Her death was due to mysterious circumstances and I was assigned to the case. Many had tried to figure who was the murderer of Jayla N. Anderson. Jayla N. Anderson was 23 years old when mudered and wanted to become a singer. Jayla’s parents, Abella and Jack Anderson never stopped looking for her, they still posted up pictures of Jayla even after a deacade and a half from her death. I was surprised investigators, like my partner and I, had given up on the idea of looking for Jayla N. Anderson. This just wasn’t right. Even from fonding so much money to find who was the murderer of Jayla.
It didn’t matter how long no one has worked on Jayla’s case, doesn’t stop me from also stopping. I had done some reasearch from little what I know from Jayla. I had gone to the police station to find out about her. I had found out her history. She grew up in Ely, Nevada.Was born in Ely also, a town, in 1864 on March 29. When she was three years old she had wanted to become a ballet, young and smart as she was her parents basically gave her everything she wanted. Her parents was a wealthy family who owned a company of oil. When she got older, her parents took her to a private school, they though that it would be best for their daughter to be smart that way she wouldn’t be a failure in life.
She had also during in school years, taken music classes and loved singing. Her mother had reported in news that she was natural in singing and had gone in many competitions for singing. She had also taken singing classes. When she got to high school, Jayla had won many awards towards her singing. When she almost graduated high school she had her boyfriend, named Jonny McCail who had problems with Jayla, he had cheated on her and both got into an argument. Police say that he didn’t want to break up with her but Jayla did, anyways. This was one of the fights on her high school years that her parents had known about that had gotten violent.
Jayla later on went to college in Maryland, in 1882, her parents suggested that she would go to a school nearby that way it wouldn’t be so hard for her and could visit her parents on holidays but Jayla decided to go to Maryland for her College. She was still following her dreams of singing, her parents understood and wanted her to have her education that she wanted to have, they had also paid for her college. Jayla had a whole bunch of new friends, some friends who still knew her went to the same college she did. Jayla had also told her parent’s that she had found a boyfriend of her own and that they had problems. Jayla’s mother Abella feared that her daughter would have too many raltionship problems like she did with her boyfriend that her parents knew about. Though she did not want to go into her relationship with her boyfriend and though they would fix it together like every other couples.
Abella and Jack called their daughter months later, asking if she would want to spend the holidays together sense it would be coming in a week or so, but she did not answer. Abella and Jack called her friends, in which they knew. A bunch of her friends in which were going to a resturant to hang out on a Friday night said that they last saw her walking with her new boyfriend named, Dante Ross, to the movies. That’s all pretty much they knew, though later investigators found that she had checked out later that night at a hotel with her boyfriend. That was the last time anyone saw her, her parents had tried looking for her all these years. Dante was not found guilty and had told the investigators that when he woke up he didn’t find her anywhere around the hotel. Her friends were also not guilty or pressed with any charges. Investigators also told Jayla’s parent’s that they would asume she is dead by now sense there is no clue where she is or her body.
I thinked for a really long time, if I could get to that hotel and check everything I could then there might be a chance that she would be found. I asked my partner to call Jayla’s parents to see if we can help out and find where Jayla is or if she were dead then we would find her murderer, their reply was that it would be helpful that if they could just find the murderer and were breathless and almost with hope that if she were alive to bring her back home. I then knew I would have to start investigating right away with my partner, Syler.
We both then flew to Maryland and went to the hotel that she had checked out with her boyfriend. The hotel is called the, Pine Hotel, and we had talked to this young man in the checking room and asked the room number of which Jayla N. Anderson had checked in and showed him our badgets. He gave us the keys to it and said gave a smug smile to us. I then looked at every detail around this checking room and even looked back at him. Syler also looked back and then we went up the stairs. The door in front of us , now, was a red door with spots of chipped out paint on the bottom. As I unlock the door, I turned on the lights as soon as I could. Then I saw the room, it had the bed all neatly fixed and the lamps on each side of the bed just like any other cheap hotel would look like. I grabbed my bag and took a step forward and told Syler to get the dark light from the van. He then left, as he left I looked around the hotel room that once Jayla and her boyfriend checked in. I then noticed the walls were so neatly clean and I looked at the bottom of the walls. As I looked at the bottom of the wall, I then saw a speck of little blood that you would never notice it unless you take a really good look and actually bend down to look at it.
