MASSIVE SEACH. 21-Year-Old Arielle Valdes. VANISHES. Fort Myers Florida. LIVE.

jlr investigates come on in hello everyone uh the search continues I was hoping to wake up this morning with great news that uh arieli Valdez has been found uh unfortunately it she has not been found and there is a massive search underway I know a lot of people in the chat I've been reading the chat before I came on live uh some of you were thinking I was going to be there today still evaluating the situation it is quite a distance from me um this is in Fort Meyers Lee County Florida it's about 3 hours to the south of me um so didn't take that jump yet into uh going down there though I'm definitely monitoring this situation um it looks like a lot of things are unfolding um now that law enforcement seems like they're taking uh more steps here to uh try to find out what happens it appears while the family and friends of um Elli uh they're actually out there today searching again multiple parks around the area where it suspected she vanished and we're talking about the case of the 21-year-old jogger we'll call her a jogger we'll call her a runner a marathon um uh like it like someone that likes to just go out and Jog and run and it looks like she is competitive I actually have a clip of her I found when she was in college and she's talking about running we'll share that but there's a lot of weird mystery to this because um in the course of her being missing her family seems like they're calling out the Lee County Sheriff's Office and um you know there's some things I'm curious about in reference to this bridge uh the bridge the last Bri you know the last do the Department of Transportation sighting of the surveillance of the bridge on um Wednesday August 28th 6:50 p.m. and nothing beyond that you know and I just sent out a bunch of emails to the Pio of uh Lee County Sheriff's trying to get some information about you know do they have video surveillance of her actually crossing over that bridge why does the video stop right as she is about to cross the bridge and do they have any additional video of her after um that video of the bridge at 650 on August 28th um we're talking about the case here uh so I want to show you some new things and I want to kind of get people up to speed because I think this case needs to be talked about I think this case definitely needs more public awareness and um honestly I'm I'm very close of going down um if she's not found today just to just to show you guys the perspective of what's you know what's there the boots on the ground the the the bridge um one of her family friends have reached out to me and also provided me some more insight about her mental state and I think this is important to get this information out I asked specifically um if this information I can share with the public and they said go ahead um she validated and and and and showed me that photos with her and uh them together so she she's credible uh this is a family friend that has reached out to me so she provided a little bit of insight about what's going on is this you know is this someone dealing with mental illness here is it someone here um that you know some terrible accident happened on the road are we talking about Foul Play are we talking about kidnapping a killer out there I don't know what to take of this right now I don't know what law enforcement is doing I do know though I was retracing the steps of the Lee County Sheriffs they put out on Facebook that she went missing on the night of the 28th they made a post they made a post but on that was Wednesday the 28th the 9th but on Thursday I see nothing from the Lee County Sheriffs as far as Facebook or any social Med media where they're actually searching for her or putting up searches whatever I think that what really set off the family because the family started calling out Lee County Sheriff saying why aren't you doing anything to help us find uh arieli why why aren't you doing anything um and this there's you know I I don't know if her name is Ariel or arielli I'll just say Ari Elli because that's the the clip I have it's saying Ari Elli it might be just Ariel um nevertheless you know our family started really saying yo you got to do something Lee County Sheriffs you got to find her you got to find her and then I think then days later then Lee County sherff has finally stepped up and is doing these like they're putting drones up in the air they're they're scanning and scouring the property they got dogs out now and everything like that but it's interesting they did not do that on on day one and day two I just want to point that out there I mean maybe they did but they didn't put that information out there on um social media so I think really the family my my opinion the family really got them to really start do at least doing something or appear to be doing something because it seems like they haven't been doing nothing but it seems like all parties now are actually out there in the Lee um County Fort Meers North Fort Meers area uh looking for her so let me give you the flyer to keep people up the speed of what's going on um this is a case right here missing um there it's actually listed as a missing endangered uh case uh arieli Valdez Lass on August 28th around 6:30 p.m. uh she's born in 2003 this is her she is a runner she likes to run she likes to go out and exercise she's listed as 54 100 lb brown curly hair brown eyes Lassing wearing the clothing on the Left Right Here beige hoodie gym shorts black and