ON DEC 4 2021AT 2210HRS, I RECEIVED A CALL FROM ***** ******** WHO STATED SHE BELIEVED SOMEONE OR SOMETHING WAS MOVING ITEMS IN HER ATTIC. I ASKED HER TO EXPLAIN WHY SHE BELIEVED THIS AND SHE SAID ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS OVER THE LAST YEAR, SHE WOULD HEAR SHUFFLING NOISES, SIMILAR TO ITEMS BEING PUSHED AROUND ON THE FLOOR AND WHEN SHE WOULD GO LOOK, SHE FOUND NUMEROUS ITEMS HAD BEEN MOVED BUT THERE WAS NEVER ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THE ATTIC AREA. ***** REQUESTED WE CONDUCT SURVEILLANCE OF THE ATTIC AREA SO I AGREED TO MEET WITH HER TO CONDUCT AN ASSESSMENT OF HER RESIDENCE.

 

ON DEC 7 2021 AT 1300HRS, I ARRIVED AT *****’S HOME LOCATED AT ***** ******** ROAD SCOTTSDALE, AZ AND ASKED HER TO SHOW ME THE EXTERIOR, THE INTERIOR AND THEN THE ATTIC OF THE HOME. HER RESIDENCE IS AN 1,800 SQ FT ONE STORY, DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THERE ARE TWO MAIN ENTRY AND EXIT DOORS AND A TOTAL OF 8 EXTERIOR WINDOWS. THERE WAS NO VISIBLE EXTERIOR ENTRANCE TO THE ATTIC OTHER THAN TWO 12” X 12” VENTS, ONE OF THE NORTH AND ONE ON THE SOUTH OF THE HOME BOTH WERE FULLY SECURED TO THE HOME AND THE INTERIOR OF THE VENTS WERE LINED WITH METAL MESH SO NOTHING OTHER THAN AIR COULD ENTER OR EXIT.

 

ALL OF THE EXTERIOR WINDOWS WERE CHECKED, ALL WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY AND ALL WERE PROPERLY SECURED. WE TESTED EVERY SINGLE WINDOW AND NONE COULD BE OPENED WHEN LOCKED. BOTH DOORS WERE CHECKED AND BOTH WERE PROPERLY WORKING AND NO ENTRY COULD BE GAINED WHEN THE DOORS WERE LOCKED.

 

THE INTERIOR OF THE HOME WAS CHECKED AND THERE WAS NO AREA FOUND WHICH WOULD ALLOW ANYONE ACCESS TO THE ATTIC OTHER THAN THE MAIN ENTRY POINT WHICH WAS A PULL DOWN LADDER THAT WAS ATTACHED TO THE CEILING. THE PROCESS OF PULLING THE LADDER DOWN WAS LOUD SO IF ANYONE WAS ATTEMPTING TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE ATTIC, IT COULD EASILY BE HEARD.

 

A CHECK OF THE ATTIC WAS COMPLETED AND AGAIN, THE ONLY ACCESS POINT WAS THE PULL DOWN LADDER AND BOTH VENT AREAS WERE PROPERLY SECURE. THERE WAS A LOT OF ITEMS IN THE ATTIC WHICH MAINLY CONSISTED OF BOXES BUT THERE WAS ALSO SMALL FURNITURE ITEMS, HALF FULL PLASTIC TUBS, A COUPLE OF BICYCLES, SEVERAL STACKS OF PILED CLOTHING AND SEVERAL LARGE STACKS OF MAGAZINES. I ASKED HER IF ALL OF THE ITEMS BELONGED TO HER AND SHE SAID YES.

 

I ASKED ***** TO TELL ME ABOUT THE NOISES AND SHE SAID SHE HAS LIVED IN THE RESIDENCE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR AND THE NOISES STARTED APPROXIMATELY 2 MONTHS AFTER SHE MOVED IN. SHE SAID THE LENGTH SHE HEARS THE SOUNDS ARE TOTALLY RANDOM AS SOMETIMES SHE HEARS THEM FOR 10 SECONDS, OTHER TIMES FOR A MINUTE AND THE LONGEST SHE EVER HEARD IT, IT LASTED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES. SHE SAID SHE SAID THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES SHE HEARD THE NOISES SHE THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT BUT AFTER A MONTH OR SO OF HEARING THEM, THEY STARTED TO BOTHER HER.

