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To your left we have Aaron phelps / Robert Wagner former Cobra model who recieved the pictures of Danny Moilan aka Harlow Cuadra "the person of interest" in this case also referred to as "Drake"
to your left we have we have Sean and Harlow on blacks Beach in San Diego where the Imfamous beach recordings took place.
Below we have Bryan Kocis in a Picture taken in Las Vegas just days before his murder .
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to your Left we have Sean Harlow and Grant At Le Cirque in Las Vegas at the Bellagio hotel.
Below we have Joe and Harlow taken in Virginia beach after their arrest.
This is a picture of Sean and Harlow on Blacks beach and Sean is wearing the suspect sun glasses. The ones it is said contained the listening device. The Bryan Kocis timeline has been updated with the currant info and I want ot thank several of my posters who helped with this through their emails and posts and links to stories pretaining to this case. you all know who you are and you are all apprieciated.
This is Elmysterio and Im out.
yay elms ... good to see you are tidying up this mess - keeping it all in perspective
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Elm--
ReplyDeleteThanks for the murder timeline update. It is full of detail.
Sean is sent an email of the new model that Bryan is to interview later in the day. The tentative settlement had been signed by the parties, and at least 2 face to face meetings between either Grant alone and/or with Sean were conducted after the tentative settlement was signed. One of those meetings was about 20 minutes in length.
The meeting with Cuadra and Kerekes had taken place the day and even before this. They left Las Vegas, but without a contract. I think at best these two had may be a proposal, no offer because money or other consideration was not given for an option.
I think Bryan sent Sean the email information on Danny Mollin/Drake (actually) Cuadra in part because he was trying to cooperate and collaborate with Sean regarding a potential pairing in a scene or scenes in a possible film production. Information for this may have come from Grant in either one of the two meetings he had with Kocis.
I don't think there is a set up here. There certainly is no alarm on Sean's part when he receives the head shot and email from Kocis. Perhaps, Sean thought that Danny Mollin was Cuadra's stage name. I am not sure that Sean even replies to Kocis regarding his impressions about a proposed project involving this model or his opinion of the model's looks and compatibility with him. Interestingly, Grant is not asked his opinion or sent a copy of this. Fits with Grant having been frozen out by Bergeron. Would that have made Grant a mere agent of LSG rather than a full partner?
Rob said:
ReplyDeleteSean is sent an email of the new model that Bryan is to interview later in the day
Whereas, Elm's timeline says this:
At 2:23pm, Kocis sends Lockhart an e-mail that mentions the appointment. The affidavit does not quote the e-mail directly, nor indicate whether it included a photograph or when Lockhart might have seen it.
So, do we know for sure exactly when Brent saw the 'Danny Moulin' photo? And do we somehow know for certain that it was Mr. Kocis who sent it to him-- since, by all accounts, there were a few copies circulating about?
The evidence seems silent on those questions, unless I'm forgetting something (and I may be).
I don't ask in an accusatory way; I'm wondering aloud.
thanks go out to J-bee and MJ and me for the time line we all worked hard and long to keep it updated.
ReplyDeleteI have not read the timeline but at the risk of repeating things:-
ReplyDeleteOn the fateful day, Bryan prompted me and commenced an AIM chat at 21.30 UK time; 16.30 EST and therefore 13.30 PST. During the course of the conversation he told me that Sean had already telephoned him that day.
Presumably the police know what time Sean called Bryan and therefore whether the email was sent before, after or during their conversation.
That would help ascertain whether or not Sean had the opportunity of viewing the email (with or without picture) before the murder.
KM, Cad:
ReplyDeleteThe information about the time and source of the e-mail to Sean is from the arrest affidavit, on the bottom of page 3, and provided to police by Cobra webmaster Alex Puente on 1/29: "Puente indicated that on 01/24/07, at approx 1423 hrs., EST, an email was sent by the victim to Sean Lockhart, which stated in part that the victim was expecting a male model to arrive at the victim's residence later that same date."
That's all the detail included. There's no mention of whether a photo was attached, or whether the name 'Danny Moilin' was mentioned, or even 'Drake' for that matter. And just because it was sent at 2:23pm, obviously that does not mean that Sean saw it then or even soon. At 11:23am PST, he might have been at work and not seen it until much later. (Grant told police Sean was at work the following morning when Cuadra called, so perhaps he was there on the morning of 1/24 as well.)
If Cad's account of his AIM chat with Bryan is accurate, it began two hours after the e-mail was sent. If Bryan referred to a call from Sean during that chat, it doesn't help too much without also knowing when the call was made, when Sean actually viewed the e-mail, and the actual content of that e-mail. Police likely know the third piece of information (from Puente), and might know the first two as well.
Of course, there might also be relevant information in the actual transcript of Bryan's AIM chat with Cad, if one exists, referring to the call and what was discussed. (I can't fault Cad for not sharing publicly details he might have from a police investigation if the police have chosen not to disclose them.)
Without knowing whether the e-mail included a photo, we cannot say whether Sean would have recognized the model as Harlow and known Bryan's visitor was someone who had proposed killing him, 13 days earlier.
Even if there was a photo, without knowing when Sean saw the e-mail, we cannot say whether he had any opportunity to warn Bryan or react in whatever way he believed appropriate.
For that matter, it's even possible Sean saw a photo, warned Bryan, and Bryan decided he was capable of handling the situation anyway. It might seem odd that Bryan would not mention this in his subsequent calls with Sean Macias and Robert Wagner, or in his AIM chat with Cad, but then again we don't know that he didn't. Police might have omitted details from the affidavit for their own reasons.