white sneaker Comber so those black and white sneakers kind of stick out cuz you see that white right there uh so here is the timeline and I got the map so I do want to show you the map here um thanks Josh us watch is in the house us watch continues to put out alerts about um arielli and other missing people around the country so it seems like this occurred started occurred um at 8:28 6:30 p.m. so Wednesday Wednesday she leaves out of her house at the 90th block of Mariana Avenue in North Fort Meyers okay so 15 minutes later she spotted cameras cameras so camera evidence spots her uh traveling Southbound on US 41 from Ponda Road and then uh 5 minutes later at 650 camera spot her continuing southbound towards the Edison Bridge all right contact Lee County Sheriff's Office 239 477 1000 if you know anything now I want to show you the map here and kind of show you these three locations one one and one so we're going to show you where she lived where she was spotted on the uh uh camera at Pondel Road and then the bridge of that last sighting and then we'll show the bridge but I want to show this map because this map here um is the area north of Fort Meers and we got the three spots right where she lived where she left her house on 6 uh 28 at 6:30 p.m 645 spotted right here on US 41 in Pondel Road and then the brid Bridge right right the video of her just about to cross the bridge where the bridge goes off so let me just zoom this out to give people perspective of what we're looking at here in this area we're going to keep public Awareness on this case until she's found or until a law enforcement gives an update or says something we are on this case so here's the map we're talking Southwest Florida Lee County which is Fort Meers we're talking about um North Fort Meers to Fort Meyers so Fort Meers downtown is here here is North Fort Meyers right and it's separated by a large body of water that takes you out into the Gulf of Mexico eventually out into the Gulf of Mexico right um okay so what we're dealing with here is she lived here she lived up here 96 East Mariana Avenue right she lived in this area right here she ventured out at 6:30 and eventually made her way over to US Highway 4 1 and she was spotted on a camera around here at 645 828 and then 650 5 minutes later she spotted right about here right about here and that's the that's the video that was released so um this is probably the route that she took um it's about 2.3 miles from here all the way to here total about 2.3 miles and it takes um uh about 30 something minutes to run so she you know she seems like it took 20 for her but average person whatever like that you know that's the distance so you see the distance here right I'll just show you go back up here to the area where she's from this is her neighborhood she vanished out of this area here uh authorities also put the drones up this is the area where she left right um she left here left out so she's just jogging she's just jogging around the neighborhood she's going eventually she works her way and they make it all the way to here she makes it all the way to here and this is this is the controversial video here that everyone's talking about and they want more information this is what Lee County Sheriff's Office released for the first time yesterday Okay so yesterday um so that would be day three and you know 28th 29th 30 31st so uh 72 hours later they finally release a video and it shows her starting to run here's the bridge that takes you over to Fort Meers and then she just banishes right here boom and they don't film they don't show any other footage here which has a lot of people confused right including myself whether uh she crossed or not why the video just suddenly stops right here boom that's it that's all they're releasing so they're saying the dot footage by detectives show an Abid Runner traveling Southbound on us41 from Pondel Road in North Fort Meers uh additional video captures southbound at the Edison bridge this is the Edison bridge at 650 p.m. but it doesn't show anything else on that and this is what's I think is causing a lot of problems um with this case did she cross over or not and why does it the video suddenly stop because it clearly it doesn't show it in frames it literally has it running but for some reason for some reason and then somebody said there's somebody right there like somebody comes but I you know I don't I can't tell about that you know somebody says somebody's in the in in this are we talking about some sort of crime that somebody grabbed her and th you know or did she just Venture off or did something happen here where her own self maybe jumped over the bridge and they don't want to show this um are they hiding something the Lee County Sheriff because I think there's something up here and you know until we get more clarification about this here we have no idea whether she crossed over the bridge or not we just don't know here's the bridge here's what we're talking about here this is the area it's right here she was seen on this camera here this is the camera this is the do camera that she was seeing um right here and it just vanishes right here this will take you to Fort Meyers what happened here what happened right around here it happened right around here at this curve what happened around here um and why aren't they releasing additional footage about this so that makes people wonder what in the world is going on here what in the world going did she cross over or not because what's interesting