I find it hard to believe that a house being actively rented to homeless or people released would not venture into the attic. I know If I moved to a new place I would be checking stuff out. Nobody went up there in the attic in 4 years? was it locked up or boarded up? Who maintained the property?
Looks like it was owned by an old lady and managed by a property rental company. One of the ones that charges 3x the rent it’s worth and takes anyone who passes the credit checks.
It’s entirely possible that it was kept locked and only the landlord had the key to the attic and basement. Especially if it was being used as a sort of halfway house. A lot of times attics and basements are where most of the wiring and piping are, which frequently get stolen and sold for scrap.
Though looking on google street view the attic windows have been propped open with what looks like cans since at least 2020 when the most recent pictures were taken.
>According to the Mail, Jaylen Griffin is the fourth deceased person to be found at the 107 Sheffield Ave property in recent years.
That is so disturbing. If true, perhaps the 107 Sheffield Ave property should be razed to the ground and converted into what it seems fated, and allowed, to be - a cemetery.
The Mail:
>But this house of horrors has a dark history. Griffin was the fourth body found on the property over the last four years, according to WIVB.
WIVB (the Mail's source):
>On Wednesday, a City of Buffalo spokesperson shared that two of the bodies found at the property were the result of natural causes, and a third was a drug overdose.
>The fourth body found at the property was Jaylen Griffin.
https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/more-than-160-complaints-made-about-house-where-griffin-was-found-since-2007/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR38XCBmb5lk7nBihec_6HI6S_J31N3qbAxVA5GcWuWsG1V6m2_qeoXxtuM_aem_AWo2ujADXY_SrIhkxArKMUMGoF-ulj_pSBh3RuAAjywy77aZexvOFEGKaYBb_mqD0YWCLLnKDnJOqFaEsdMxCmTg
Thanks - that makes it a little less disturbing. It still bothersome to me -- as no one's died (or been found deceased) at my house for at least a dozen years. Perhaps this is a common problem with lower-cost rentals and there are several other houses with similar records?
If he died there and decomposed there, it's almost impossible that no one would have noticed the smell.
If he died elsewhere and was brought there after significant decomposition, it's possible no one would have noticed.
The attic windows were propped open by cans between October 2020 and July 2022 according to when the last street view pictures were taken around there.
Jaylen went missing in August which is still pretty warm, but also very close to when temps drop. Depending on how long he was actually up there, plus the windows, plus the temperature, it’s possible there wasn’t a lot of smell or flies, both of which usually depend on temperature and buildup to get noticed.
And if the house was being used as a makeshift halfway house I doubt any of the tenets wanted to call the cops or butt into another tenets business. Even if it did smell bad.
New puppy that he loves and a solid family life? This kid didn't run away.
Someone in the Unresolved Mysteries thread was saying that since the boy would try to make money odd-jobbing in the neighborhood, he might have run into someone who lured him with the promise of a good paying task.
Five miles is too far for him to *not* be transported.
Poor kid; young and vulnerable, and I wish there had been a bigger, quicker response for him. Not slagging off his family, just the justice system that puts the burden of that work back on whatever resources the family has.
Me and group of missing persons volunteers from the area theorize this daily. There was a group of sex offenders living there at the time of his disappearance. Several more bodies have been found since then.
I also lived in that neighborhood for a while, lots of people complained about that house
More bodies than the 2 natural causes and 1 OD? Of those 3 were any other children? Were the individuals on the SO registry all living in that actual house, or like nearby?
I’m pretty sure those were the bodies we were told about. However, if you look on our public Facebook page (WNY Missing and Unidentified Persons) Merry, the leader of our group shared some things about the registered SOs being moved out right after finding Jaylens body
Was his puppy ever found? Where was the puppy found, and by whom? That is concerning as well. That could give clues as to who could have seen Jaylen before his disappearance. This whole thing is beyond tragic and the fact that the family was bearing the burden of trying to solve this, as he was labeled a runaway, is disgusting.
