Update On the Manhunt for Chris Dorner in Big Bear
Nothing much happened today in the manhunt for the cop-murdering scum Chris Dorner. The two ski resorts were allowed to stay open, but schools in the Big Bear school district were closed.
Yesterday there were 125 police officers searching for Dorner in the woods around Big Bear. Heavy snow has set into the San Bernardino mountains, and Big Bear, where he is suspected of being, is covered in it. There’s over a foot already, and it doesn’t show any signs of letting up.
Snowing heavily in Big Bear as more than a 100 cops scour the woods for alleged cop killer #dorner Friday morning twitter.com/philwillon/sta…
— Phil Willon (@philwillon) February 8, 2013
It has been freezing overnight, and it’s hard to think Dorner could survive without some shelter:
If #Dorner is out there, could he survive this? 23 degrees since the early a.m. #ff @philwillon @lanow twitter.com/JosephSerna/st… — Joe Serna, LAT (@JosephSerna) February 8, 2013
But maybe he made his own shelter – I haven’t seen any report of the following rumor except from twitter:
One local said that in the area #dorner allegedly set his truck ablaze was a man made bunker that was obviously not made by a bear — Doug Saunders (@crimeshutterbug) February 8, 2013
This would seem to fit the odd answers that were given at the press conference yesterday after the authorities confirmed that the truck discovered burning in the woods was indeed Dorner’s. When asked about tracks that were found leading away from the truck, and where they led to, San Bernardino Sheriff John McMahan would not answer the question – was it because it led to a bunker that they didn’t want Dorner to know they had discovered?
UPDATE: Police are now saying that it wasn’t his tracks, but that of a cross-country skiier, and were 6 miles away from the truck.
It has been reported by KFI news that normally only 40% of the residences in Big Bear are continuously used over the year – that means that he could have been able to break into an empty cabin and hide out. There are 100 police going from door to door, searching for any signs of him.
Meanwhile, the “This Ain’t Hell” blog has what they are reporting to be Dorner’s military records. Among those who know something about the military, it is said his record isn’t alarmingly impressive. This would fit some assessments that his manifesto had been over-stuffed with technical terms to make it appear that he knew more than he actually did.
And all the Big Bear residents can do is hope they see Dorner before he sees them:
“I’m just sitting here with my 9mm on my lap,” says Big Bear resident Jim Leon as search for suspected cop killer.
— Phil Willon (@philwillon) February 8, 2013
See my previous posts on this story:
Los Angeles Ex-Military Ex-Cop Murders 2, Releases Manifesto Targeting LA Police Officers and Their Families
Los Angeles Rampaging Cop-Hunting Madman Claims Third Life, Wounds 2 Other Police