about this scenario and I'll take you back to Lee County Sheriff's is also a day later they go back and this is uh this is their official Facebook this is the sheriff this is the sheriff and now the also the sister of um arieli calls them out but what I find interesting is that they went back to the location yesterday the exact same location she vanished from which makes me think if you're coming back here and and I haven't seen additional places per se like where they were doing like can9 searches do they do they have evidence does the authorities have evidence and they're not showing the public the evidence of something happening to her right before she crosses the bridge because they're back at this location which I find with a dog with a dog so that makes me go hm that makes me go hm I think the family deserves answers uh with this right is it a criminal do we have a criminal case or do we have something where authorities feel like it's too sensitive to share or do they just not have the footage for some reason theot footage um went down I don't know I don't know but it's it's so bad now that the family has now called out the family of her and her sister Isabella seems like she's taking the Forefront trying to get answers on What happened to her sister right I want to know what happens and she continues to make posts she continues to uh share her thoughts about the situation well she put this up last night last night she put this up and she goes shame she says Lee County Sheriff's Office shame on you I have not received one update since I was called to take down my post yet you all keep posting to social media about how much you're doing for us where is our footage where is our footage my sister is out there vulnerable and alone the more info we have the easier it is for the community to help us look she adds this is my sister's life on the line and it seems you're punishing us for making you look bad and are just looking for a body instead of helping us bring her home safe we have called the office many times today begging for info we still only have one video of my beautiful sister and they're talking about that video it just doesn't make sense to me and I I I kind of you know I want to be objective here and I want to hear you know from law enforcement about this uh before I come to the conclusion of thinking you know are they trying to cover up something cuz I don't want to think that I don't want to think that you know Lee County Sheriff's is doing that but tell me folks how how is the F and you see the family asking for additional footage how does this make sense tell me tell me please again how does this make sense where she's seen running here and that's it how does this make sense where is the additional footage and why aren't they sharing the footage at least just share the footage at least give an update and say hey Sheriff's did she cross over the bridge or not because what's happening now is there's large scale searches on the other side and all these parks and and and different areas on the other side there's a creek over there I mean I don't know did the traffic cam get jammed but even if it get jammed even if it came back up you would see her at least down here at least down here running and running and running or do they have footage additional footage and they don't show her anymore makes me want to know what is up with this the cars are still moving it's just weird it's very very weird it's it's ve it's very very weird this is just weird they stop it here for a specific reason and they went back so can someone explain this to me and this is just what's baffling my mind uh this is baffling my mind now the family have uh been going at it with the Lee County Sheriff's Office and and and I believe they're they should be upset about this considering that is the only footage that they have released thus far at least tell the at least the sheriff should tell the public or the family privately what is up what is up with that video because that's what seems like it concerns the family here the most did she make it across the bridge and into Fort Meyers or not what happened at that exact spot now this is some um back and forth they've been going with each other Isabella says three days and the police have not looked over any footage of cameras in the area to help us know where she may be by now do better Lee County Sheriff's Office the only time I felt any time of UR urgency from the police was to call to tell me to delete my post so apparently they called her and told her to delete the post I will not be silenced by anyone and this what's is interesting here the county sheriff's responds to her this is misrepresent misrepresentation of the facts we understand you're upset but your family has been updated over the course of the investigation in fact you were just told last night about the steps the detectives have taken and what is going on with the case this screenshot does not uh depict uh the entire entirety of your conversations with the detectives she responds I will delete the post when we have some updated footage thank you so she wants the footage but there but the sheriffs are saying that she's posting only select screenshots you understand there's there's some back and forth between the family but they are airing this out to the public this is a life and death situation and you will not just sweep this under the rug I'm going to shower and I plan a search party you never offered to help us with and then the sheriff's respond to