tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post7694029495832911071..comments2024-03-01T02:28:15.472-06:00Comments on Footprints at The River's Edge: 04/17/09: Jelani Brinson, 24, Anoka, MNLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11452662850165426833noreply@blogger.comBlogger104125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-63785057357378839762017-08-23T18:20:06.061-05:002017-08-23T18:20:06.061-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Queen Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970200946921522576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-50053497979342067012017-08-23T18:20:05.255-05:002017-08-23T18:20:05.255-05:00I'm in total agreement with you Jabari Akhenam...I'm in total agreement with you Jabari Akhenamen.<br />It's some what similar to the Henry McCabe case as well.Queen Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08970200946921522576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-31172958542134399362016-04-09T12:07:09.577-05:002016-04-09T12:07:09.577-05:00Check out the research and videos of David Paulide...Check out the research and videos of David Paulides. He has done extensive work into strange disappearances in the national parks that are quite baffling. Often people walking in a group will discover that the person at the end has mysteriously vanished without a trace. Often the missing people are found dead, like Jelani, with no shoes on or no apparent trauma or cause of death visible. And most are found floating face up, like Jelani, or with strange anomalies such as pants removed and neatly folded next to the body, and clothing appears to have be cleaned. Something strange is definitely floating in the tea.....<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05490961122622546596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-51261101296476191822010-02-10T21:41:37.328-06:002010-02-10T21:41:37.328-06:00To D: I was told that the "gang signs" y...To D: I was told that the "gang signs" you are referring to is what he and his friends call the "OK Clique". That has nothing to do with a gang. It's something him and his friends came up with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-75500952188071904502010-01-29T19:57:18.588-06:002010-01-29T19:57:18.588-06:00I don't buy the graffiti is intended solely as...I don't buy the graffiti is intended solely as gang graffiti. There is graffiti that says half and ash w. Garza was last seen after 11pm on the day before ash wednesday . He was found on a day there was a half moon. Burrows was last seen alive on a day there was a half moon then found later in half moon lake. Ugly because Shaffer was at the Ugly Toona.A horseshoe shape with josh written inside. The horseshoe for Brian Shaffer that was on High street and josh because the search was in Highland park.Graffiti on Summit Avenue because the bar Welzien was at went from being an omni Hotel to a Summit Hotel. Summit is the same name on a victims myspace page. Waldo because they are taunting the police.The symbol of the star and the one next to it at bootleggers are similar to a bars logo. That bars logo has a boot in it. A boot is symbolic because in French raquette is a word used for shoe or racquet. A racquet is used to play Lacrosse also. One of the bars names was sneakers and that fits with the same pattern<br /><br />Timeline from Fleischmann to Nick Garza<br /><br />Kyle Fleischmann 11/9/07-same day as Matt LaCrosse<br /><br />Josh Szostak 12/23/07-<br />He and Blatz both went to a Pearl Street bar. Josh went to Plattsburgh University and Blatz to Plattville University. Blatz was at Sneaker's bar.<br /><br />Tommy Booth -Bootleggers 1/19/08<br /><br />Nick Garza 2/5/08 Is believed to have fallen in the creek at the LaCrosse playing field.<br /><br />The other shoe related victims are in a cross. Raquette has a double meaning. Albert Campbell was found in the Raquette river.He is part of a cross on the map. That is near the St Lawrence . That area was settled by french Canadians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-72922044211905070972010-01-29T15:01:16.336-06:002010-01-29T15:01:16.336-06:00It seems like Jelani and his friends are flashing ...It seems like Jelani and his friends are flashing gang signs in several of the photos of him on http://jelanibrinson.com/. That might be worth looking into.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04054566911941772548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-73580541188342543812009-09-03T07:31:50.786-05:002009-09-03T07:31:50.786-05:00Just saw this on the Startribune site.....Official...Just saw this on the Startribune site.....Officials baffled by Minneapolis man's death in Anoka pond<br />The 24-year-old's body was found in a pond in Anoka, but he didn't drown and no signs of injury were found.<br /><br />The county medical examiner's office recently said its examination of the cause of Jelani Brinson's death was inconclusive, said county Sheriff's Lt. Paul Sommer.<br /><br />Brinson's body was found after he had been missing for a week. Brinson, 24, was last seen April 17 as he abruptly left a friend's house not far from the pond, police said. His shoes and hat were found near railroad tracks in the area.