondent was leaving the country the following week.
36. Respondent resigned from the Butler County Public Defender’s Office effective March 20, 2020.
37. Upon information and belief, respondent moved to Ocho Rios, Jamaica without filing any motions to withdraw.
135. On July 22, 2020, relator’s investigator, D. H., attempted to deliver that same subpoena to the residential address respondent had registered with the Office of Attorney Services: [DBM], Trenton, Ohio 45067. Respondent was not present, but his father, R. J. Q., Jr. (“Mr. Q., Jr.”), was at the address.
136. H. advised Mr. Q., Jr. that H. was looking for respondent.
137. Mr. Q., Jr. stated respondent had gone to Jamaica in June 2020 and was living in a hotel at an unknown location.
139. Mr. Q., Jr. said he would try to contact respondent.
140. On August 6, 2020, H. attempted to contact Mr. Q., Jr. to follow-up on the request that he contact respondent. H. left a voicemail requesting Mr. Q., Jr. to return the call.
141. Mr. Q., Jr. returned H.’s call on the same day and advised that he told respondent, via Facebook Messenger, that H. wanted respondent to call relator’s office.
142. Mr. Q., Jr. told H. “if you haven’t heard from [respondent] yet, you probably won’t.”
149. To date, respondent has not made any contact with relator’s office.
Online Docket Detail - Board of Professional Conduct
Wow! TYSM YaYa! Guess I can cross this one off my worry list.The timing of the Court's decision and RQ's disappearance is certainly suspicious to me. I realize that perhaps he may have had an accident while hiking, but it's more likely RQ staged an escape to start over. It seems he's been preparing for a while now. I wish him well.
I've snipped a bit of the details surrounding the 17-page certified complaint filed with the disciplinary council. Imo, it speaks for itself.
10. In or around late February or early March 2020, respondent approached Magistrate J. B. in the hallway of the juvenile courthouse.
11. Respondent told Magistrate B. that respondent had decided to stop practicing law. Respondent did not provide any additional information and walked away.
12. Since that conversation, Magistrate B. has not seen or heard from respondent.
15. In or around the second or third week of March, respondent approached R. at the courthouse. Respondent told R. that he was quitting the practice of law and was starting his life over.
16. In violation of Loc.R. 80, respondent failed to file any motions asking to withdraw from his pending cases.
32. Attorney M. N. and respondent were close friends.
33. Around this same time, N. learned that respondent stopped taking juvenile cases.
34. Upon hearing this, N. was concerned and contacted respondent.
35. Respondent told Newland that respondent was leaving the country the following week.
36. Respondent resigned from the Butler County Public Defender’s Office effective March 20, 2020.
37. Upon information and belief, respondent moved to Ocho Rios, Jamaica without filing any motions to withdraw.
135. On July 22, 2020, relator’s investigator, D. H., attempted to deliver that same subpoena to the residential address respondent had registered with the Office of Attorney Services: [DBM], Trenton, Ohio 45067. Respondent was not present, but his father, R. J. Q., Jr. (“Mr. Q., Jr.”), was at the address.
136. H. advised Mr. Q., Jr. that H. was looking for respondent.
137. Mr. Q., Jr. stated respondent had gone to Jamaica in June 2020 and was living in a hotel at an unknown location.
139. Mr. Q., Jr. said he would try to contact respondent.
140. On August 6, 2020, H. attempted to contact Mr. Q., Jr. to follow-up on the request that he contact respondent. H. left a voicemail requesting Mr. Q., Jr. to return the call.
141. Mr. Q., Jr. returned H.’s call on the same day and advised that he told respondent, via Facebook Messenger, that H. wanted respondent to call relator’s office.
142. Mr. Q., Jr. told H. “if you haven’t heard from [respondent] yet, you probably won’t.”
149. To date, respondent has not made any contact with relator’s office.
Online Docket Detail - Board of Professional Conduct
Dark pants and a gray hoodie were the clothes he was believed to be wearing. I did find one bit of info. It was the presence of the car that alerted rangers to the possibility that he might still be in the park, as opposed to a phone call or missing persons report. So, what are the possibilities: a) he's still in the park, b) he walked out of the park; c) he rode out of the park with someone by another vehicle.
Yes, I had no idea there were that many great hikes and waterfalls in the Dayton/Cincy area.