her if something was being swept under the rug you wouldn't have access to a sergeant and a detective 24/7 like you do also we wouldn't have have updated a post that has been shared across the country nor would we be commenting on this as well if it was being swept this is a clear misrepresentation of what you could have been told and it is not at all how the investigation is being handled detectives are doing everything they can to work with you and your family this is just bad man I I don't want to see it like this I wish they were all on the same page I really do you know but I think the family based off the information that I see here I think the family has a point here man I really do I really do hi there I'm unrelated the original poster but all this being Shar I just saw a YouTube video with Sheriff marcino where he has described the millions of dollars spent on police technology to keep citizens safe like drones cameras on intersections in the video he is quoted saying that he can see anyone anywhere anytime and that Lee County is the safest in Florida I'm sure that Lee County Sheriff's Office is using their time taxpayer money and resources wisely and doing their job to find this missing person instead of clapping back at someone grieving on Facebook so it's people kind of like defending and there's some people in there um defending the sheriffs too the the the issue is this this is the this is the issue this is the issue the family has not received any additional footage besides this which clearly doesn't paint a picture of what happens it stops I can't really blame the sister of this being angry by this if you're going to release this and not provide any additional information about this unless police come out with some explanation to this explain this explain this explain can someone explain this because I can't because this if you don't explain this this leads to Wild speculation and it leads to massive amount of searches might be searching the wrong place if they know something happened here and they're just not telling the public is it a coverup I don't know folks now let me get this correspondence together that I had with her uh a family friend who um uh gave me permission to share this information and I want to I want to um I want to get this here she also has a red redit uh page up too um actually I got to get that Reddit page okay so here's what she says here's here's here's the family friend and now this Pro provide some insight of what's going on with her about this situation um she shares with me hello my name is Shannon Vasquez I am a family friend of arieli and her sister my sister and I have grown close to her as she was in a long relationship with my younger cousin arieli my sister myself and arieli sister Isabella are very close we have a bond with so much love and we were so excited to have found one another to lean on and depend on as sisters and friends I would like to inform you of any information that I can ariela does not have any devices on her she unfortunately left intention or she unfortunately intentionally left without her phone so she didn't have her phone on her her family has her phone that's how they got the photos of her Roots when running this is a complex situation issue so I um so I will try to explain in the best way as possible but she has in fact dealing with things emotionally before this happened and therefore I think she left and wanted to be left alone and she copes best with running and I'm going to tell you a little bit about running because running it people cope with running and running does help people cope with situations it helped me over the years in my struggles um and I'm I'm I'm talking about my own personal struggles she has always she always has if we were on vacation she would be the one to go out and run to start her morning while the rest of us do our thing she connects with nature as well so we think anywhere in any nature spots or wooded areas is where she would feel most compelled to go I think that's what happened and being someone who suffers with mental health issues I understand that she and her family addressed that she was um going through things and opted to get her treatment in therapy but like I said this is so complex and when you're living every day like normal you aren't thinking this would ever happen you try your best to g g gauge and be attentative and not overbearing of course this was all so sudden and her family and her are so close her family is everything to her so I believe she would want to come home I know Ariel would feel guilty and Miss home but all love her but we all love her she's so empathetic and feels others emotions she's empathy and feels others emotions so deeply it's one of the things I absolutely love about her so I just feel like she's out there and wants to come home but she's scared everyone would be upset so they feel like she's still alive I think I ask you to please take a look at my Reddit page and we're going to we're going to look at the Reddit page I am posting as much as I can whenever Isabella uh her sister posts as we are not always together and she cannot be attentative to every single message she's getting as she's been out actively searching for her sister uh for her sister day and day night since the moment she disappeared this is all the information I can provide to you pertaining to her mental health and people asking about devices and if she had any on her so I appreciate the family friend giving uh I I specifically