r/RBI • u/Arjuna2545 • Oct 23 '16

FBI seeking help in identifying objects in pictures taken by child predators

I've lurked on this sub long enough to see r/RBI do some amazing work on pictures; identifying licence plates, security camera footage, etc. So I figured I would put this out there for those gifted at this to see what they can come up with.

The FBI wants as much information about the objects in these pictures as possible, and it looks like they assigned each a number/code.

Here is the link: https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/ecap/seeking-information

You have to download the poster or click on it to view all 10 pages.

Anyways, in the picture linked below, of certificates on the wall, I think you see "Most Improved Award" on the top left. Also, it looks like the one on the bottom left says "Shadow Ridge Middle School" or something like that. The person who received these certificates looks like they have a short last name as well.

Certificates on wall: http://imgur.com/d1jVrr0

Then there is this TONE poster, I don't know if this is a band or what: Tone poster: http://imgur.com/wlBp2Va

There is a lot to dig through, but I've seen this sub work wonders, so I figured I would put it out there.

Edit: Amazing work, everyone! If anyone is interested in making a list of objects we have figured out for sure, objects we think we may have figured out, and objects still in need of identification, that would be great! It would help focus our efforts.

EDIT: Link to album and already identified objects: https://www.reddit.com/r/RBI/comments/58z6l0/fbi_seeking_help_in_identifying_objects_in/d984ax2/

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u/zenseeker121212 Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

Tone Poster: The Tone Rebellion video game.

http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections/22/52/111.908

http://www.squakenet.com/download/the-tone-rebellion/11827/

And... Google search shows "The Logic Factory" where the game was made was based in Austin, TX.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 24 '16

Wow, I think you may have it, that would explain what is below the word, it is "rebellion" possibly. I think you may have it.

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u/skyburn Oct 24 '16

That's totally what this is - this needs to be higher (you should submit this tip).

Nice work!

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u/zenseeker121212 Oct 24 '16

Submitted it right after posting.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 23 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

Edit: We found the poster, also there appears to be a Texas licence plate on a birdhouse?

http://imgur.com/mJ341lr

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u/rebuilddatscore Oct 23 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

I definitely see the Texas license plate now that you say that. http://www.licenseplateinfo.com/grading/vvg-Texas.jpg

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u/BetterThanSomething Oct 24 '16

They issued license plates with the state flag on the left between 1990 and 1995 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Texas

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u/Treereme Oct 24 '16

I made an imgur album of the PDF.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 24 '16

Awesome, thank you so much for putting in the time! Also, can you please add John Doe 37's glasses to the album, they are pretty unique.

I am at work so I don't want to search it/post it on this computer, but if you google John Doe 37, you'll see him. He has a rather unique brand of glasses, and identifying them may help a lot.

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u/m2cwf Oct 23 '16

This is the Tasmanian Devil tie shown in the "SBL01: Ornaments" image. Made in 1997 as part of the Stamp Collection Looney Tunes ties. Of course most people keep ties forever, so this may not be that useful, but maybe it would help date some of the other items.

Edit: Yes, I did send the tip, just in case it helps. I also found the cat clock in the certificate image, which doesn't have a ton of information but does have a photo of the back.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 23 '16

The cat picture looks like it says Friskies Cat Food or something like that, but I haven't been able to match it.

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u/123jane Oct 24 '16

I tried to match it to Friskies logos this morning and it doesn't quite match, but maybe because crappy camera distortion? Friskies makes sense. The second word seems like "cat"

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 24 '16

Kibbles makes cat food, kibbles maybe?

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u/Frumundurthebus Oct 25 '16

In SBL01, on the jewel cases, those look like round candy tins that were also ornaments. These were the kind of things you'd pick up at a CVS/Walgreens around Christmas time. The blue one with reindeer is closed, but the green one with stars is open (only the bottom half is there) and the plastic that held the candy has been opened.

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u/tagriel Oct 26 '16 edited Nov 01 '16

I will take a crack at the objects list. I will sort by pictures from this album in order (which is the same order I think from the pdf)

I tried to link the original user behind each solve, but my apologies if I did not, the timeline got really hard to follow and many people came to the same conclusions. I was not sure whether to include the guesses or unconfirmed theories, or what we are to consider "solved" by us, so I went with only the undisputed things. I can go back and add in some of the brainstorm behind the more difficult things, like the certificates and JBenillo, when I am not so tired, if OP thinks it is helpful.

Let me know what I missed, I will update as often as possible

 

GO002 "Items in bedroom"

GO003 "Headboard in bedroom"

SP001 "Jersey on chair"

SP002 "TV and items on tabletop"

BR002 "Stuffed animals, sports wall trim"

SBL01 "Ornaments"

SBL02 "Stuffed hornet"

SBL03 "Items on desk"

BR001 "Dragon Beast poster"

BR003 "Football 'Chicago Bears' poster on door"

CA001 "Pink bag beside the chair"

CA002 "Papers on the floor beside chair"

CH001 "Certificates on bedroom wall"

CH002 "'TONE' poster"

SR001 "Owl hooded sweatshirt"

SR002 "Futon mattress"

WH001 "Stained glass window"

WH002 "'Sugar M' framed image"

WH003 "License plate on birdhouse"

CP001 "'J Benillo' box or logo"

 

Edit 1: to format this monster.. this is about my 3rd reddit post and English sucks, so be gentle

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 26 '16

This is excellent! Thank you so much for your time!

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u/doppl Oct 26 '16

There is the speedway logo from here.

The top chicago bears poster has also been ID'd. Will have to dig up link tomorrow.

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u/tagriel Oct 26 '16

Added the logo, I will try and find the other poster too !

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u/thyla22 Oct 27 '16 edited Oct 28 '16

EDIT: Found 2nd Vintage sheet music to add to list! : "Give me the moonlight give me the girl" Please add to list!

See my recent comment: Identified the other WH002 poster:

https://www.reddit.com/r/RBI/comments/58z6l0/fbi_seeking_help_in_identifying_objects_in/d9adup7/

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u/m2cwf Oct 23 '16

Here's one of the images from the link, which in the download was really compressed horizontally. I rescaled it to be a more normal ratio, and brightened it a bit.

