Investigating Seth Rich's Death [Completed]
328 2016-08-13 by street1510
So this my completed investigation on the area around Seth Rich's murder. I have mapped out every area with a camera to determine the best escape route. What I have found is that the killer picked the only place from which he could escape without being seen. From the crime scene all the killer had to do was go east in a straight line away from every police station from which cruisers may respond, away from every camera which may record him, and enter Prospect Hill Cemetery to never be seen again. This was literally the perfect spot to kill Seth.
Extra Stuff
Murder site Google Coordinates
Where the most likely escape route West Street ends.
PRIVATE CAMERAS (Everything beyond here is boring proof)
Camera one Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera two Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera three Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera four Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates.
Camera five/six Photo1, Photo2 for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera seven Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera eight Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera nine Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera ten Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera eleven Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera twelve Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera thirteen Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera fourteen Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera fifteen Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera sixteen Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera seventeen Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera eighteen Photo for proof and the Google Coordinates
Camera nineteen-twenty four Photo 1, 2, 3, 4. Google Coordinates 1, 2, 3, 4
Traffic Cams
Disclaimer please do not contact the camera owners that was not the purpose of this. Yes, some of the cameras may not function. Yes, the Methodist church cameras look iffy but that intersection is covered in other cameras anyways.
Update Because I was asked about the crime rate in the area. The murder took place about underneath the "i" in "Bloomingdale." I did not included sexual assault due to distance. These maps are all a zoomed in version and only a 30 day search so to explore the whole district go to http://crimemap.dc.gov/CrimeMapSearch.aspx and search district 5 and 3.
Update 8/20 I was never going to search for Rich's home but daily mail posted it without caring so just as an FYI it's in the direct line of sight of camera 11.
61 comments
53 jburke6000 2016-08-13
Neat work!
Why the hell can't well paid "professional" journalists and investigators do what you did?
32 [deleted] 2016-08-13
Because they don't get paid for that, but glad we now know it was a professional hit, no robbery
19 zippityd0dah 2016-08-13
They don't get paid to investigate facts. They get paid to report an agenda.
6 Bmyrab 2016-08-13
Xactly.
1 tito333 2016-08-13
A paid MSM shill doesn't have the brains for this, they just read the teleprompter.
41 lordrothschild 2016-08-13
Stay away from nail guns, barbells and water, OP.
9 JTRIG_trainee 2016-08-13
Are you kidding? There's a whole $45k in reward money. That should provide lots of protection! LOL.
9 Toddler_Fight_Club 2016-08-13
and trains.
2 Afrobean 2016-08-13
This is the fucking wackiest thing surrounding all these suspicious deaths. Either this guy randomly happened to die from a train (and seriously, who does that?), or we have an assassin using a train to murder people. That sounds like the plot to a shitty Steven Seagal movie.
2 sugarleaf 2016-08-13
And a pair of lead earrings.
19 jkeegan123 2016-08-13
If would be kind of easy to narrow this down to the lowest number of suspects if we somehow had data, or cooperation to get data.
list all cell phone subscribers in tower range at the time of death
narrow this list down to the most likely suspects (ie rule out people who would not be able to perform the deed)
post to the news that you have done this and will be releasing the likely subjects to the media
set up home surveillance to catch the real killer when they come to whack you at home for cracking the case
9 corinthblue 2016-08-13
No way the killer has a phone on them that would be traceable - if they even had a phone powered on at all.
1 jkeegan123 2016-08-13
People are dumb ... it would lead to an interesting bunch of suspects, though...
2 Afrobean 2016-08-13
This was a professional hit. They would probably know not to carry a phone on them while they're doing it.
1 jkeegan123 2016-08-13
Maybe. .. Probably... But people are dumb.
5 HowAbtGoFuckYourslf 2016-08-13
Wouldn't they more likely kill you in another "perfect location" like the one OP alleges they killed Seth Rich in, and not your home.
1 jkeegan123 2016-08-13
Now you're thinking right ... body cam ought to do it.
3 I_Lurrve_Science 2016-08-13
Criminals are aware that law enforcement track cell phones. They use burners or don't carry a phone when they don't want to be tracked.
6 perfect_pickles 2016-08-13
muggers don't kill their victims (and not steal...), gives mugging a bad reputation and encourages victims to CC.