asked if it's okay to release this information and she said yes so I just want to um you know I said good morning thanks for sharing this information um it's just just so you guys know so I know I said good morning thanks for sharing this with me can I share the info out of you gave me excluding the photos thank you she says yes thank you warm regards so that information's out she didn't have a phone some things you know mental things going on and her way to cope is the run right and you know running again I I can relate with the running aspect because I I I used to be a runner myself I used to run I was a very fast runner I used to run I used to run like 10 to 15 miles every day every day every day and I never even took a day off and a lot of people used to call me the Running Man and everything like he used to run like 100 miles a week a lot of miles like cons you know consent you know just but at the same time you know I had a lot of things going on in my life and in reference to running that's how I cop whenever I had stress or different things going on and problems in my life I put on the Walkman um I had a Walkman at the time and they really didn't have like Spotify and anything at the time put on the Walkman and I just went out and just put my feet on the concrete and I just ran and ran the problems away or problem Sol and solutions running to me is very therapeutic it's an Escape it works but it works and it's good for you though but you know it also you can get really addicted to running and a lot of things can happen with eating disorders and different things like that um but she seems like she's an active Runner that's what her lifestyle is her lifestyle seems like everyone saying that her lifestyle is running and running and that's what she does I have a clip here just a clip of her speaking so we so we can hear her this is a clip she she apparently was a TCC freshman at uh FS you all right arieli great race here at the Florida state cross country Invitational so many different schools so many different competitors just share your takeaways from this experience today um it's really inspiring to see all these girls and like it motivates you to get better and it was just like a a really good moment to be in so I'm very excited that was great and I'm waiting for the next week what are your thoughts about this course here um uh the wall you know like the Hills called the wall um that's intense but I think it just gets easier each time so with so many schools out here so many different programs we're in a TCC emblem what's that mean for you um it was just really inspiring to join all these great teams and to be able to compete with them so that's what I liked about it I mean that was taken that article and that video was taken it looks like in 2021 okay so she's has experience in running this is what this is what she does she runs and according to data they got in her phone she has done extensive runs we're talking 15 17 Mile runs um her at her age you know if you get experience most people have you know you train hard within six to nine months you can do those 15 Mile runs the younger the better older it's harder it's trust me it's hard it's hard I'd be lucky if I get a few miles I don't really run like that anymore it's too busy covering True Crime um but you know young people run so I don't you know I don't necessarily think that you know running and far as like something happened to her like maybe like her passing out and anything like that learning more but it's possible but I I'm not leaning towards that as something happened I'm not um I'm leaning towards what is at this bridge that occurred right before the bridge that made the video stop that's my concern this is my major concern here of this until we get more information I don't know what else to go on because I don't know if going past the bridge and searching in all those areas is worth worth it at the time if Sheriff's know what happened here this is the mystery to me and this is kind of why I'm hesitant on you know going out there and going into different parks on the other side which they're doing and then they're doing it and that's good but I think the family deserves some answers about this right here did they did she jump and they just not don't want to share that information they're they're hiding that from the family you know to just because they're waiting for a body I don't know and I don't want to be insensitive here but there's just something fishy about this there's something fishy about that there's something fishy about that just stopping but then you know not giving any information Beyond this something fishy about that but the family does have a uh find um Facebook page now for her there's a Facebook page up for her now and this is her 21 years old and uh looks like they're doing massive searches today we are continuing our search for aiel and urgently need your help if you are available please join us on our search efforts current search information we are currently out at Centennial Park organizing in small groups teams are covering areas such as paage field lineal lineal Park Park McGregor Boulevard Billy Creek preserve and additional locations as we gather more volunteers if you're unable to join us today but you would still like to help please fill out the Google form below so we can coordinate future searches we will post here with updates and additional search times as they are scheduled please direct any information that could help us find her to this