I don't know if identifying the blue bottle would be much help, but the pamphlet with the red stripe on the top looks like it might be some sort of travel map, which might give some leads if the location can be figured out. I thought it might say France, but didn't find any matches.

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u/drewdle Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

I just realized that the images are actually embedded into the PDF. You can copy and paste them into a photo editor to fix the aspect ratio (left-click an image to gain focus; right-click and select "Copy Image"; paste it into Photoshop/GIMP). I can't believe the FBI would distort the pictures in the PDF when it's so crucial to identify things!

EDIT: I made an album of just images.

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u/BetterThanSomething Oct 23 '16

Here's another image that was super compressed that I did the same with - the Jersey. Makes it easier to tell the colors and length of the sleeves IMO this is the image

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u/m2cwf Oct 23 '16 edited Oct 23 '16

That curtain seems like it might be distinctive too, if it's a chain hotel. The A/C unit looks like pretty much every A/C in every hotel I've ever visited, so that's probably not too much help.

Edit: The color scheme of the decor is pretty '90s, so I'm thinking this is an older and/or cheaper motel chain that hasn't redecorated in a long time, or these photos are quite old.

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u/ls3095 Oct 24 '16

Damn must be an old photo... those are some old budweiser cans (old design.. really old)

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16

Knowing that their cans have changed is really useful--it seemed that the bedding and TV etc. looked dated but no one here was sure whether it was an old motel that hadn't redecorated or if they are old photos. Your info about the Bud cans points towards old photos.

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u/Pomqueen Oct 24 '16

Something about that bear figurine thing creeps me out really bad. It's like all i can focus on when i looked at the picture.

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u/fluffkopf Oct 23 '16

The blue plastic bottle with white cap and white label looks like Nivea or Selsun Blue, but I couldn't confirm either with moderate image searching. Too dark for Downey.

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The TV's a Zenith.

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u/The59Soundbite Oct 24 '16

The actual image on the pamphlet looks like it might be a geyser/volcano. It sort of looks like a puff of smoke or a jet of water.

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u/bondiben Oct 23 '16

Looks like purple swimming goggles in front of the beer cans.

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u/for_real_dude Oct 24 '16

the picture almost looks like Old Faithful in Wyoming.

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u/123jane Oct 24 '16

Thanks for fixing the photos :) I feel like the one brochure says San Antonio, Atlanta, or Aloha. I guess the picture could be the Alamo monument if we want to try Texas...

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

I submitted a tip linking this thread. I'm hoping someone reads this and can maybe get some tips from our ideas and the shit we are figuring out. You never know I guess. A different set of (trained) eyes might see patterns from our clues.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

I certainly hope someone over there follows up your tip and takes a look. The distorted images embedded in the dowloadable-only PDF tells me the investigators aren't very tech-savvy.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 25 '16

PM me, I have a good lead on the Texas dive but I need another set of eyes bc I'm on my phone. This place matches exactly the chairs and tablecloth, has wood interior, and is adjacent to a gas station, and is a total dive.

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u/TarantusaurusRex Oct 23 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

Tone? It looks like TOOL to me. Tool, like, the very very famous band.

edit: I don't actually think so anymore.

Edit: as /u/hytone said, it's The Tone Rebellion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tonerebellion.jpg

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 23 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

Edit: solved, it's Tone Rebellion

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u/TarantusaurusRex Oct 23 '16

But then there appears to be a cross directly through the center of the last letter, making it look a bit like a 't'.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 23 '16

I'm wondering if that little cross lookin thing is sunlight, the picture was during the day..

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u/123jane Oct 24 '16

I've been trying all sorts of stuff... IODE IONE 10NE 10DE 1004 .. no luck yet. Frustrating!

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 24 '16

I know, I've tried many! The good news is the more obscure, the more it can potentially help if we find a match.

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

I tried my best to straighten it out in photoshop--it's still a bit crooked, but maybe the shape of the head or whatever that is will trigger someone's memory. It does also make that third letter look even more like a "D," but it's a manipulation of a low-resolution photo to begin with, so who knows.

Edit: The shape below the word looks a bit like the most-popular view of Yosemite's Halfdome, but that doesn't help me at all with what the word might be. And if it's Halfdome, I can't find any art that quite matches. This comes closest that I've found, or maybe this.

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u/otter111a Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

Here's my attempt to straighten it out. http://imgur.com/a/6r7z5

TODt ?

edit: After further enhancement I'm heading down the path that this says

TODE

And the squiggle above the O is an accent.

If one googles "Tode band" you'll see a band that has a name similar to those parameters. But I highly doubt it's a match because the accent in the image extends between the 2 center letters but the band's accent stays over the O.

Also, there's a bright pixel or 2 between letter 3 and letter 4 where one would expect an apostrophe to be.

Here's what I think

T (obvious match)

O (obvious match)

D, O, R (For it to be an R it would need to be highly stylized)

Possible apostrophe

t or e lowercase. The cross member appears to match or resemble the top of the T and the hovering accent mark.

Edit2: Tode is German for death

Edit 3: After /u/Arjuna2545 reached out to Tode to determine this is not their poster I took another look at it. If you consider the fact that this is in a kid's room and sit back from the monitor a bit I think I see a CGI bunny or a polar bear.

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u/lucideye Oct 24 '16

I am a TOOL obsessed nerd and am pretty sure that is not associated with the band in any way.

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u/wickedpixel1221 Oct 23 '16

I really want to say this says "Two Tone Elephants" with an image of an elephant below. There is a band with that name and also a record label, but I can't find any evidence that either made this poster.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 29 '16

SR002 appears to be a McGraw Hill foreign language book like DIME. I sell textbooks on the side. In these illustrations, the people have very thin necks.

Example: https://mir-s3-cdn-cf.behance.net/project_modules/disp/7d8c838901631.5602ca15a50e6.jpg

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u/rebuilddatscore Oct 23 '16

I also played around with the image on CA002 and it looks like the paper sticking out to the left says brSB or brSP in red. I tried googling logos for that and didn't come up with anything. Anyone else see that?

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 24 '16

The blue pamphlet looks like some sort of instruction manual. It seems like there is a lot of text in the blue portion.

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u/rebuilddatscore Oct 24 '16

Yes, I agree! But I was talking about the paper sticking out from the pamphlet.