What's curious to me is that police say they learned of the e-mail on 1/29 from Puente, rather than earlier from Sean. If Sean provided investigators the e-mail earlier, police have done him a disservice by omitting that from the affidavit. It could lead some to infer, perhaps unfairly, that Sean was not assisting the investigation.
But if 1/29 was the first time police learned of it, we might expect that inquiries followed: "Why didn't you tell us about this e-mail?"
Two days later, the news report appeared quoting attorney Yates that Sean and Grant had information about Bryan's visitor and were retaining a criminal attorney. This timing could be entirely coincidental.
Thanks JB. That was my recollection, too.
ReplyDeleteOne other possibility occurred to me: that Brent read the email but failed to open the attached photo (if there was one). I've done that if I'm in a hurry or something, thinking that I'll have a later look at whatever my correspondent sent.
If Sean provided investigators the e-mail earlier, police have done him a disservice by omitting that from the affidavit. It could lead some to infer, perhaps unfairly, that Sean was not assisting the investigation.
The above doesn't surprise me. To be fair to the cops, an affidavit of that sort has a limited purpose, and ensuring that the public not get a wrong idea about Brent and Grant is not part of that purpose, eh? :)
j-bee, the only thing I wanted to share was that Sean's call to Bryan was before 1.30pm San Diego time.
ReplyDeletePerhaps this means nothing but we seem to have a habit on the blog to link pieces of information together - albeit on some occasions completely incorrectly!
The police know the actual time of the call but have not disclosed it to the public.
I very much doubt that Bryan would deliberately accept the risk of having a potential murderer into his house. He was no fool and would have either met Harlow in a public place or have Aaron be present.
[Didn't the affidavit state that Harlow requested that they be alone for the first visit?]
The fact that he had loaded firearms dispersed around his home indicates a need for personal security.
He may have liked "the casting couch" but he also enjoyed living !
If Bryan had used AOL for the email and the webmaster accessed this to identify the Sean email then it would have been obvious that an attachment had been sent and the filename.
From my own experience when Bryan was chatting on AIM he still tended to send files and pics by email rather than within AIM.
KM, J-bee, CAD--
ReplyDeleteThanks for the discussion of the e-mail Bryan sent to Sean. I think this moves us farther down the street.
Looks like Sean can make decisions about business matter while Grant can only sit by as may be a limited, or even a silent partner in the business dealings post tentative settlement.
Cad: I very much doubt that Bryan would deliberately accept the risk of having a potential murderer into his house.
ReplyDeleteI do too. I was merely trying to be thorough in listing what appears possible, rather than likely.
And yes, the affidavit quotes an e-mail from Danny/Harlow requesting that they meet alone.
Rob: Looks like Sean can make decisions about business matter while Grant can only sit by as may be a limited, or even a silent partner in the business dealings post tentative settlement.
I'm not sure that's necessarily true. Bryan might have asked Sean whether he was interested in doing a scene with a particular model, prior to discussions about business details that would follow -- perhaps including Grant. But that's just a guess.
Also, as of 1/24 I don't think the settlement was still tentative. Bryan, Grant and Sean are reported to have signed it on 1/18, with Lee's signature following shortly thereafter. I'd defer to others with more knowledge whether it was in force with the final signature, or not until some later time.
J-bee--
ReplyDeleteThanks for your insight.
It is a tentative settlement until accepted by the court. In the records regarding the civil case, the court date for that was 21 February.
KM: One other possibility occurred to me: that Brent read the email but failed to open the attached photo (if there was one).
ReplyDeleteYes, good point. Whether an attachment would automatically be displayed in the body of the e-mail could depend on how it was composed and on the mail software Sean used to see it.
To be fair to the cops, an affidavit of that sort has a limited purpose, and ensuring that the public not get a wrong idea about Brent and Grant is not part of that purpose, eh?
Yes, it's useful to remind ourselves that the affidavit is not presented as a complete account of the investigation. Additional details we are curious to learn might not become public for some time. Does anyone here know if an indictment usually adds detail not in an arrest warrant? Or are they essentially the same?
Rob, the settlement did not require court sanction. The only post-settlement court work involved a joint application (Cobra/LSG) to dismiss the proceedings.
ReplyDeleteIn granting the application the Court made no judgement on any aspect of the underlying legal claims, counterclaim or the settlement itself.
From memory, the court were not even furnished with a copy of the settlement.
There was a properly executed settlement agreement in place when Bryan was murdered. The motion to dismiss flowed from this and was granted several weeks later.
I hope this clarifies matters.
As for what we get from the indictment, it depends on whether or not the prosecutors decide to go to a grand jury or charge Cuadra and Kerekes directly through the office with a charging document.
ReplyDeleteGrand jury proceedings are secret, and a record of what was said by whom to gain the indictment will not be available to the public.
If C&K are charged directly-- the more likely case-- the charging document will likely be a shorter, more concise instrument. It may or may not tell us new facts, depending on what gets put into it.
There will be a preliminary hearing to argue over whether or not the state has demonstrated probable cause to indict. Defense motions to exclude evidence on various premises are common in that venue in an attempt to shake off probable cause. Again, we may learn new facts there, depending on what gets argued about. Or, the thing can be utterly routine and we get squat.
One more update for the timeline Elm, Bryan filed bankruptcy in 12/01 and it was discharged (accepted by creditors) in 3/02
ReplyDeleteHey, I read about this story, and what can I say. It's pretty complex!! I've recently made a new song, and I feel it could relate to how this guy is feeling right now on a higher level. Check out my song at: www.myspace.com/CousinKitten It's called "Where Do You Want Me". Cousin Kitten x.
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