The Basement: WHY? Crime Classification Manual (CCM) as a personal cause homicide.
The main part of the house was built in 1927. The house has a brick face on the exterior and the basement was finish. The ceiling and walls in the basement was painted white. This make for a more sound prof construction.
The basement stairs are located in the home on the North/East side of the house, in line with the front door. Right below the main stairs that lead to the up stair bed rooms. There is three rizer and a landing on the first floor before entering the basement door. This leave less steps to get down to the basement floor level. The floors have white carpet. It a straight run down to the bottom then turn right. Hand rail on the right.
Basement Square Feet: App. 1,240
28 X 40 ft. 1120 sq ft. and the cellar 10 X 12 ft. 120 sq ft.
Seven rooms make up the basement.
At the bottom of the basement stairs to the right is a door that goes to a 1/2 bath, sink and tolet. The tolet was broken and had the water tank uninstalled. One small square window is located in this bathroom. Lock.
Open a nother door and you are in a hall way that has counters on the left side, next to this is the furnest room, Gas hot water heater, Boiler heating system for the older part of the house, and a freezer for food, located it this room. A basement window with a metal vent pipe for make up air is installed. This window is protected by a outside metal bars.
Out side the boiler room to the left is a cellar, this room is use for storage like window screen and paint cans. JB body was found here. No windows in the concrete constructed room. This room is located under the sun room, South/East side of the house - Front.
The center of the basement has what is called a train room for the son toys. The West end of this room has lot of storage like the mother's paint supplies and other crafts items. This room has a window well that is made up of three windows. A window well is installed on the exterior with a metal grate at ground level. This window was left open most of the time because the water heat pipes at the ceiling made this room too hot. A person could come and go from here.
Off the stair area, there is a washer and dryer room with a phone and a counter. Off this room there is a nother storage room with a dry wall over the other side basement window that lead no were after the new addition. This was found open with a chair under this one side close up window opening.
The basement also has a small panel door to a crawl space. This panel door was screw close.
There was a out of place chair in the basement blocking the door way to the train room.
Many items was stored in the basement like items uses in the crime. The killer had a lot of item to pick from.
The question is,
Why go to the basement?
It has only one way out, if one does not use the basement stairs. This would not be a very safe or fast exit.
Team JBI