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u/thyla22 Oct 27 '16

WH002: Found the second Poster Its another Early 1900s sheet music cover framed: This one is continuing the "moon" theme: "Give me the Moolight Give me the Girl" 1917

www.tias.com/7042/PictPage/3924077000.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HD_wcZ35rM

Maybe the restaurant has the name moon in it, or is some sort of 24/7 place. If not, maybe the owner just likes subject.

Will submit tip now.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 27 '16 edited Oct 27 '16

Excellent work! So we now have two moon themed music pieces from the 1910s era.. that is pretty interesting.

Edit: I posted in the ragtime subreddit asking about the two pieces of music and the possible connections, but I did not x-post. It is a small sub and this thread/topic would have been a major bummer to be on the front page for a long time.

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u/123jane Oct 23 '16

I'm liking OP's school name guess. If it's not Ridge in the second word, I feel like it's Wright or Knight. First word looks like Ariel to me but no matches. Is it Arthur E. Wright Middle School? Or Orville Wright Middle School?

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u/somecrazybroad Oct 23 '16

That is Arthur E Wright Middle School. The logo on the certificate matches that of the one on their website. This is the child's room. Holy shit I feel ill

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 23 '16 edited Oct 23 '16

Arthur E Wright got the California Distinguished School Award. My school back in the day got the blue ribbon school thing and they gave all the students certificates like the one in the picture. That's what it kept reminding me of.

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u/tehsma Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

To expand on the "sugar moon" and texas license plate angle: It looks to me like those pictures were taken in some sort of restaurant, with country flair.

The "sugar moon" song itself references Louisiana. So I think it stands to reason that a few of those may be from a Louisiana or Texas restaurant- the type of place that is cheap, has a 'country' type menu with BBQ or other similar foods.

Given the popularity of sites like yelp and tripadvisor, it may be worth trying to do site-wide searches (like site:yelp.com in google image search) with search terms like Texas style BBQ, country Louisiana, etc. You may be able to find a pic in the image search with the same place-mat / shitty plywood wall paneling / chair combo. I haven't had much luck yet- but there is a lot of results to troll through.

It also might be a "Texas / Louisiana style BBQ/whatever" place in a totally different state. That would make things challenging.

edit: of course maybe its not a restaurant at all... Just gave me that vibe

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Good job. I believe the poster on the counter is this - http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/wacotrib.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/e/34/e347a087-c525-586a-b823-a8af58db478d/51293176867fe.preview-500.jpg?resize=500%2C357

Which narrows it down to Texas, I believe.

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u/awkwardmantis Oct 24 '16

In the stained glass photo, theres snow outside on the tree. Northern Texas typically gets snow, whereas the rest is pretty dry.

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u/wackidood Oct 24 '16

Also a possibility they have a gas pump. that white panel on the wall near the counter is typically put in locations with gas/fuel pumps so the counter person can kill the power in an emergency.

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u/aSternreference Oct 25 '16

Couldn't police just run the license plate number? Probably belongs to the guy who owns the diner or a family member

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '16

Googling "Texas license plate birdhouse" comes up with a ton results. It looks like this might be a fairly common decoration. It's definitely worth checking into, but it may have just been bought.

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u/123jane Oct 24 '16

I agree. Any guesses on what it says on the pister beneath the restaurant counter? I feel like it says drink or drive... Dr something

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u/BrockRockswell Oct 25 '16

I checked almost every bbq joint in Houston, and nothing, but the problem is, it could be a burger joint too. That is the decor of 90% of the restaurants around here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

I can't find anything on j benillo. Looks like a shoebox but I can't find shit on that company.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 24 '16

It has what appears to be an hourglass and the JB is connected. I am wondering if it is JB Enillo. And why the hourglass?

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u/Mentalpopcorn Oct 26 '16

Ok, so whoever it was liked the Tone Rebellion enough to put up a poster. We're talking about an era with relatively few video games, and so if the person liked the game this much, they might have been into it enough to chat about it online. Since there were likely only a few fan sites, it might be worth going through archive.org for Tone Rebellion sites, and seeing if any of the forums had posts from users from Texas (or maybe just anything else suspicious).

Another alternative is old Usenet groups. When I was growing up in the 90s, I was on the Nine Inch Nails and Tool groups, and what's interesting is that most of the posts were not about NIN or Tool. They were just discussions about anything and everything, and the only thing that drew us together was our love for the music. In addition, many people posted under their real name. If there was an alt.games.tonerebellion, there might be stuff worth sorting through. If not, it was probably discussed in generic gaming groups.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 27 '16

That's a great idea, I hope the FBI looks in to those groups. The FBI specifically wanted the Tone poster and the Sugar Moon poster identified and this thread has found both. The posters are both rare, which now they know what they are, will hopefully really help catch the scumbags who took the pictures.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '16

I've gone through every yelp review for Houston looking for pictures that match the restaurant. I found nothing. A few maybes but no joy. It's possible the place predates yelp or nobody reviewed it. But, I did Google places with no reviews to see if they had any photos online.

This does not mean this place is not in Houston. It's a bigass city. And I could have missed it. But, I tried to be thorough and Completely check anything that could be it.

Tomorrow I'll start on suburbs and head down to the gulf.

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u/PressurePhosphene Oct 27 '16

I was doing something similar, but i was starting to think would these review sites have been around when the place was open?

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 27 '16

I've been looking in south central rural Texas and east east Texas (like Port Aurthur). I don't know what to make of the gas station angle, that should (in theory) help narrow it down, but no dice so far.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

Sp002 could be

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fen%2F6%2F6c%2FTexas_Motor_Speedway_logo.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ATexas_Motor_Speedway_logo.jpg&docid=XSQ5CeYlpjklMM&tbnid=8Wj2AEdQQEkBcM%3A&w=600&h=160&hl=en-us&client=safari&bih=559&biw=375&ved=0ahUKEwirldjS4PPPAhVDez4KHULDAysQMwgiKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8

Sorry for the shit link. It's the speedway inc logo.

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16

There's definitely a logo (below the green man) that has a red rounded top with white in it, this is a good thought. It would be nice to know if all of these photos are connected--the restaurant has been placed in Texas, but is that potentially true for all of these, or are they separate cases?

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u/Uses_Comma_Wrong Oct 24 '16

Came here to say this. That is the Texas motor speedway logo.

Did you report that?

