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CA HEIDI PLANCK: Missing from Los Angeles, CA - 17 Oct 2021 - Age 39

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Mom missing after video shows her leaving for son’s football game nearly 2 weeks ago​

A security video shows the last images of a 39-year-old mom from Palms with her dog named “Seven” on her way to her son’s football game nearly two weeks ago.

Heidi Planck is seen leaving her house — with the dog following behind her — and she jumps into her silver Range Rover and drives away.

Her ex-husband says Planck left their son’s football game at halftime.

He says she seemed distracted.

In a bizarre turn just three hours later, in downtown Los Angeles, her dog was found on the 28th floor of an apartment building.

Planck, her silver Range Rover, her purse, her personal phone, and her computer were all missing.

Planck’s friends say the apartment building management has refused to allow them to look in the parking garage to see if possibly her SUV is parked there.

They also say apartment management won’t share building security tape with the police unless they get a warrant.

Planck’s friends and family suspect foul play.

“It seems to us that everything stems from that building where her dog was found,” a friend said.

“I think something has to have happened to her, to keep her away from her son,” said Danielle Nadolny, another friend.

Planck was last seen wearing jeans and a gray sweater driving a 2017 gray Range Rover with a black-and-yellow California license plate of U840X0.

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MEDIA - HEIDI PLANCK: Missing from Los Angeles, CA since 17 Oct 2021 - Age 39
 
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Custody, keeping her stuff, seeming to almost be directing the investigation, speaking in my opinion almost too much, inserting himself in the investigation as they say, and went for full custody??? He put my radar up immediately but the work situation is questionable too... BUT it is the husband more than anyone who keeps pointing at the fraud and Sugarman...

Sugarman being seen "after" she went missing isn't as dam*ing as "when" she went missing... Or even just prior...

Heidi being seen in the apartment complex the same day as the dog was found seems to imply she was alive when seen...

I have to say though that it is the husband who really puts my radar on alert... My second scenario is she is alive and in hiding...

The employer may have done something to her but this fraud investigation was not exactly brand new... The ex points to Sugarman. It is the ex who says he talked to the assistant and that Sugarman said he wanted the laptop... But who is it that had the laptop and did not turn it over immediately... The ex... And whose word do we have to take that Sugarman said he wanted it... The word of the ex... He also said the assistant said Heidi was the one stealing from the company. The ex says she said this... May be true, may not. All of these things come from her ex-... She was last seen to our knowledge around the ex at her son's game... He now has custody... I'm curious why a judge would agree to him having full custody so easily when it isn't even known what happened to the boy's mother...

Jmo.
 
Custody, keeping her stuff, seeming to almost be directing the investigation, speaking in my opinion almost too much, inserting himself in the investigation as they say, and went for full custody??? He put my radar up immediately but the work situation is questionable too... BUT it is the husband more than anyone who keeps pointing at the fraud and Sugarman...

Sugarman being seen "after" she went missing isn't as dam*ing as "when" she went missing... Or even just prior...

Heidi being seen in the apartment complex the same day as the dog was found seems to imply she was alive when seen...

I have to say though that it is the husband who really puts my radar on alert... My second scenario is she is alive and in hiding...

The employer may have done something to her but this fraud investigation was not exactly brand new... The ex points to Sugarman. It is the ex who says he talked to the assistant and that Sugarman said he wanted the laptop... But who is it that had the laptop and did not turn it over immediately... The ex... And whose word do we have to take that Sugarman said he wanted it... The word of the ex... He also said the assistant said Heidi was the one stealing from the company. The ex says she said this... May be true, may not. All of these things come from her ex-... She was last seen to our knowledge around the ex at her son's game... He now has custody... I'm curious why a judge would agree to him having full custody so easily when it isn't even known what happened to the boy's mother...

Jmo.
i even get the custody thing if their prior arrangement required input from both parties in the likes of medical and school, etc. He might have needed to do that to be able to do anything regarding their son.

I sure hope that if he did anything to her phone and computer, he's dumb enough to not know that one of the first things forensics will do is look specifically for data that was altered/deleted in the time he had it. I see no good reason for him not to turn it over for a week.
 
i even get the custody thing if their prior arrangement required input from both parties in the likes of medical and school, etc. He might have needed to do that to be able to do anything regarding their son.

