Posted on 10/06/2017 11:49:43 AM PDT by springwater13
Investigators are trying to nail down whether anyone else was in the hotel suite reserved by the Las Vegas gunman during the time he was registered there, multiple senior law enforcement officials briefed on the investigation into the shooting told NBC News.
The investigators are puzzled by two discoveries: First, a charger was found that does not match any of the cell phones that belonged to Stephen Paddock, the man who killed himself inside the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino after sending a barrage of bullets down on a crowd of 22,000 people below.
And second, garage records show that during a period when Paddock's car left the hotel garage, one of his key cards was used to get into his room.
They are also examining his finances. IRS records show that Paddock was a very successful gambler, earning at least $5 million in 2015. Some of that could be from his other investments, but most of it was from gambling, officials say.
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Didnt you read that the hallway cameras were all “ jammed”?
Yes this aged flabby pop-up terrorist was a mixture of James Bond, Jason Bourne, Carlos the Jackal and McGyer
Yeah I read it, but don’t know if it’s true.
If true would that not mean the hotel was using wireless devices for their security?
Investigators ALREADY have those answers by watching security cam footage.
They're NOT telling the public either because they're searching for whover used the room key... or we will NEVER know because it does NOT fit the agenda of what they want the public to KNOW.
I find it hard to believe it’s possible to win $5,000,000 playing video poker. I find it harder to believe any casino would not ban someone that “lucky”.
IRS allows all kinds of expenses to be included in losses including travel and accommodations. No way a casino would be able to or be required to track.
From the article:
“...And second, garage records show that during a period when Paddock’s car left the hotel garage, one of his key cards was used to get into his room. ...”
There it is.
Guy had help.
Ping!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3592607/posts?page=1#1
“...Is it within the realm of possibility that this guy could regularly earn this kind of money from actual gambling?...”
No, the house always wins.
If someone starts winning too much, they throw him/her out.
this guy was doing something to launder money....he lead a secret life alright....probably was a gigantic money handler....
If someone other than him used the room key then that someone is on video doing it.
Thanks for the Twitter link.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3592607/posts?page=23#23
LS,
Ping to the Twitter link...
Gamblers will share accomodations with other gambling friends.
$5 mil is a huge win for 1 year. I bet it can be traced back to one huge win.
The difference between a professional gambler and a degenerate gambler is a professional manages to have money.
Who leaked the IRS information? Pre-Obama that was one of the worst political sins one could commit.
If he was that good of a gambler and that much of a pro then other big time pros would know him, but I hear not a peep about other gambling pros relating interactions with him.
If a gambler finds a steady overlay, the smart professional ones go incognito as to make sure another pro starts picking his strawberry patch.
YES and NO!
I suspect we’re being had... YES
I wonder if we’ll ever know the truth of this whole business? NO!
Multilevel parking garages in Las Vegas are crawling with cameras. Who was it who entered and drove away in the suspect vehicle? Was it the suspect?
And how many hotel room card keys was the suspect issued and were they still in his possession?
A set of parallel time lines for all sorts of people, electronic events, location of things, etc. can be informative.
We would benefit from the timing of each shot from his room for example.
Playing video poker? Not believable.
They have the data, let’s do a painstaking day by day.
Why it is taking a while.
I understand, but they have time frames when he was at the hotel. It’s not like they have to look at an entire month or 2 or 3 months. The Mandalay Bay part of the investigation regarding his movements should not take long. In my opinion, they already know or have damn good idea what the motive at this point.
“I’ve read elsewhere that his “earnings” have the whiff of laundered money. Is it within the realm of possibility that this guy could regularly earn this kind of money from actual gambling?”
It has got to be money laundering unless that $5 million does not include losses or he hit one huge jackpot.
And the fact they’ve revealed when his car exited the parking garage someone used a key-card to gain access to his room, is big, unless it turns out to be hotel maid etc. But I would guess Paddock would have made sure to avoid housekeeping messing things up for him.
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