page so we can keep track of all leads so it seems like they have a form they have a form and it looks like not today's the 1 today September 1st it looks like they're planning more searches for 92 so they're not stopping they're not stopping to um they get answers and then if you want to participate F go to this page um and and sign up if you're in the Fort Myers area um what's interesting is I have a lot of friends from Fort Meers Southwest Florida and uh they've actually been sending me a lot of uh you know Flyers about this case and I'm told them definitely on it using my platform to uh find her you know try to at least bring public awareness get more media attention about this case um we played a clip yesterday we played a clip yesterday of our sister speaking I'll get that clip again it's a short clip it's like a minute um but her family her family is just talking about the case in general but there's not much media cases as far I mean there's there's people making articles but there's not much um there's not many um like actual like a uh like you'll see I'll show you here's we also have breaking news about a North Fort Meers woman who vanished during a jog on Wednesday night the sheriff's office just released this short video clip from a traffic camera they say the right hand side of your screen there that is 21-year-old Ariel Valdez getting ready to jog over the Edison bridge from North Fort Meers to Fort Meers this was around 6:50 on Wednesday evening so more than 48 hours ago we spoke with valdez's sister and mother this morning she's never done anything like this ever this is so out of character for her she's such a good girl and um she's training for a marathon she's been running long distance so and she's been very skinny and not not eating as much so I'm hoping maybe She fainted somewhere and is going to wake up and come home here's a picture of aldez she's about 5 400 lb if you were driving on the Edison Bridge around that time on Wednesday or know anything about what happened to her please call the Lee County Sheriff's office or Crim Stoppers I see a lot of people with opinions on on what you think about this video footage and I I every one of your opinions is definitely uh validated in a sense I mean every opinion that I'm hearing here is is is very logical at this point until we get more information does the video cut because uh you know there's evidence that they don't want to share with us at this time um did she jump over the bridge did an alligator get her did she get snatched up did she turn around and go the wrong way did she not cross the bridge did she actually cross the bridge I don't know there's just so many theories but the bridge there is the last thing that authorities that's the last steps of her and it just doesn't make sense of not releasing additional stuff in reference to the bridge I think the bridge is the key here what happened at that bridge what happened right before she got to the bridge for them to cut it off here's someone here her name is Christy Thorton she seemed like she's out there now searching she posted this video 56 minutes ago uh we'll play it here I'll play this here let me turn it up here so we can get the volume up let's get the volume up let's go morning it's chrisy I'm here with this group here of um Searchers we met downtown at Centennial Park and they had a search and rescue team a volunteer team that um organized and broke us off into groups so we are at John yarboro linear Park of Daniels by Gulf Coast and we have searched this whole uh region we're about to go to the other side of Daniels and search that area over there if you're interested in helping reach out I can get you in touch with some folks um we're searching all over the County right now um between McGregor and danis I'll keep you posted thanks bye she also posted another video just yesterday right here they searched Billy Creek preserve on which is nearby there too let's listen to what she has to say did actually hey I forgot to mention we did actually search this morning for aial Valdez in the area called Billy Creek preserve off of pong Beach Boulevard we did start off at Terry Park but there were no confirmed sightings there we just met there and as it turned out there are two confirmed sightings that saw her jogging through um Billy Creek preserve which was a normal um habit for her it was a normal path so we did search that area and it is very wooded um some parts of it are remote the paths go way back there it's a wetland and there are large bodies of water as well as small and a running creek um in the back of it and a lot and I'm talking a lot of homeless people that live in there and little car BS in bushes were just tons and tons and tons of beer cans and garbage we even found um a THC vape uh and just lots of people just vagrants really hanging out in there um so that's Troublesome we anyways we searched the best that we could there with what we had which is about 10 people um it's it's an expansive place that would be a place that we need a search dog we need help we need boots on the ground we need people to be able to go into the water we need boats all of that we need resources folks but in the meantime we're going to meet tomorrow at Centennial Park in downtown Fort Meers see you there thanks all right so it seems like and I'm trying to grab little more information to see who additionally is uh searching there um when they say Billy Creek I want to show something here I want to show uh well I want to take