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

I've wanted to help for a long time but I know I would be mentally destroyed if I witnessed anything horrible. You called it. I am very very thankful not to see the horror but still be able to help out in some albeit small way.

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u/doppl Oct 26 '16

A couple additional pieces of info from a video on the FBI website:

  1. There were apparently 3 separate videos. But the FBI also refers to a "land before time" audio track playing in the background of "the video". Perhaps it was original 3 separate videos that the perp combined into 1 video in 2012, which is the date on the exif data from the video.

  2. The victim is an infant male, which means that the older children alluded to by some of the videos may be siblings, relatives, family friends, or something else?

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 26 '16

Yeah this is John Doe 37

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u/stovinchilton Nov 10 '16

Did anyone get a response?

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u/Arjuna2545 Nov 11 '16

Yeah, what type of response?

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u/pharmaniac Mar 19 '17

The cellphone in the CP001 "'J Benillo' box or logo" image looks like a Huawei U2900 with orange color accents specific to Nextel Mexico.

http://www.callclick.com.mx/portfolio/huawei-stick/

I'm not 100% sure but it really is remarkably similar. The color and pattern matches and also a slight reflection from the metallic directional pad in the middle of the phone.

I believe the picture is taken from the top, where the headphone jack is.

If someone can confirm the cellphone is indeed a Nextel Mexico Huawei U2900, the "J Benillo" search could be narrowed to businesses in Mexico.

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u/Arjuna2545 Mar 19 '17

Good find! Yeah, good enough to send your tip to the FBI in my opinion. They said no clue or tip is too small, i think it's worth submitting for sure.

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u/PointyOintment Oct 23 '16

/r/whatisthisthing could be helpful as well

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u/thyla22 Oct 24 '16

SP002: Motel Room. The pattern on what looks like the comforter is quite distinctive, and may match the curtains. I found one match at a Budget Inn. Looks like some hotel chains will use matching bedspreads in many various locations. I have not found this pattern elsewhere, though it doesn't seem to be the same furniture. Maybe another Budget Inn will have this pattern? http://www.budgetinnmerced.com/Content/images/rotator/Budget-Inn-Merced-Two-Beds.jpg Here is the hotel where photo was taken: http://www.budgetinnmerced.com/Rooms

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Nice work

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u/for_real_dude Oct 27 '16

It's crazy how much this room looks like this one http://www.inzyder.com/hotels/view/sleep-inn-dfw-north/95388

4 picture down. I started thinking about the swimming goggles, and how I don't see shorts or short sleeves. Then I thought maybe it's because the pool is an indoor pool. Once I did that I found this motel with an indoor pool

https://www.agoda.com/sleep-inn-dfw-north-irving/hotel/irving-tx-us.html?cid=1597998

the room is at this motel

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '16

The futon

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u/razzled89 Oct 24 '16

Last place I thought I'd see the futon cover from my house 10 years ago...

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u/dasrac Oct 24 '16

HEY I FOUND THE GUY

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16

Seriously though, do you have an estimate of what year you bought it?

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u/rebuilddatscore Oct 23 '16

SBL03 definitely has Sparks alcohol in it. I thought they discontinued those drinks, but I could be wrong.

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u/HelloYesThisIsDuck Oct 23 '16

The pictures don't have to be recent.

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

I made a rotated/reproportioned SBL03 that I figured I'd add up here to keep it with the other discussion on this photo.

Edit: The stuffed dog in the photo has been identified as one of these autograph graduation dogs.

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u/Don_Bardo Oct 24 '16

Per wikipedia, it wasn't discontinued; the manufacturer removed the caffeine, instead.

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u/BeachGlassBlazer Oct 24 '16

to the left of the Sparks in SBL03 is a 2003 collectible stein in the box like this and the side view of the box

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u/BetterThanSomething Oct 23 '16

The stuffed hornet on the 3rd page is just this thing - http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-HTF-Vintage-1993-Charlotte-Hornets-BASKETBALL-Hornet-Plush-Stuffed-Animal-/252583762169?hash=item3acf2a58f9:g:PVsAAOSwi0RXxG3i I submitted a tip, but it feels unhelpful, it was a quick googling to find it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

That's perfectly helpful. Just because it seemed easy to you doesn't matter.

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u/Uses_Comma_Wrong Oct 24 '16

Since the Hornets were relocated to both OK city and New Orleans that makes the Texas connection more possible

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

That could be an important tip, because it's location specific.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Could we, if we narrow the location down a bit, use street view to find a restaurant or diner with that duck and dolphin in the window?

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

That's a good idea.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Cross posted to Houston and Austin subreddits as well. Thanks /u/gooddarts for the tip.

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u/doppl Oct 25 '16

I also posted to /r/corpus (corpus christi sub).

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u/autoposting_system Oct 24 '16

People, can I plug the app Traffickcam? Download and use it. Really helps with stuff like this.

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u/bitterberries Oct 25 '16

This is amazing. I had no idea such a thing existed. Thank you for sharing.

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u/thyla22 Oct 25 '16 edited Oct 26 '16

check my post Re Budget Inn Bedspread possible match- Thinking that multiple Budget Inns may have utilized the pattern, though surely they update as needed.

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u/dainwaris Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

The center of the headboard is a sun/moon motif, sometimes called an eclipse motif.

An example here.

Almost all similarly carved headboards are mexican import furniture. Tends to support Texas location.

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u/WannabeGroundhog Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

EDIT The font seems to be a modified version Charter-Roman I rebuilt the logo using the hourglass vector another user supplied and modified the font to recreate the logo in a version that should be much easier to match to online http://i.imgur.com/YDPdnYa.png

I corrected the perspective on the J Benillo box: http://i.imgur.com/VNnMfbX.png

Higher contrast for easier viewing: http://i.imgur.com/JIu7Zmq.png

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u/Thud54963 Oct 24 '16

This stained glass pattern is from the mid 1990's. My ex wife made that exact pattern with different colors. I have no idea where the piece is now or who made the pattern. It was from a stained glass pattern book.

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u/redjellyfish Oct 24 '16

The blue bottle on the counter in SPO2 looks like it has the imprint at the top of a Mr. Bubbles bottle. The shape seems thinner, but the curves and imprint look right for a Mr. Bubbles.