I knew it was Jayla’s boyfriend who had killed her!, or….was it that he had some how did something to her, had gotten into a fight and then took her somewhere else, and had left a blood stain as he had fight with her.There is no way that she could have just gone or could she?, it must be her blood. Then came Syler back, I didn’t want to over due his mind the way I did. I then went quickly to the bathroom but it was so clean, no nothing on the walls nor on the corner of the walls. I then went to check out the furniture, Syler was preparing the night light. Then came into back in the bedroom, I saw there the TV, I then grabbed a Q-tip and put water on it with my special bottle, and slide it over the TV. In conclusion, found blood on it, yes there musten been something here that had happen, really big. I must not get into conclusion actually, must get the DNA of the blood who may belong to Jayla N. Anderson.
Syler then had put on the night light and turned off the regular light. I put on my goggles because of the light and then I didn’t even have to look. I saw blood on the walls already that has been cleaned out and blood on the carped that has also been cleaned out. I then told Syler, “We are gonna get this room wrapped up for a couple of months.” Then Syler said, “Well, well, well, don’t you think it’s all coming down?, It must be Dante!, there’s blood all over, he lied, it can’t be anyone else…” We both then were silent and were taking pictures, notes, and samples of the blood in each of the spots where it is. I knew that it must be Dante, Jayla’s boyfriend, because it’s pretty obvius! That he was the one who was last seen with Jayla and had slept with Jayla! There can’t be any other reason or explanation for this.
We then called back up and also had them take samples and pictures. As they did that, both Syler and I were going to get the DNA checked out and also check the pictures. When we got there to our private building and left the DNA and pitures to get checked out, we were chating about how this could all connect. I then though about the side of the story that was given to the court and newspapers and everyone. I then just automatically started driving again to the hotel. Syler was confused of what I was thinking, then he asked, “What are you doing? Where are we going?”, I didn’t respond but kept driving. When we got to the hotel, I then went inside and saw the man again. He looked creepy and had something in his face that I couldn’t explain it, something. He said, “Hello”, again and ignord that and asked for the video of the date, 1882, December 21. He said then, “ Well just wait a minute and I’ll come back.” I nodded sharply and just stared at him with no expression, he then appeared to go to this other room on the left of the registration room and had disappeared into the room. While he was looking for the video, I then looked around the room. It was pretty simple, just the door for the costumer to come in and then the resgistration room. No seats, no pictures or posters on walls. Was neat and clean. I saw there on the wall of the register room and saw some weird looking keys on the wall.
I looked at them for a long time, and then took my eyes off it as he came back. I didn’t want him to see that I was beginning to get suspicious of him, because everyone knows how when someone gets suspiciuos of someone then that someone would start panicking and might try to hide some more of the evidence and start to act different than who they really are. Then he gave me the video and I just walked fast to the van. When I got in the van I told Syler that we are going to have to look deeper into the this case because I felt like there might be more to it then it is. Then I drove to my house to watch the video with him. When we started watching the video, I have notice it was just the snowy day and cold. Around later at 7:00 pm, Jayla and Dante came to the hotel and had checked out. Then couple of hourse nothing happened, just the same registrator who is still working in the hotel, and around much later at 3 in the morning he had left and this other person was taking his place for now. But as he took off, he looked like he was thinking a lot and a seriuos face he had.
Then I replayed the video to see on the way he had left and what he did on those hours before the other person took his place. Syler told me to stop the video as I was looking around the room for any evidence. He told me to click closer to the casher and then told me to look at his expression and at what he is doing. I then saw closely, that he was grabbing what seem some keys, but he wasn’t off for the day until a couple of more hours. So why was he grabbing those keys then? I was cofused for a second, then though maybe he just wanted to keep them safe in his pocket, but he won’t loose them because he is just in that little room, how could anyone loose those keys in that little room? Syler then gave me a weird and suspiciuos look.