you back to the Edwards Bridge because one thing that pequs my interest is with this bridge with this bridge and the street view of the bridge now this is the bridge I just want to go to the other side of the bridge I want to I want to take you over to the other side of the bridge here so she was seing on the do camera on the on the bridge right the Edison Bridge right about here and there was a DOT camera there that was catching but it stopped the footage stopped right here so I'm just wondering like right here right here if there's footage around here and I've been looking to see if there's footage now this is the other side I'm seeing if there's footage around here to indicate if they can determine whether she crossed and so far I haven't seen any footage like on the other side of the bridge as you see this is the other side of the bridge did she make it across and on these light poles in this area I have not seen any footage which is very strange why there would be a do camera on the one side but not on the other side did she make it back down here and I was looking at the side of the buildings earlier to see if there was any footage again I'm going to take you exactly where we are we're we're right here on the other side we're on the other side of the bridge here so the bridge the footage had her Le you know about the cross but it stopped the question is did she make it across like was it looked like her intent was to run across the bridge that was right there but when I look around here I can't find any surveillance you know why doesn't the other why don't they have a do t uh camera on the other side if they have one on that side and I I I've been looking and I'm like I don't see any like here's the bridge here's the other side and I can't see any here so did she make it across now she could have very well made it across and instead of going this way she could have went this way but I was looking like all over the place I was looking like on the buildings and I can't find anything I can't find any like photos or or or cameras or anything like that which is very very strange and it looks like this part is outdated according to Google Maps it's outdated but taking back to the main Drive drag did she just continue to go you know down 41 and continue to run down you know her family suggested there was a scent that took took dogs to the 7-Eleven down this road a little bit a few miles away the 7-Eleven there's two 7-Eleven one a little bit closer but that's off on MLK really off this is uh Edison I think this turns into fer this is Fowler Fowler but right here if she would have reached here there's definitely surveillance here there's definitely surveillance here on the next street over so this is interesting you can see surveillance here so what I'm saying is if she is going back to the going back to the map if she is seen on that do camera right here at 650 well right here on the inter section the very first intersection here first I believe it's here there's cameras there's cameras right here so the cameras would been been able to see her right unless she went off this way but now you're talking about a whole area downtown where there's cameras everywhere there's there's cameras everywhere but they're not showing any footage of any cameras anywhere down here at all it would have easily picked up for her to run across this bridge from here to here would be no more than uh 5 minutes probably five minutes so why isn't there any footage down here 7:00 6:55 7:00 710 7:05 at all when you can clearly see that there is footage at least on the on the uh street lights there's footage look boom footage footage there's the bridge there's the bridge this is the bridge she would be coming from so if she made it up to the first intersection here surveillance surveillance surveillance so this is First Street and Fowler she came from this did she cross I'm I'm asking everyone did do you think she crossed there's surveillance all over the place down here almost every single once you get into Fort Meers everywhere unless these aren't working unless this is all fake and you would think I mean taxpayers you know that guy was pointing out that you know the sheriff of Lee County was pointing out that there the safest city in in in in in in Florida and you're not going to get away with a crime well we living in a surveillance society and there's clearly surveillance on the other side but the sheriffs aren't releasing any additional fo footage besides that one Bridge makes me think authorities or think that something happened right here right here before she before the before going over the bridge it stops that's it and they were back at that same location yesterday they were back at that same location yesterday right here same location so what in the world is going on here people how does that so I you know I don't know if where they're getting the information about a scent going down to the 7-Eleven but there would have been some sort of footage of her in downtown um Fort Meers less authorities are covering it up or less the authorities are giving the family and and the family's just trying to find her they're doing their best they're all over the map you know in every possible scenario I can't imagine what a family is going through that is is desperately looking for their child they'll they'll they'll they'll they need all the help they can get they posted this an hour ago so they're going to they're at this is the sister they're at 2160 McGregor Boulevard if you're