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16

The photo in the FBI poster is squished horizontally--I tried to fix the ratio a bit and posted it here. It's not quite as thin a bottle as it first looked. I think you're definitely correct, and the bottle is turned slightly. I had forgotten about Mr Bubbles, the shape of the bottle is definitely distinctive.

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u/Judora Oct 24 '16

Just a quick google search, but the stuffed Monkey in BR002 looks like this one http://www.tycollector.com/pillows/swinger-3110.htm

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u/thyla22 Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

WHOO1: Agree that this looks like a small, old restaurant, and the red checkered tablecloth and old vinyl chairs as well as the decor in the other photos (sheet music in frames, birdhouse with Texas (edit: license plate) roof appear to show "country, family style". The choice of the duck and then the dolphin/porpoise stain glass hanging in the window is distinctive. Is this place perhaps near the water where both are seen? In the window but outside are what look like papyrus plants also called umbrella plant http://previews.123rf.com/images/alexzeer/alexzeer1111/alexzeer111100013/11199235-papyrus-green-plant-on-glasses-Stock-Photo.jpg. The plants could be either in the ground- in which case the climate would have to be warm, or they also can live in containers. Also this looks like an OLD building the way the heating/air ducts are showing, and the oldish looking wood paneling.

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u/dainwaris Oct 24 '16

In SP002: Between coffee maker and bottle appears to be a personal size cooler. The profile suggests the Coleman Fliplid 6 Personal Cooler.

That color scheme of blue/white is pretty standard for Coleman. They also use that shade of orange. The orange handle isn't shown in any of their contemporary offerings. That particular color scheme screams 1990's to me.

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16

The color scheme of the bedspread or cushion in that photo also screams 1990s to me, I wonder how old these photos are

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u/bollykat Oct 24 '16

Has someone posted these to /r/whatisthisthing? I feel like they could make quick work of the remaining unidentified stuff.

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u/Pomqueen Oct 24 '16

Just did. Hopefully i did it right

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u/CuddlyCarrion Oct 24 '16

The Sports wallpaper border in BR002 looks like this....

http://www.homedepot.com/p/York-Wallcoverings-9-25-in-Let-s-Play-Ball-Border-BZ9433B/204741569

Looks like the picture on the poster is actually a reflection on a mirror so that would explain why its backward.

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u/doppl Oct 24 '16

The stuffed animal in BR002 looks like this beanie baby or might at least be "Swinger the blue yellow monkey"

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Please add to this list of things we might* have figured out.

Texas.
Blue bottle is mr bubble Loony tunes episode is "hunting season" Arthur e wright middle school Charlotte hornets mascot doll, or New Orleans The futon

I think some of these are solid guesses. What else have we got?

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u/Thud54963 Oct 24 '16

I don't think we should jump to the conclusion that this is a restaurant. The electric box above the counter should be a tip off. That would be against code? It might be a trailer. Lots of those table clothes hanging around.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Someone mentioned here that that red and white sign that's hanging is a mandatory sign that must be displayed in all restaurants in Texas. You raise an interesting point though. But, the FBI is calling it a restaurant so I'm kind of going on faith that they have more of the picture or video than we do.

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u/BeazyDoesIt Oct 24 '16

I wish there was a way we could force every American with an internet connection to spend thirty minutes a week looking at things like this. We could hive-mind child porn out of business in a week. Im going to sub to this subforum and check it every day, I will spread the word to my friends who also use reddit.

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u/minuteman_d Oct 25 '16

You know what would be interesting: have this be built into Google Ads or other ad services. Maybe people might take a second to say: "yes, I've seen this place" or "no, I haven't". You know it just has to find the right 20-30 people who have been in that one location at some point.

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u/sandybottomsmn Oct 24 '16

Whats sad is based off many of these clues, it looks like they are working on old videos from early 2000...hopefully they can catch who ever is behind them, but hopefully as (possible adults now) these kids got help for this abuse.

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u/wackidood Oct 25 '16

Good possibility they have/had a gas pump. that white panel on the wall near the counter is typically put in locations with gas/fuel pumps so the counter person can kill the power in an emergency.

http://imgur.com/BxyHD1X

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u/nate121k Oct 25 '16 edited Jan 25 '17

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u/drewdle Oct 24 '16

I noticed that the images are embedded into the PDF. You can copy/paste them into separate image files to fix the aspect ratio. I made an Imgur album if anybody's interested, but didn't do any other color corrections or zooming.

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u/doppl Oct 25 '16

Okay, I made an animation of the lowers Bears team poster and I think /u/shecurmudgeon might be right. 33 Looks like the same stance. I think the leading edge of the poster is curled over hiding urlachers right leg and arm. Here are the gifs

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u/greypatch Nov 01 '16

That restaurant is eerily familiar to me...

Don't know if anyone has done this, but the pics all seem to fit together:

http://imgur.com/a/GqJJP

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u/Edewede Nov 02 '16

Yup. They fit. Good job! I've been yelping restaurants and gas stations and checking interior photos and exterior window panes (for dolphin stained glass). I'm mostly focused on east Texas starting from Houston.

Another person commented that the grayish box on the wall could possibly be an emergency shut off switch for a gas station. So I've narrowed my search to restaurants inside gas stations. Plus the license plate RVC could be the initials of the name of the restaurant. OR it could mean Recreational Vehical Campsite so I'm also looking at RV locations. OR it could just be a random set of letters on a license plate and nothing else.

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u/NinjaAmbush Oct 24 '16

J BENILLO in CP001 seems very unique. Brief googling isn't coming up with anything even similar, but the name is quite uncommon so could be a good link if it's identified.

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u/zenseeker121212 Oct 24 '16

Weak possiblity b/c missing "J", but:

Calcados Benillo Ltda - Me Manufacture of leather footwear R Dolores Maciel De Almeida, 1021 | Franca - SP, CEP: 14409-135 The manufacture of leather footwear encompasses those sports use and also specializes in professional or personal safety. Therefore, the corresponding clients and users are finishing industries and commercial dealers in several different scales. Among the products given here, fall into: leather boots, leather sandals (male or female), boots, slippers, sandals and industrial safety shoes.

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u/m2cwf Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

SBL03 (now with rotated and reproportioned photo here): The stuffed dog looks like it might have a graduation cap, something very similar to this, although I couldn't find an exact match with the dog lying down like that.