<br /><br />Police found no signs of injury or foul play on the body, and the autopsy ruled out anatomical causes such as drowning, a heart attack or a brain aneurism, Sommer said.<br /><br />"With him, there's nothing. No injuries, nothing to show he suffocated," Sommer said. "The coroner couldn't say why he died. That's what makes this investigation so difficult. There's no wounds. He went missing and he's dead."<br /><br />Sommer said there was no sign of a fight where Brinson's tennis shoes and hat were found. His friends have cooperated, but said they didn't know why he left the Anoka home that day. Brinson, who had a 1-year-old daughter, worked for Sprint in Edina.<br /><br />The autopsy offered no leads, but the investigation continues, Sommer said. He asked anyone with information about the case to call 911 or the sheriff's office, 763-427-1212.<br /><br />"It is particularly frustrating because normally in a situation like this we expect certain things to be apparent," Sommer said. "If he's found in a pond, you'd think he drowned. He did not. Or if he was dumped there, you'd think you'd find an anatomical cause of death or a drug overdose. That was not there either. We have very little to go on."<br /><br />JIM ADAMSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-72756460556792003882009-08-27T15:03:03.606-05:002009-08-27T15:03:03.606-05:00^^^ As do all of his friends and family(maybe they...^^^ As do all of his friends and family(maybe they know already) I worked with Jelani up until he went missing.........this kid loved life, his daughter like crazy, and actually loved coming to work. I've searched and searched the internet for any kind of results and nothing! But not a day goes by that we(at his job) don't think or talk about Jelani :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-87017011406278771122009-08-18T21:46:23.440-05:002009-08-18T21:46:23.440-05:00This story does seem to have lost momentum. I do k...This story does seem to have lost momentum. I do know that there is a law in Minnesota that prevents autopsy and toxicology reports from being available to the media. (The family has to consent to it being published, and you can't blame them for not wanting to air all the details when the death of their loved on is still so raw.)<br /><br />But maybe the law explains the lack of interest in following up. Or perhaps because this is an active investigation no one can say much. I sure would like to know more about what happened to hin though.My2centsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-46251213941703872212009-08-18T21:00:07.065-05:002009-08-18T21:00:07.065-05:00I agree it sounds like foul play, I am guessing st...I agree it sounds like foul play, I am guessing stemming from a situation not directly involving Jelani. The way this story just lost momentum until it stopped is really troubling/puzzling. i have spent hours searching the web for any new news/autopsy results and have found nothing. I am worried, he was a good kid and a good freind...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-84394062137434854252009-06-15T17:08:59.685-05:002009-06-15T17:08:59.685-05:00Anything new? It was obviously foul play, but I&#...Anything new? It was obviously foul play, but I've heard nothing. Please update with any information on the investigation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-54869291900942610972009-06-03T23:57:01.885-05:002009-06-03T23:57:01.885-05:00Any autopsy results released. I notice the autopsy...Any autopsy results released. I notice the autopsy on the kid found in the Mississippi ii completed buit I have not heard a thing about Jelani yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-6197942760128610442009-05-16T14:06:00.000-05:002009-05-16T14:06:00.000-05:00Having an opinion or even asking questions that ne...Having an opinion or even asking questions that need to be asked will get you flamed.I an see why people would think the so called friends were involved but there does seem to be a religious connection also when you look at the big picure.The argument that it does not fit the SFK is ridiculous.We dont know that bodies ar not dumped in water later on ,that they left the body behind for unknown reasons or that they would follow the exact same MO every time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-59451351191182783962009-05-16T01:44:00.000-05:002009-05-16T01:44:00.000-05:00@ Cagney
