So, I've been puzzling something about the storage unit footage.
Lori Daybell abandoned a storage unit in Rexburg full of children's items | East Idaho News
First, I'm convinced the "heavy tote" with something hanging out (0:54 in the clip) is actually the rear seat from the 2012 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited registered to CV, LE asked me about. The wheel carried out (1:01 in the clip) is the spare from the same vehicle. It's rolled in at 1:26 in the clip which looks to be an editing choice to show they are moving things in and then moving out later. I think this actually took place before because these times we are told are the only times Lori and the man (Alex) are together at the unit, and the 2019 Nissan Rogue is parked forward as he is rolling in the wheel from when carrying out the wheel.
So, what I've been puzzling is this: Why remove the spare tire and rear seat from the vehicle, only to put it back in? We've speculated about the use of the Jeep in the timeline of events. Was it for ease of shooting at BB in Gilbert? No. That was a Grey-Green 2016 Jeep Cherokee (Per PI statement, my convo with LE, and CV's vehicles registered to Houston address). Then we have the conflict of Alex in storage unit on Oct 2 and the impossibility for his travel to shoot at BB at 9:15 and be in Rexburg at 1:18 same day (please see other threads).
Could it have been from the 2018 Jeep Wrangler in AZ? Yes, but why remove it at all, haul it to Idaho, store it for a day, and then return it to AZ to be in the photo when MB was being observed by the PI? I think this makes the least sense, it's possible, but I doubt it. There's no explanation of why.
So, again, why remove the seat from the 2012 Wrangler? It was a 4-door. The rear seats in the Wrangler Unlimited fold down. Why remove them? Below are both the configuration of the rear seats, and a view of how to fold them. Surely it's possible to remove them but I don't think that's likely.
Here's an idea I just had, what if the rear seat was rear-facing (like the 3rd image attached)? If that was JJ's preferred seat, he would have wanted everything the same including if he had previously ridden with the spare tire in view out the back window he would have wanted that in place for any trip in that same vehicle. Removed the tire and seat to load or carry something, put it back the next day so JJ would be content riding in the seat. Is this a remote possibility? I still don't see why anything would be needed to load in the Jeep when Alex has his larger truck bed. But, I'm trying to figure out why remove the spare tire and seat from the Wrangler.
ETA: And why are the wheel and seat being loaded into and from the Nissan Rogue? Where's the Wrangler?
ETA2: Y'all might want to unlike this post after I make this next edit. What I just realized is this: Things are being loaded to the storage unit from the Rogue and then unloaded from the storage unit to the Rogue because it's easier to load them into the Rogue in a garage attached to the residence, hidden from view, then drive to a location unattached from the residence to unload them. No suspicious activity on camera. They had to have known the unit had cameras. Don't load things on camera that can be seen. This is also why the 4-door Jeep Wrangler with folding rear seats and tinted windows is a better option to haul certain things than a Ford F-150. The bed of the truck is open to view of people and cameras. The only reason
in this case to haul things hidden from view and cameras is obvious. So. The Wrangler wheel and seat are removed from the vehicle on Oct 1 within the garage at the townhome and loaded into Lori's Nissan. They move those to the storage unit so no questions will be asked. They load something within the garage at the townhome and wherever that 2012 Wrangler is driven on Oct 1-3 will be the route along which the Jeep will be unloaded. They return Oct 3rd to the storage unit and remove the wheel and seat to replace onto the Jeep again within the garage, so that the Jeep is never on the surveillance of the storage unit, and they can take as much time as necessary to first remove the seat and wheel and then replace the seat and wheel. LE please prove me wrong!