out there folks in the area go out and assist if you can please go out there and try to help the family or at least try to get some answers from authorities I even went out I even sent them this is what I sent out this morning this is me this is what I sent out this morning hello I am a journalist covering the Valdez disappearance your department released footage of her about the cross about to cross the bridge when the footage stops is there footage of her crossing the bridge why does the footage stop and then it's just like hello thanks for contacting us blah blah blah and then I said we are covering the case and I referenced the video yesterday and then they say please contact our public information office for your inquiry so they're directed me to the Pio which I did I sent them an email I sent the uh Pio an email matter of fact I'll get that email I'll tell you exactly what so we we want to be open here on jlr investigat so we offer we're offering uh uh we're trying to get a response uh from the sheriff Department I sent them them email so I did contact them and I'll show you just to let you guys know that I sent let me go over here to sent here you go here's where I sent I sent it to the Pio just before I came online email truths. seeking. to the public information officer hello jlr investigates here journalist with 250,000 subscribers on YouTube covering The Disappearance of 21-year-old Ariel Valdez Lee County Sheriff's released dot video of Ariel jogging about to cross the Edison bridge video cuts off number one did Ariel cross over the bridge number two why does the video cut off number three do you have any additional videos of area taken after the do bridge video respectfully Jr investigate so I'm trying to get that information I think that information is is is the key here I think it's the key here to finding out what happened I got somebody that just sent me an email and said they're local and they can go to the bridge and take pictures and videos for me see there's a lot of people out here that come to the plate you just got to get that word out you know platform start getting out you start getting people start inspiring people Crea a movement you know and help this family get answers um it seems like the sister will be at 2160 McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers let me just put that that up on the map and show you if you are in the fort Meers area you from Lee County go out there and help this family get answers try to find her so uh they're out there right now the sister claims that she is over on the other side of the bridge at 2160 McGregor it looks like it's a Publix there there's a Publix looks like there's a Publix there yep Publix so they're at the Publix on gor right across the bridge so if you're in the area go out and help this family uh you know the more people the more boots on the ground I I I I mean you gota we don't know what happened here we don't know what happened here oh by the way we heard the Billy Creek preserve this is this preserve people are also searching over here um remember that email correspondence I got from the family friend says she likes nature and stuff like that did she cross over the bridge and did she end up going to a park or a preserve this one here is called the Billy Creek preserve it's called The Billy Creek preserve and it's it's this type of area right it's Trails lot of swampy area and everything like that also has running trails Billy Creek preserve so is she out there that's really all the information I have at this time with her um I hope and pray that Lee County Sheriffs are open and transparent and providing more info about the surveillance um I think that that would you know give the public a direction if they haven't found her or haven't shared a theory on what happened to her or something that a direction they're going whether it's criminal accident suicide um you know I think they have to at least share with the public whether she crossed that bridge or not I mean other than that I you know I don't think it's if if you don't share that information I don't think and you know that information you know what happened to her um before Crossing that bridge it's shameful that you know I I don't want to call out the law enforcement but law enforcement knows that there Searchers on the other side searching all these parks and all these areas and it would be messed up if law enforcement knows some something to happen before that bridge and is not telling the public and then all the public is down there across the bridge wasting their time at all other places when authorities kind of have another understanding of what's going on so they need to come out and share something and and so people don't waste their time um on this we are praying that she's found here I'll share the flyer one more time for people that are just jumping on check out my video yesterday we'll keep public awareness about this case and hopefully she is found soon safe here you go folks all right folks jlr investigates thanks for uh reaching out to me the people have been reaching out thanks uh to our family friends that have been reaching out and any new developments um break on this case I'll share with all of you if they give out a police give a statement press conference any additional information that can help um I'll share let's hope that she's found safe all right folks hit that sub button like notification button we'll talk soon on my way to church have a good day everyone Jr investigates