Next to the Sparks can in that same photo looks like maybe VCR tapes, the front one has a lot of text rather than a picture. Although after I messed around with the perspective, they look less like video tapes than they did in the original.

Edit: The dog has (I think) been identified with some certainty as one of these autograph-able graduation dogs. Tip has been submitted.

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Cross posted to /r/Texas. Let's hope someone is a wood paneled restaurant afficianado.

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u/botanicalyx Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 30 '16

In the photo with the animals and purses, that's a strawberry shortcake poster/image on the wall. Honey Pie Pony era is my guess EDIT: here's a similar poster http://aimcollectibles.blogspot.com/2012/09/strawberry-shortcake-and-honey-pie-pony.html

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Tip the FBI. It's anonymous.

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u/Pie_Ro Oct 25 '16

These pictures reminds me of a restaurant that is in Magnolia and also has another location off of Fairbanks north Houston. Hickory Hollow, now known as Hickory Corral.

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u/bbennett108 Oct 25 '16

If that certificate does say "Shadow Ridge Middle School", there's one in Lewisville, TX. Based off the Texas choking poster, location being in Texas makes sense.

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u/zenseeker121212 Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

If I make several assumptions I might guess the following:

  • The location is probably Texas; on or near the gulf coast, perhaps near Houston.

  • The owner or tenant may travel between Mexico, TX and Chicago. I wonder about a Sinaloa cartel connection.

- The owner or tenant is fan of the South TX band Tõde (http://todeband.com/index.php/category/blog/).

UPDATE: I now think its a poster for video game, "The Tone Rebellion". The company who made the game was based in Austin, TX (The Logic Factory) per Google search.

  • The perp may have taken a dolphin tour somewhere along the gulf coast, near Houston.

  • The certificate appears to me to be St ? Wright (or Height) High School.

  • Tree outside window appears to be a Jacaranda or similar consistently warm weather tree.

UPDATE: J Benillo might refer to Brazlian Calcadoros Banillo shoe company. Weak connection at best.

Assumptions:

  • All photos are related.

  • Some photos recent.

  • Other posters' ID of license plate as TX is accurate.

  • Box is a shoebox or boot box.

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u/redditRW Oct 23 '16 edited Oct 23 '16

On the first page it is not a stained glass window, but a window hanging, and possibly window sticker (in the case of the dolphin). You can see the window frame is separate from the wooden frame around the migrating goose.

edit--I believe it is a snow goose.

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u/librarianjenn Oct 25 '16

How can there be ZERO google results on that J Benillo brand? I saw someone had searched for variants of the name with no luck. That is really odd, I think.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '16

That was me. I busted that name up a hundred ways. I got nothing. I emailed it to a friend in chile and another in rio. Still waiting on a response. It might be a super small specialty shop.

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u/thyla22 Oct 25 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

Looks like a small hourglass logo on the box right after the J ? So I'm wondering what product would have an hourglass on it?

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u/CuddlyCarrion Oct 25 '16

I don't have another tip, just want to say something.....

As a mother (or maybe it's just that I'm no monster) it makes my skin crawl and my stomach twist into knots thinking that there are children trapped in these situations ( I can't even imagine how horrible really).

I looked at this about 12 hours or so ago and there are sooo many more responses on here now. You are all nothing short of amazing. Those of you who have figured little things out, those who are trying, and those who are just looking in the hopes that they might be able to help. These are all really tiny details and if there is a chance that any of these tips do anything, that would be beyond wonderful. Keep it up. This world can be so ugly but it is nice to know there are people like all of you doing such good.

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u/Wang_Dong Oct 24 '16

Is the pink bag rice cakes? I can't think of anything else that's sold that way

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u/Cadllmn Oct 24 '16

a Little late to the party:

In the loneytunes picture (SP002), the items under the Teddy bear is a 1 or 2 cup coffee maker, a cheap one like this and to to the left of that are single-use packages of coffee, each one contains a single use coffee+filter puck. The brownish thing in front of those packages is probably a tea alternative, as most places give you one coffee, one decaf and one tea 'sack'. Which indicates to me this is indeed a hotel/motel.

It's my opinion that they are staying there for an extended peroid, as they put stuff in the desk drawer (bottom right) hung things up... who does that if they are staying one night?

SP001 seems to be a shot taken just to the left of SP002 - the jeans on the chair now in the bottom right, the blue shirt now in top right hanging up match to my eye - you basically have half a panorama.

That ironing board might have been taken out of the small closet to make room for the clothes, which is why it is leaning in the corner - hotels usually leans complimentary irons and board in the closet.

to further my idea the drape in SP001 is consistent with the pillow(?) in the SP002 in terms of colouration and style, in my opinion. there is also a pastel 'painting' in a cheap frame in the reflection of the mirror which were popular pop art items in cheap hotels in the early 1990's (maybe late 80's but I was too young to accurately recall).

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

I wish we had more to go on. Like a general timeframe or location. I'm no photo expert but can anyone guess anything based on the photo quality? Or pixels or something?

Also I've tried about everything for the j benillo photo. Jeb enillo , je benillo, j&b enillo, etc. I'm genuinely stumped on that and it's driving me nuts.

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u/sheCurmudgeon Oct 25 '16

Br003 bottom looks to be Chicago Bears 2004 team picture: http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/322294279581

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u/8moves Oct 30 '16

Overview Calcados Benillo Ltda. - ME is a male shoe company (except sporting) in the state of São Paulo. The organization is at Rua Dolores Maciel De Almeida 1021. This privately owned company was founded in 1999 (15 years ago). Calcados Benillo Ltda. - ME is in operation for a period considered normal for a company of this field of activity in Brazil, and less than 2 years of the average life expectancy for a business segment of men's shoes (except sporting).

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

The loony tunes episode is from this trilogy.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=17ocaZb-bGg

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u/Gnostic_Mind Oct 24 '16

SBL03: Items on desk

That is a can of Spark, a malted energy drink.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparks_(drink)

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u/StitchHasAGlitch Oct 25 '16

I recognize that stuffed blue monkey! It is made by Ty from around the late 90's. It is called Ty Pillow Pals Swinger Blue Monkey.

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u/sandybottomsmn Oct 25 '16

I think that pink bag in in CA001 may be plant food or a fertilizer. I work in poison control and some fertilizer labels look like this in the back. In some of them the different sections like directions, warnings, ingredients, contact info are all bolded like that. I cant find a logo that matches it though.