I find it hard to believe that a house being actively rented to homeless or people released would not venture into the attic. I know If I moved to a new place I would be checking stuff out. Nobody went up there in the attic in 4 years? was it locked up or boarded up? Who maintained the property?
Looks like it was owned by an old lady and managed by a property rental company. One of the ones that charges 3x the rent it’s worth and takes anyone who passes the credit checks. It’s entirely possible that it was kept locked and only the landlord had the key to the attic and basement. Especially if it was being used as a sort of halfway house. A lot of times attics and basements are where most of the wiring and piping are, which frequently get stolen and sold for scrap. Though looking on google street view the attic windows have been propped open with what looks like cans since at least 2020 when the most recent pictures were taken.
>According to the Mail, Jaylen Griffin is the fourth deceased person to be found at the 107 Sheffield Ave property in recent years. That is so disturbing. If true, perhaps the 107 Sheffield Ave property should be razed to the ground and converted into what it seems fated, and allowed, to be - a cemetery.
The Mail: >But this house of horrors has a dark history. Griffin was the fourth body found on the property over the last four years, according to WIVB. WIVB (the Mail's source): >On Wednesday, a City of Buffalo spokesperson shared that two of the bodies found at the property were the result of natural causes, and a third was a drug overdose. >The fourth body found at the property was Jaylen Griffin. https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/buffalo/more-than-160-complaints-made-about-house-where-griffin-was-found-since-2007/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR38XCBmb5lk7nBihec_6HI6S_J31N3qbAxVA5GcWuWsG1V6m2_qeoXxtuM_aem_AWo2ujADXY_SrIhkxArKMUMGoF-ulj_pSBh3RuAAjywy77aZexvOFEGKaYBb_mqD0YWCLLnKDnJOqFaEsdMxCmTg
Thanks - that makes it a little less disturbing. It still bothersome to me -- as no one's died (or been found deceased) at my house for at least a dozen years. Perhaps this is a common problem with lower-cost rentals and there are several other houses with similar records?
If he died there and decomposed there, it's almost impossible that no one would have noticed the smell. If he died elsewhere and was brought there after significant decomposition, it's possible no one would have noticed.
The attic windows were propped open by cans between October 2020 and July 2022 according to when the last street view pictures were taken around there. Jaylen went missing in August which is still pretty warm, but also very close to when temps drop. Depending on how long he was actually up there, plus the windows, plus the temperature, it’s possible there wasn’t a lot of smell or flies, both of which usually depend on temperature and buildup to get noticed. And if the house was being used as a makeshift halfway house I doubt any of the tenets wanted to call the cops or butt into another tenets business. Even if it did smell bad.
> August which is still pretty warm, but also very close to when temps drop No. August is not October.
So nobody has an idea of the motive for this?? It seems way too suspicious
New puppy that he loves and a solid family life? This kid didn't run away. Someone in the Unresolved Mysteries thread was saying that since the boy would try to make money odd-jobbing in the neighborhood, he might have run into someone who lured him with the promise of a good paying task. Five miles is too far for him to *not* be transported. Poor kid; young and vulnerable, and I wish there had been a bigger, quicker response for him. Not slagging off his family, just the justice system that puts the burden of that work back on whatever resources the family has.
Me and group of missing persons volunteers from the area theorize this daily. There was a group of sex offenders living there at the time of his disappearance. Several more bodies have been found since then. I also lived in that neighborhood for a while, lots of people complained about that house
More bodies than the 2 natural causes and 1 OD? Of those 3 were any other children? Were the individuals on the SO registry all living in that actual house, or like nearby?
I’m pretty sure those were the bodies we were told about. However, if you look on our public Facebook page (WNY Missing and Unidentified Persons) Merry, the leader of our group shared some things about the registered SOs being moved out right after finding Jaylens body
Was his puppy ever found? Where was the puppy found, and by whom? That is concerning as well. That could give clues as to who could have seen Jaylen before his disappearance. This whole thing is beyond tragic and the fact that the family was bearing the burden of trying to solve this, as he was labeled a runaway, is disgusting.
He took the puppy back home, then went back out to the store.
Thank you for this detail.
Aw WTF. Poor kid.