I agree with you. Seems as though he saw...@ Cagney<br /><br />I agree with you. Seems as though he saw something, got upset to leave and his friends didn't want him going anywhere.<br /><br />Does anyone know new news?<br /><br />Do you all think his friends done him in?monique777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-14820335704306794492009-05-07T23:32:00.000-05:002009-05-07T23:32:00.000-05:00Any word on autopsy results?Any word on autopsy results?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-47395241493744726852009-05-07T19:20:00.000-05:002009-05-07T19:20:00.000-05:00I agree with you Cagney....its ridiculous. These c...I agree with you Cagney....its ridiculous. These criminals need to be punished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-17688041827934945692009-05-06T20:09:00.000-05:002009-05-06T20:09:00.000-05:00It is so sad to lose someone that held such promis...It is so sad to lose someone that held such promise. And his baby will be growing up without knowing her daddy. So tragic. <br /><br />My thoughts on this case are that this case hinges on the people at that house in Anoka. One of the people in the KSTP interview has a very long 'rap' sheet for crimes such as felony domestic violence and drugs. My thought is he knows waaaay more than he is telling. The idea that Jelani abruptly walked away from a home in a city he was not familiar with, took off one of his shoes and his hat, walked a mile or so to the Golf Course and walked into a 2 to 3 foot pond and drown is puzzling. It does not make sense. Assuming he hadn't been drinking (and so far, it sounds as though he was not), how does he drown in such a shallow pond? Did he see something at that house he wasn't supposed to see and threatened the occupants with police involvement? Did they give him a drug that killed him so they threw him in the pond to cover up the crime? I hope his family is able to find the truth about what happened soon.cagneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-33400332956468433002009-05-05T05:46:00.000-05:002009-05-05T05:46:00.000-05:00I am so sorry to the people that cared about Jelan...I am so sorry to the people that cared about Jelani. I have no idea what is going on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-48425230617967991602009-05-04T04:03:00.000-05:002009-05-04T04:03:00.000-05:00I'd like to start out by saying that I used to go ...I'd like to start out by saying that I used to go to a private high school with Jelani. I'd see Jelani in the halls, during lunch, at chapel, and he rode my bus for awhile but he was always asleep in the very back seat. I didn't know him very personaly. I am friends with Jelani on Facebook and so I've been able to see what he has all been up to. From what I can see he had been going to college (don't think he was currently in school) and was very religious. From all the pictures of him with his daughter I can tell he really loved her. I know some people are thinking that the Smiley Face Killers are involved and I am not so sure. First of all where he was in Anoka is a very residential area. This isn't some busy college hangout area. Second he is black and most of the college aged guys who have gone missing have been white (as far as I can tell). His scent was followed down some railroad tracks for about 1 1/2 miles (based on the news reports). Based on where the scent trail ended, the railroad tracks along this 1 1/2 went over a bridge that goes over the Rum River (which flows into the Mississippi River). Since the scent went past the Rum River I am guessing that is why the police were searching it, seems pretty obvious. It would seem like if the Smiley Face Killers were involved he would have been dumped into the Rum River which would have conveniently taken the body to the Mississippi. His friends at the house party said he seemed upset when he left the party (see link at bottom to see proof of this). At about 9:45 p.m. on the night that he went missing he updated his facebook status (with his cell phone) to "Expect the Unexpected". This may have just been a coincidence I don't know. But his other friends on fb have been wondering about the meaning behind this. Once it was found that his body had no signs as to how he died I am even more confused as to what happened to him. <br /><br /><br />http://kstp.com/news/stories/S898990.shtml?cat=1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-60782061988554626042009-05-02T21:24:00.000-05:002009-05-02T21:24:00.000-05:00Ya know this situation is upsetting. The obvious r...Ya know this situation is upsetting. The obvious reason would be WHY IN THE HELL WOULD A SEEMINGLY HEALTHY, SANE, SPIRITUAL, ATHLETIC, 24 YOUNG FATHER GO MISSING? Apparently we know he didn't hop a slow moving train-(cops hair-brain ass idea of what happened during the search). WTF was he huckleberry finn? Slow moving train....so I guess he threw his shoes around in the neighbors backyard and left his hat on the tracks....then walked in one direction to the bar then changed his mind....and went to the golf course and decided to swim in the pond...Honestly I believe he was possibly drugged or jumped and he tried to run away from his attackers and ran up the railroad tracks but never made it because he was caught somewhere before he reached the bar.