The next thing I knew was that he took notes on that scene and then he told me to drive back to the hotel. I told him we should just rest it for the night because it’s too late, but he did not listen to me. He took the keys and told me, “If you want to be succesful then you wouldn’t just not care about that little scence that can make a difference.” With that he then left out of the doorway. Ugh! I was so stressed out and confused now. I then ran out the door and got in the car as he was just about to leave. I then asked him, “Why do you think he took those keys, when he leaves in a couple of hours?” I was confused. Then he answered, “He might be involve with this.” Then, I though, are you crazy?, hello!, we already have our one, the one who took Jayla away from their loved ones. It’s her boyfriend. I just.., no that can’t be, we found blood all over in the hotel room that we just checked out earlier and theres the evidence! There is no other explanation for this.
When I was thinking half way through we were parking in the parking lot. Then he got out of the car and took his notepad. I just went along, I was so confused. Then we entered in the room that we were just watching. Syler then asked the same man we saw in the video if we can check out his room and the video room. He looked surprised a bit and then said it in a casual way, “Sure, no problem sir.” We then went in the little room and felt tight and cold. Like someone or something was about to hit me or kill me. I felt wrong. Syler was stiff and was confident, went on in the video room and took notes on his notepad. I looked around, it was just a video room and then he went on in the register room. I then asked the young man, “what is your name Mr.?”, he answered with a smile,” James Parson”. He then asked, “Is there seem to be a problem here?” Syler then spoked in a professional way he always does, “No, we are just checking things up for the investigation, we must get enough evidence and so. Do you mind?”, Syler was looking down at this cabnet. James looked confused for a second and then nodded. I was getting suspiciuos about him now. Syler kept taking notes, then after five long minutes he was done.
Syler closed the cabnet and then asked James, “Do you also mind if we can take a look in your car?, I mean if you have one?”, James replied was, “Well it’s pretty messy and dirty, haven’t gone to the car wash latel-“, Syler cute him off, “We don’t mind, we are just going to take a quick look at it.” James seemed kind of mad or pissed off and gave Syler the keys to the car with no hope and said, “I can’t leave the building, sorry but you can go ahead and check it out yourselves.” As we left, I though I heard him mumble something under his breath, but then just forget about it. When we got to the car it seemed like a really nice ride for a man like James. Syler then opened the car and had his expression of concentration. I was surprised because this seemed like it was going to be an end, this wouldn’t lead us to anything at all. Then Syler went on the back of it’s trunk and kept looking around thing after thing and then had found what seemed red; blood. I was not surprised and told Syler, “That could have been a nose bleed of some kind.” Syler took a sample of it anyways, and then went on the back seats and found nothing. Then went on the front seats and had found something that he would never wear. It was a necklace with a heart shaped, it was silver. He then had collected and had stored it in a plastic for forensic files.
This neclace was something that was unsual to find in a man's car. Though doesn't mean he had killed Jayla. We then gave him the keys back and had headed back home. Then, in a couple of days we had found out that the DNA in the hotel's room that Jayla and Dante had checked out was not Jayla's blood, but it was an undentified person's blood. To that, my theory would be that there musten been some other murder in the hotel room but what about Jayla? Hmmm..., so James had taken some keys in the registration room early before his hours out of work, Jayla was not with Dante when he woke up, and the blood indentified from the hotel room was an undentified person's DNA, then...
Syler had cut me off and said,"It'll take a couple of days to see the DNA of the one I had gotten from Jame's car, something about James is just not right, the way he acts, his behavior." So if it wasn't the DNA in the hotel then, it must be the blood that Syler discovered in Jame's car! But-t, it doesn't make sense?, or does it?
"Syler I think we should check out Dante's house first," Syler then looked at me, and rose one dark eye brow at me. I had the keys on my hand already, so we started for the car. When we got to Dante's house, I just needed some evident, anything that could have been used during when Jayla was with Dante. When we arrived at Dante's house, I had taken my notepad and recorder. It was a rainy, cloudy, and gloomy day and I knew something must be happening. I knocked at the door, a gorgeous and sophisticated women answered the door,"Hello there?, Can I help you with anything?", I had written this down,"Yes, we would like to talk to Mr. Dante please?","She hesitated for a second and left, then Dante came. He looked different from the picture that I saw in the files of investigation. He looked much older and looked tired, and darker from getting sunburned, I would guess. He rolled his eyes and said,"Well is there a problem?", "Well we would both would like to get some information for the investigation.", and showed him my badget and Syler then saw and had took out his and showed it to him. Dante then opened the door more wide and we stepped in. We then got to business and looked around. We looked in his basement first, and he half came along and just left us.