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IN MARCH 2021, SHE SAID HER BROTHER WAS VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN AND AROUND 8PM, HE TEXT HER ASKING WHAT THE ODD SOUND WAS COMING FROM THE ATTIC. SHE TOLD HIM ABOUT HOW SHE HAD BEEN HEARING ODD SOUNDS FOR MONTHS SO WHEN SHE GOT HOME FROM WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 845PM, THEY WENT UP TO THE ATTIC TO TRY AND FIND A SOURCE FOR THE SOUND. SHE SAID THE ATTIC LIGHT WAS NOT WORKING SO THEY HAD TO USE FLASHLIGHTS BUT COULDN’T SEE ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSING THE NOISE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER THEY HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN BUT JUST IGNORED IT. THE NEXT MORNING THEY WENT BACK INTO THE ATTIC TO CHANGE THE LIGHTBULB AND TO TRY AND FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND BELIEVING IT TO BE SOME SORT OF ANIMAL SUCH AS A CAT AND NOTICED A STACK OF BOXES HAD BEEN MOVED SO THEY WERE BLOCKING THE LIGHT FROM ONE OF THE EXTERIOR VENTS AND TWO SMALL PLASTIC TUBS HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM. SHE SAID AT THIS POINT THE HAIRS ON THE BACK OF HER NECK STOOD UP AND HER BROTHER STARTED TO ASK HER IF SHE WAS MESSING WITH HIM. SHE TOLD HIM NO AND THEY IMMEDIATELY LEFT THE ATTIC AND CLOSED THE LADDER.

 

***** TOLD ME IN APRIL 2021, SHE HIRED ***********, WHICH IS A PEST CONTROL COMPANY, TO SEE IF THEY COULD FIND ANY TYPE OF ANIMAL ON HER PROPERTY THAT MAY BE CAUSING THE NOISE AND THEY FOUND NO ANIMAL AND NO SIGNS OF ANY ANIMAL LIVING IN THE ATTIC AREA.

 

IN JUNE 2021, ***** TOLD ME HER FATHER CAME TO VISIT FROM OUT OF TOWN FOR A MONTH AND ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS THEY HEARD THE NOISES COMING FROM THE ATTIC AND ON THE THIRD TIME, HER FATHER WENT UP TO THE ATTIC AND SEARCHED IT BUT DIDN’T FIND ANYTHING. HER FATHER COMMENTED TO HER ABOUT HOW IT’S NOT SAFE TO BLOCK THE VENTS TO THE ATTIC AT WHICH POINT SHE TOLD HIM WHEN THE PEST CONTROL COMPANY WAS THERE, THEY HAD MOVED THE BOXES AWAY FROM THE VENT AT WHICH POINT HER FATHER ASKED “WELL, WHY DID YOU MOVE THEM BACK.” WHEN SHE TOLD HIM SHE DIDN’T, HE GAVE HER AN ODD LOOK AND SHE EXPLAINED TO HIM WHAT HAPPENED WHEN HER AND HER BROTHER HAD CHECKED. HER FATHER SAID IT WAS MOST LIKELY THEIR IMAGINATION.

 

***** SAID THE NOISES CONTINUED FOR SEVERAL MORE MONTHS AND SHE TRIED TO IGNORE THEM BUT SHE COULDN’T ANYMORE SO SHE DECIDED TO CONTACT US TO SEE IF WE COULD DO SOME SORT OF SURVEILLANCE OF HER ATTIC AREA.

 

ON DECEMBER 11TH 2021 AT 330PM, I SET UP THREE MOTION CAMERAS IN THE ATTIC IN AN ATTEMPT RECORD WHATEVER WAS MAKING THE NOISE AND WOULD LEAVE THEM IN PLACE FOR TWO WEEKS. I ALSO CHALK OUTLINED SEVERAL LOCATIONS TO DETERMINE IF ANYTHING HAD INDEED BEEN MOVED. THE CAMERAS CAN BE MONITORED 24/7 AND WE RECEIVE ALERTS FOR MOVEMENT AND SOUND. ON THE SAME DAY THEY WERE INSTALLED, AT 1157PM, THE CAMERA ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE ATTIC RECORDED WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BOX BEING PUSHED ACROSS THE FLOOR AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS LATER, THIS SAME CAMERA LOST POWER FOR BOTH BATTERIES AND TURNED OFF. ALL OF THE OTHER CAMERAS CONTINUED TO WORK BUT RECORDED NO MOVEMENT OR ADDITIONAL SOUND. THE NEXT DAY I WENT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD CAUSED THE POWER ISSUE AND TO SEE IF ANYTHING HAD BEEN DISTURBED. UPON ARRIVAL, I FOUND *****’S FATHER IN THE ATTIC AND ASKED ***** WHAT HE WAS DOING AND SHE SAID HE HAD BROUGHT A FRIEND OVER TO SEARCH TO CLEAR THE ATTIC OUT FOR HER AT WHICH POINT I REMINDER HER ABOUT THE CHALK OUTLINES BUT AT THIS POINT IT WAS TOO LATE SINCE MULTIPLE THINGS HAD ALREADY BEEN MOVED. I ASKED ***** IF SHE WISHED TO CONTINUE SURVEILLANCE OF THE ATTIC SINCE ALL OF THE ITEMS HAD BEEN REMOVED AND THE ATTIC WAS NOW EMPTY AND SHE SAID “NO, LET’S HOPE THIS SOLVES MY NOISE PROBLEM.”

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I RECEIVED NO FURHTER COMMUNICATION FROM ***** AND NO FURTHER ACTION WAS TAKEN. DUE TO THE UNUSUAL FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INCIDENT, THIS CASE IS TO BE PLACED IN THE 918 FILES.