0 climberoftalltrees 2016-08-13
So, who's volunteering to be bait?
11 x6r 2016-08-13
I read the Wikipedia article to see what kind of bullshit they were trying to misinform/manipulate people with. The wiki article is downright shameful; it practically says bare minimum, adds in a Hillary quote of course calling for a ban on guns, and has very little practical information if you're interested in what has occurred.
The person's username who had last edited the article stuck out too. http://imgur.com/7bi2JUP
Edit; Oh, I almost forgot! This was some truly awesome investigating man, I'm impressed. Conspiracy could use more of this.
1 sugarleaf 2016-08-13
Last edited by: Anythingyouwant. Yep, definitely a wiki shill.
10 effifox 2016-08-13
Good job with this. I hope it will lead to something conclusive in the near future. My hopes are low tbh.
10 gatekeepr 2016-08-13
Good approach. Have you considered putting the locations of the roberies that were mentioned by the police on the map? Not that that theory makes any sense but it might be a nice way to show that the roberies are unrelated.
19 street1510 2016-08-13
Actually the police have kindly done that for me.
Go to MPD PSA or District. Sort by District. Five is Seth's neighborhood on the far left and Three is the neighboring area. Click the red view map button (it doesn't let me directly link). http://crimemap.dc.gov/CrimeMapSearch.aspx
There's actually nothing to put on my map as far as violent crimes goes. There's a couple petty thefts and two break-ins but none of them involved weapons. Bloomingdale is an oasis in the sea of crime.
5 samsqanch 2016-08-13
Fantastic research OP, the MPD site is a gold mine, but I have to disagree with this :
That site shows the 501 having 21 robberies with gun since January 2016, 5 within a block of where he was shot.
6 street1510 2016-08-13
I see the issue now I was only going through 30 day data. I already made the chart based on that :/
2 samsqanch 2016-08-13
I just noticed that if you search by Police Districts, the lists only give you map links for the last 30 days, but if you search by Police Service Area it will give map links for any date range.
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7 sheasie 2016-08-13
i would give you gold but i be po!
really nicely done.
6 perfect_pickles 2016-08-13
either pure luck by random mugger but they forgot to steal after murdering,
or very good organized pre-planning and execution by professionals.
3 cannibalAJS 2016-08-13
Except they left while Seth was still alive and could have been saved. If this was a hit then it wasn't done by professionals.
3 makedesign 2016-08-13
Source? Not trying to be skeptical, I genuinely hadn't heard that or many other details about the crime and this sort of detail strikes me as especially relevant in debunking this if it's true.
For all we know this whole story is disinformation to send interested people on a goose chase in the wrong direction. Can't really rule anything out when you can't prove anything in the first place I guess.
6 AlwaysBeNice 2016-08-13
One of the places, there are quite a few actually.
But yeah, it does make it look less like a robbery, wasn't it also reported that none of his stuff was stolen including his wallet?
1 explaainer 2016-08-13
Even if it wasn't a robbery, it could just as well be that he owed a drug dealer money or he was fucking the wrong person's wife.
8 Poobyrd 2016-08-13
Or leaking DNC emails.
7 explaainer 2016-08-13
Or rigging primaries.
7 brildenlanch 2016-08-13
Believe it or not, but your average drug dealer won't murder a customer because it's a double loss. You lose your money they owe you plus any future money they might spend with you. At some point they are going to need, and when they do they'll have to pay off what they owe before resupply. Just saying. When people are murdered over drugs it's usually theft, not just owing a couple hundred on a front.
1 explaainer 2016-08-13
Fair point, I just meant there could be other motives for a murder, and that was the first example that came to mind, probably because of Pulp Fiction.
4 AlwaysBeNice 2016-08-13
Now I am not saying the media is in on this, but it seems odd to just conclude it as such then, a robbery, while indeed it could have been other things.
1 explaainer 2016-08-13
Probably because it is the most common motive for an attack on the street in the middle of the night. I think it's also what the police said they suspected. Usually with relatively low profile murders like this I don't think the media usually does much in the way of investigating. Police would be interviewing his friends and coworkers looking for a motive though.