-which explains why the dogs could not track his scent any further. Also somehow this seems to be a setup...Why was his car left in Champlin...he clearly could have driven to Anoka. Y wasnt he picked up from his home in Brooklyn park to attend this "party" in Anoka? I believe this was simply a plan to isolate him so he wouldn't have any mode of transportation (or escaping) than to be on foot. Also these "friends" that he was with y didn't they call police when they couldn't find him? I mean if I picked up someone to attend a party in area they're not familiar with I would definitely call their and possibly the police if I couldn't find them. I wouldn't just call it a night because obviously they had no way of getting around. The biggest sign this is fishy and the police's idea of no foul play is BULLSHIT is this: No one floats into a pond if you find a body there...it was placed there. Someone would have seen a body in the pond if he was actually there since April 17th. Truth has got to be he wasn't at some point on April 24th and early morning April 25th someone placed him there. What goes on in the dark always comes to light. U may getaway today but bad deeds are always repaid. You will reap what you sow. I pray his family grieve in peace and wish his family the best for the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-29929296636525039982009-04-30T23:35:00.000-05:002009-04-30T23:35:00.000-05:00all the minnesota cops are crappy, rookies, overwe...all the minnesota cops are crappy, rookies, overweight, lazy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-70311146979113637152009-04-28T11:03:00.000-05:002009-04-28T11:03:00.000-05:00If the Anoka County Sheriff's Office really fe...If the Anoka County Sheriff's Office really feels that there was "no foul play involved" as they are quoted saying in the Anoka County Union, the people of Anoka County really need to elect a new sheriff soon. Demand some real answers from your elected official or get rid of him. He obviously needs to be in a different line of work if he is that naive.<br /><br />http://abcnewspapers.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7063&Itemid=26Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-48632095882772944102009-04-28T08:48:00.000-05:002009-04-28T08:48:00.000-05:00This all makes me want to go into forensics becaus...This all makes me want to go into forensics because if the police and investigators are going to write this off as nothing, than they are not doing their job!!! This man was killed. Had to have been. If he did it himself, would he really take off his shoes and then go lay in a pond? Come on people?! And how did his scent get traced all the way to the Outpost bar. Someone out there knows and they are not speaking up. Be MAN and confess!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-78186917401882679662009-04-27T23:49:00.000-05:002009-04-27T23:49:00.000-05:00both of his shoes were found near the house to cla...both of his shoes were found near the house to clarify. one with his hat next to the fence and the other on the other side of the railroad tracks about 300 yards from the first shoe (estimating) and the pond was only 2-3 feet deep there is no way his body was in that pond on that golf course for 8 days without being seen prior to the 8th day. this family needs answers they deserve answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1766322694484209381.post-63447111755103234692009-04-27T22:58:00.000-05:002009-04-27T22:58:00.000-05:00Body of missing man found at Greenhaven
Mond...Body of missing man found at Greenhaven <br />Monday, 27 April 2009 <br />by Mandy Moran Froemming<br />Union Editor <br /><br />"The body of a Minneapolis man who went missing more than a week earlier in Anoka has been found.<br /><br />Just after 1 p.m. on Saturday police were called to Greenhaven Golf Course in Anoka where an employee had seen a body floating in a pond between the 10th and 11th holes on the course.<br /><br />According to the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office, the body has been identified as 24-year-old Jelani Dante Brinson.<br /><br />Brinson’s family reported him missing on Saturday, April 18 when he did not show up for work.<br />He was last seen leaving a residence on the 600 block of Kennedy Street in Anoka around 10:30 p.m. on Friday (April 17).<br /><br />The day after Brinson disappeared, his family found his shoes and hat near the Anoka residence he was visiting. The weekend Brinson disappeared search and rescue dogs tracked his sent along the railroad tracks as far as the Outpost Bar and Grill along Highway 10 in Ramsey, about 1.5 miles from the Kennedy Street address.<br /><br />Family and friends spent most of the last week searching for Brinson in and around Anoka.<br /><br />The Midwest Medical Examiner’s Office will be conducting an autopsy this week to try to determine why Brinson died.<br /><br />Lt. Paul Sommer of the Anoka County Sheriff’s Office said Brinson’s body showed no obvious signs of cause of death and a determination could take weeks of testing.<br /><br />He also said that while he could not be positive, it doesn’t look like foul play was involved and residents who live nearby should not fear for their safety."<br /><br /><br />- Doesn't look like foul play was involved? So he is saying that Jelani left the house, took off his shoe and hat by the RR tracks, walked a mile and a half with one shoe on, ditched the other shoe then walked back a mile and a half and drowned himself in the golf course pond? Come on Lt. Sommer! We are not that stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com