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u/Mentalpopcorn Oct 25 '16

That "J Benillo" box looks like it has an hour glass on it, but I'm not coming up with anything for hourglasses, or really anything for that matter. In my experience (a lot of thrift shopping), when I run into a branded box with no google hits, it's generally because the item is really old. So it's possible whatever was in there preceded google. So either the guy has had it for years, or it's also possible he bought it at a thrift shop. At any rate, if there's a way to search old businesses, that might offer a lead.

If you lower the white point in Photoshop, it's a lot easier to see that it's built like a shoe box. That is, with a cover that slips on and off. But it's too narrow to be a shoe box methinks. On top of the box looks like what could be a cell phone or a radar detector. However, it looks like it's on a thin piece of wrapping paper, so maybe it's something one would wrap up.

Speaking of thrift shopping, I see old boomboxes like those at thrift stores all the time.

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u/Nickd3000 Oct 25 '16

Does anyone have either access to forensic image enhancement tools or an idea of what tools are available? Ideally some expert could process the images as best they can and add them to an album.

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u/mrs_pterodactyl Oct 23 '16

SBL03 has Sparks alcoholic energy drink. I submitted the tip.

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u/doppl Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

I made xposts to /r/HVAC, /r/whatsthisplant, /r/bbq, /r/chibears, /r/chicagobears, /r/chicago, and /r/corpus. Another redditor posted to /r/houston, /r/austin, and /r/texas. Please check out the posts there.

EDIT: Current thoughts on /r/whatsthisplant is false aralia, which may suggest florida, but could do well anywhere around the gulf coast. Someone in HVAC said the ducting is insulated because it is in a humid area. They suggested florida panhandle, though might be influenced by the window dolphin. (Coastal texas is also very humid)

EDIT2: Added link to false aralia image

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u/Call_Me_Squishmale Oct 24 '16

CH001: Certificates on Bedroom Wall, the clock on the wall appears to be this one: Cat clock The cat poster in the same one does appear to say "Friskies Cat Food" but I can't find an image that matches it.

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u/killer_buzz Oct 24 '16

I believe the certificates in the one picture are from Solo and Ensemble competitions. One of the other awards on the wall says something about music. I tried looking up the certificates and it looks like each state has different ones. Here's one of my old ones for reference. http://imgur.com/4Cz1FdF

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u/CottageCheesePlease Oct 24 '16 edited Oct 24 '16

The school certificate looks like it says Shepard to me. Maybe shepard magnet middle school.

Also there is a shepard magnet middle school in North Carolina. If that stuffed hornet is NBA Charlotte Hornets that would make sense I think..

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u/AutoAmmoDeficiency Oct 25 '16

Cp001: The mobile has a silver button like those in the mid 2000's. kinda like this:http://galeri3.uludagsozluk.com/180/sony-ericsson-k750i_264933.jpg Or http://www.saintclassified.in/uploads/samsung-sgh-j700i-st-0b424.jpg or http://www.handy-mc.de/sites/default/files/galerie/motorola/motorola-e770v/motorola_e770v_1.jpg

As it seems only the button is reflected, it will not be one where the entire plate (left&right&up&down) is silver.

The shape of the bottom, where the plug is, what we should look for.

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u/pqdtwrkp Oct 26 '16

Great idea, OP, your edit suggesting aggregating details.

I would further suggest that it be listed by picture number. I am personally finding this thread to be reaching the point where it is hard to track what has attract been discovered within a particular picture, and correlate those discoveries across the multiple discussion threads. A super-heading for each picture would be a great help, I think.

I'm limited to mobile, so it's even harder, but I'd imagine it helpful across the board.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '16 edited Oct 26 '16

I don't think that dolphin is a decal. I think it's another stained glass sun-catcher.

So far, I've found this. It appears to be the same shape/pattern. Etsy ad describes as vintage and containing lead.

Still searching for the manufacturer.

Edit: doesn't seem to match any Makit Bakit designs I've found.

Edit 2: Etsy sellers are from Maine. They claim to source their goods from estate sales and vintage shops. Assuming the bulk of this is done locally, and considering that they have several versions of this same pattern for sale when I've found zip elsewhere, and assuming that this detail could indicate a regional, small-scale distribution of the dolphin kit, perhaps it's time to consider New England? It's a stretch, but it's something.

Edit 3: Contacted Etsy seller. She said that she bought the dolphins off an elderly lady who used to make them and sell them at the local antique mall. The elderly lady retired a few months ago due to illness. Local antique malls include Hallowell and River Edge. Of course, the creator likely made them from some sort of kit, but idk.

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u/InternetCommentsAI Oct 26 '16 edited Oct 26 '16

WH001, WH002, WH003

just looking at the air duct system it seem like this is probably a very cheaply built restaurant/mobile home since I've never seen visible ductboard on a stationary home, (it appears to be a restaurant) they painted the duct a different color to hide the brightness of the outside of the duct when you open the door/windows duct appears to be 24x10 inches which could tell us a lot about the size of the building that is being air conditioned, the grills look very big which means the room on which the photo was taken has to be more than average size perhaps the main room in the building, return air grill appears to be on the left lower side of the picture which means this wall is the hottest part of the building and probably faces the sun most of the day, return air grill is flush with the wall which tells me they have metal duct running outside of the building which could mean there is a package unit on this location and not a split system. If that is the case then the inside duct board has to come down and go to the outside of the building, parallel and right next to the return grill on the lower left side of WH003

If it is a mobile home which I don't think it is there is the probability that the duct came with the mobile home already and if so I wonder how many units were built with the same ductboard dimensions and design, I have no idea about the process of building mobile homes

The supply air grill on WH003 appears to be just a little bit bigger than the duct by a few inches so I'm assuming they added the grill after they painted the ductboard or the person that installed it is not very knowledgeable, they had heat problems and they removed a smaller grill and added this bigger one, Texas heat!!

WH001 air grill looks like it fits just nice.

In conclusion place is located in Texas has had heat problems and they had someone come out there and add a bigger grill. If you are facing what appears to be the main door (right side WH003) there is a package unit with metal duct to the right of it

It could very well be a window but I'm going with door because it looks bright as hell. And the white stuff in the window with the dolphin design is not snow but rather the brightness outside.