3 sugarleaf 2016-08-13
What part of this murder is "low profile"?
2 TheProdigalKn1ght 2016-08-13
What are the chances you can expand this to the surrounding area?
Also where are the cameras that surround the cemetery? Can we get information on cameras around that area: How much area is covered, where they would have to go in order to avoid cameras etc... If we can figure that out than I'd say we'd have a good bet of knowing whose cameras caught a glimpse of the murderer.
2 street1510 2016-08-13
Once he hits the cemetery he's home free. He could exit anywhere and has a pick of over a dozen routes. There also aren't many cameras on the surrounding north and east roads.
The further you get from the crime scene the less likely it is you will be able to pick out the perp on camera. If he's walking it would take him around 10-20 minutes to go through the cemetery so now you have to take into consideration the amount of traffic that has passed by those cameras. It would basically be hopeless to try and find him beyond the cemetery especially if he had a car parked somewhere.
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2 Captain_____Obvious_ 2016-08-13
Wow, you planned this out pretty well.
10 woozlew 2016-08-13
Weird how all the exif data from OP's pictures is from the week before the murder.
0 grlldcheese87 2016-08-13
Hey, just because he's a hitman doesn't mean he's morally bankrupt enough to support the dems right now.
2 bickspickle 2016-08-13
Is it just me or does that seem like a really strange spot to mug someone? Very residential with a corner store right there and possible witnesses?
3 cannibalAJS 2016-08-13
There have been several muggings i the area, so the answer would be "yes" apparently.
1 bickspickle 2016-08-13
in the area yes, but that specific location is just... wrong.
0 cannibalAJS 2016-08-13
Wat?
1 YourExx 2016-08-13
It doesn't look like a 24h store, but you are right that it doesn't look like the kind of place you would expect to be mugged in.
2 scottonfire 2016-08-13
This is what we call journalism. The other shit is PR for corporations and politicians.
2 -STIMUTAX- 2016-08-13
Any information on what caused hi to be in that area at that time? Was he on his way from something particular? Did someone set him up to be there?
1 FolioSwarm 2016-08-13
My question is planning. Wouldn't a professional killer come out to the location prior to the murder to make sure nothing would interfere? Yes this can be done in a car, but much better on foot. If it's a pro (agency, etc.) then it would have been done by someone other than the killer and most likely by nondescript multiples. I don't know much about the location meaning was this the guys normal route, home near by, etc., but if not then something else wherever he was caused him to go this way vs another way. Just a thought. And the cemetery would likely have entrance and exit with regard to close driving, getaway, etc.
0 Shanemaier 2016-08-13
What are the chances in your mind that a random thug could have lucked out and guessed the best exit?
6 DoctorMiracles 2016-08-13
The luckiest thug, also too stupid to steal anyhting from the man he just shot. 'Oh shit, I forgot the wallet!'
-5 warnfargle 2016-08-13
So your "proof" is that there's a camera free street next to the location of the murder.
6 Idiocy_or_Treason 2016-08-13
Go back to watching CNN cunt
3 trumpetspieler 2016-08-13
no really I agree with you. This shows that the location for the murder was an ideal place to escape undetected but you need more.
Was the guy talking a normal route home?
Have the cameras to get to that location been checked before the crime?
Are the cops focusing on the cemetery?
I agree this needs a bit more to really convince me it was beyond reasonable doubt a professional hit but that doesn't mean his work is completely useless.
19 street1510 2016-08-13
Actually the police have kindly done that for me.
Go to MPD PSA or District. Sort by District. Five is Seth's neighborhood on the far left and Three is the neighboring area. Click the red view map button (it doesn't let me directly link). http://crimemap.dc.gov/CrimeMapSearch.aspx
There's actually nothing to put on my map as far as violent crimes goes. There's a couple petty thefts and two break-ins but none of them involved weapons. Bloomingdale is an oasis in the sea of crime.
32 [deleted] 2016-08-13
Because they don't get paid for that, but glad we now know it was a professional hit, no robbery
19 zippityd0dah 2016-08-13
They don't get paid to investigate facts. They get paid to report an agenda.
1 tito333 2016-08-13
A paid MSM shill doesn't have the brains for this, they just read the teleprompter.