The basement was in bad shape and saw lots of packed up boxes, two bikes, a bathroom, and the heater for the water. Syler then knew what I was doing. I started looking for any evidence, looked around, and then something had caught the corner of my eye. I then turned looking in one of the boxes, there was this red and bright silky clothing. It was a PJ dress. Though it didn't look like something the young women upstairs would wear because it was the old fashion kind of dress and looked like some italian girl would wear. I then took it out and had stored it for evidence. Syler found nothing, but then looked at the wall, the wall was crooked. Like something was behind it causing it to look crooked. I then grabbed a hammer and took the nails out of the wooden wall, but it was already loose. Like it was being used but hidden. Then Syler took out what looked like a knife. It was not clean but dirty, dirty with blood. I just stared at it for a long time. Then Syler had also stored it. We began again looking for more evidence. But found nothing.
We then had also had the blood from the knife and if there was any blood on the clothing to be identified. The moment I had found this out, I called for backup and had told them to make Dante confess the truth about Jayla. I then left in a hurry and Syler followed along. I then drove to Pine's Hotel once again. When we arrived, I went straight to the registration room, but it wasn't James it was someone else taking his place. Then I asked him where James lives and replied that he is not allowed to give out personal informtion, so I showed him my badget and gave us the adress. He seemed suspicious as we left. I then drove to the adress, when we finally got there, I looked at the place. It was a building, he lived in an apartment so we looked for the number 26. Finally, I knocked and James answered,"Hello?", then I answered in my professional voice, "Yes, we would like to check your apartment for any forensic files or so," and with that showed him my badget.
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As I set my papers, both Dante and James glared at Syler and I. Then the court justice had banged three times and thats when it had set off. The court justice then began the introduction and had let Syler and I talk about the case. I started first,"I for a though, telling the truth and what forensic files can find out in which I did so too. I am saying that I know who had murder or as you may say adult-napped Jayla N. Anderson. He is standing right in front of the court justice and knows it too. On the night of December 21, 1882 on a Friday night, Dante and Jayla both were going out together, leaving their friends going out on a resturant. Dante, that day took her out to the movies and after the movies, they both went to the Pine's Hotel." I had to take my breath from talking without even taking oxygen. I looked around and everyone looked like they knew it must be Dante."Though when Dante woke up the next morning he didn't find Jayla. It was left unsolved like that and the case was just never retouched again." I paused for them to sink this in."Therefore, I believe that there is always a way to solve problems, always a choice. We then went to investigate and for the results found that there was blood on the walls on the hotel that they had checked out, blood on the TV, and blood on the bottom of the walls, but it looked so neat and clean if you ever had checked that room. Not only did we find that disturbing evidence but we had also checked Dante Ross's home.""We had come to known that we found evidence, and he was also on our top of our list and most highly suspected person, and in results found a dress that the women found in the home of Dante wouldn't wear it. It had also blood on the dress and looked like an Italian type of dress. Also found a hidden knife behind the wooden wall. The knife was not clean but dirty, was dirty with blood. This of course we were so positive, so sure that it must be Dante, but had changed our minds after we watched the video from the hotel on the night of Jayla and Dante had checked in."
"Not only did we found just evidence of some kind of murder at the hotel but also at Dante's home, fulled with suspicion for the video, both Syler and I had watched ourselves." I took another breath from explaning without breathing,"There was this man who worked on that night, his name is James, and he still works there.""We had also investigated him even though he was so low on being the one suspected as the murderer of Jayla, but we needed as much as evidence to see who was the one who had muredered Jayla or adult-napped her. In the results of this, it was pretty surprising. We had come to conclusion that Jame's had a heart-shaped silver neclace and a bottle of Belladonna also called Nightshade. This of course we knew that Jame's was healthy and we had talked to his doctors, and after we did we for sure knew what it must have been used." Then Syler finished what must have been finished a decade ago. Syler then spoke,"We took the blood's DNA and found that it was Mandy Cornege's DNA, another teen who has been murdered, it only took a couple of days until we found out. But we had also found blood on the knife from Dante's house, that was the same blood, and in which we knew that he had killed her with