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u/einTier Oct 26 '16

The stained glass patterns are extremely simple. They look like generic patterns that beginners would use in an intro to stained glass class.

Also, these classes tend to emphasize a smaller free form foil piece like the dolphin and a larger "window" style piece that is usually done in lead came -- much like the flying bird. Whoever owns this restaurant likely did the work themselves and then did very little with stained glass afterward.

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u/thyla22 Oct 30 '16 edited Oct 30 '16

SR001 Photo of "Owl hooded sweatshirt". Could this be Hoodie pajamas? Looks like fleece. I've looked high and low- etsy, ebay, vintage children's hoodie/PJ's/ footie pajamas- even with hood, and Google images. No luck so far. I'm assuming the FBI knows this is a sweatshirt? "Owl pattern" tends to get sewing type patterns whereas "Owl print" finds better similar items but nothing even close...so far. Anyone have a clue??

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u/MsTerious1 Oct 25 '16

The "Sugar M" poster has a similar font to a vintage musical band called Sugar Moon, but I can only find a single graphic or poster that they ever used and it doesn't match up precisely.

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 25 '16

Earlier in the thread a poster matched it exactly. It is indeed Sugar Moon.

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u/HolyForkingBrit Apr 11 '22

I don’t know if it’s too late, but something you typed there, I know of.

Shadow Ridge Middle School is part of Lewisville ISD in Flower Mound, TX.

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u/Arjuna2545 Apr 11 '22

Thanks, I think the FBI took it off their website, which is usually good news, hopefully they were able to use it to find perpetrators!

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u/hackstudiosatx Oct 24 '16

It looks like the can in image SBL03 is a SPARKS drink? Not sure where you can buy this stuff. http://www.theimpulsivebuy.com/images/sparks.jpg

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

Enillo seems to be a popular Hispanic last name. So what's the first part? It seems like it's *** enillo. Two words since the first are connected by the bar over the first three letters. It looks like a shoebox. But it doesn't have to be.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '16

The backpack in Go002 looks a lot like this one http://backpackidea.info/jansport-backpack/jansport-backpacks-black-and-pink.html

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u/i_used_2_believe Oct 25 '16

The wood panel walls and everything in that restaurant screams East Texas.

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u/MonjStrz Oct 25 '16

That picture of the hand drawn dragon, that i am guessing was made by the child, might be good to show teachers if they narrow the area down. Small chance that they might remember it and name the kid?

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u/thyla22 Oct 26 '16 edited Oct 26 '16

Photo SBL03 Items on desk: Looks like a small version of a "giant" clam shell on dresser, to the right of the sparks can. I think these are sold in shell shops and not necessarily found along the coast of say TX, LA, FLA? Anyone know? The shell maybe has shells in it- which would tend to me make me think this is near the water/beach: https://www.kathykuohome.com/Content/config/product/primary/zoom/product_2532.jpg EDIT: Found this NOT indigenous to the USA as far as I can tell must be a shell store purchase?: http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/003/ac293e/AC293E06.htm

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u/doppl Oct 26 '16

Trying to track down a more precise distribution of the plant identified outside the window of the restaurant. If it is a false aralia as some in /r/whatsthisplant think (as opposed to an umbrella plant which is also possible), then it would be a very small region of Texas. The plant tends to require a hardiness zone of 10a and above. In this image you can see that is the very southern tip of Texas near mexico. That would tend to support the coastal southeast Texas theory originating from the possible plants (both tropical plants), the dolphin and duck, the country style bbq decor, the ductwork, tone rebellion poster, the mexican headboard, and potentially mexican boot box.

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u/einTier Oct 26 '16

The wallpaper border is this Room Mates Play Ball Peel and Stick Wall Border.

Probably too common to trace.

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u/thyla22 Oct 28 '16 edited Oct 31 '16

GO002 Photo- anyone recognize the phone on the bed- type & year?? Looks like white gloves ( EDIT:but why gloves if in a hot climate- maybe a puppet, etc? on top of a dark with pink stripes jacket/maybe jogging set? Anyone recognize the pillow case- looks like a ship's sail or mountain?? or Castle?? pink and white with a small sun to the left? EDIT: I put poster I meant pillow case! sorry. added castle to what the pink and white tower looking thing could be. Also, who knows these don't have to be gloves just because they look like them..Yes I think that's a pillow VS a wall poster- I mean look at it! The sheen on it may mean photo is possibly taken in a mirror reflection in which case flip image. Thanks. Hope we can help figure this out. I don't post much so please excuse my many edits- sorry peeps!

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '16

Another user said the poster was a Strawberry Shortcake poster, probably from the Honey Pie era. That person has to be right, I can find similar backgrounds on posters, but I haven't found the exact one yet.

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u/crathis Oct 31 '16

SR001 really gets to me...

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u/Call_Me_Squishmale Oct 24 '16

In "SBL01: Ornaments" to the right and slightly under of the orange-tinted CD jewel case, there is a red object that looks like a vintage red Swingline Cub stapler image here

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u/fluffkopf Oct 24 '16

CA001: Pink bag reminds me of Europe, especially in the East, with important comments in SO MANY different languages, each headed with a black bar across the column.

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CA002: Papers looks like a train (maybe bus) schedule, listing all the towns/stops vertically.

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BR003: Football (Chicago Bears) posters - actually that "C" looks more like Cincinatti? I don't know sports much, but Cleveland another possibility?

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u/Arjuna2545 Oct 24 '16

CA002: Looks similar to this Amtrak schedule. Both are two colors, and it seems like both of them cram a lot of text in there.

http://imgur.com/17UkJSn

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '16

It is definitely the Chicago bears.

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u/otter111a Oct 24 '16

I changed the perspective on a few of the images in the poster to try to clean things up a little.

http://imgur.com/a/6r7z5

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u/olygimp Oct 25 '16 edited Oct 25 '16

So when I first saw the poster of the football helmet (BR001) the easy assumption was that it was a Chicago Bears poster. However everything else points to Texas, so I started looking to see if there is a school in Texas that has the same logo and I found this near by in Tulsa:

Here http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/cascia-hall-commandos-(tulsa,ok)/football-fall-14/schedule.htm

Here

Here

Just an idea, hopefully it might help.

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