I sure hope that if he did anything to her phone and computer, he's dumb enough to not know that one of the first things forensics will do is look specifically for data that was altered/deleted in the time he had it. I see no good reason for him not to turn it over for a week.
I can see it maybe with school but if they were as friendly as he makes it appear, I would almost think either parent would want the other to be able in an emergency or otherwise, to access medical care, etc. I mean what if one were on a trip or couldn't be reached...? I guess the other thing I have to wonder is how did he get into court so fast AND get a decision? Maybe in some emergency situation... Many courts are seriously backed up due to COVID and more. Could there have been an ongoing dispute over custody or child support or both? I don't know, just speculation.

I heard him refer to the dog more than once as "our" dog. I am not saying it isn't possible they are that friendly or share custody of the dog too or got him when together but she has reportedly been with a boyfriend for three years so it is not a recent divorce with her ex I don't think... He takes her phone (by the way he claims there are 2 and the other one is missing I believe) and her laptop and keeps them and he is NOT her husband nor her boyfriend and then he does not provide them to the cops until asked if I have it right... There is something really wrong there... He is her son's father, not her caretaker or husband with a right to her things, her house, "our" dog, etc... He somewhat acts like they are a family and he still has rights where she and her things are concerned is the best way I can word it... I take it the son was to go home with dad after the game (guessing) as there was no concern until she did not pick him up from school days later... Did he ever take the dog when he took the boy as he calls it "our" dog... Did she bring the dog to hand it over when seeing her son's game?

Everything he has done just seems odd. The way it sounds to me he didn't have a key to her house, her friend did... So if true, she didn't want him in her home on that kind of easy basis, would she want him having her laptop or phone either?

I'm not saying he did it, just speculating, but an ex or spouse is always looked at as we know and is often the one and his behavior keeps me wondering and he has put himself out there. Spouses know in such situations they will be looked at...

Yes if he deleted anything or messed with it, they will likely determine it and they will likely determine if he booted it up or accessed it too. What's funny is I'm sure early on it said she disappeared with her laptop and phone I thought... Did she or is it he had it...? I have to look back to see where that info came from...
 
I can see it maybe with school but if they were as friendly as he makes it appear, I would almost think either parent would want the other to be able in an emergency or otherwise, to access medical care, etc. I mean what if one were on a trip or couldn't be reached...? I guess the other thing I have to wonder is how did he get into court so fast AND get a decision? Maybe in some emergency situation... Many courts are seriously backed up due to COVID and more. Could there have been an ongoing dispute over custody or child support or both? I don't know, just speculation.

I heard him refer to the dog more than once as "our" dog. I am not saying it isn't possible they are that friendly or share custody of the dog too or got him when together but she has reportedly been with a boyfriend for three years so it is not a recent divorce with her ex I don't think... He takes her phone (by the way he claims there are 2 and the other one is missing I believe) and her laptop and keeps them and he is NOT her husband nor her boyfriend and then he does not provide them to the cops until asked if I have it right... There is something really wrong there... He is her son's father, not her caretaker or husband with a right to her things, her house, "our" dog, etc... He somewhat acts like they are a family and he still has rights where she and her things are concerned is the best way I can word it... I take it the son was to go home with dad after the game (guessing) as there was no concern until she did not pick him up from school days later... Did he ever take the dog when he took the boy as he calls it "our" dog... Did she bring the dog to hand it over when seeing her son's game?

Everything he has done just seems odd. The way it sounds to me he didn't have a key to her house, her friend did... So if true, she didn't want him in her home on that kind of easy basis, would she want him having her laptop or phone either?

I'm not saying he did it, just speculating, but an ex or spouse is always looked at as we know and is often the one and his behavior keeps me wondering and he has put himself out there. Spouses know in such situations they will be looked at...
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Yes if he deleted anything or messed with it, they will likely determine it and they will likely determine if he booted it up or accessed it too. What's funny is I'm sure early on it said she disappeared with her laptop and phone I thought... Did she or is it he had it...? I have to look back to see where that info came from...
good point on the key vs having the laptop and phone.

evidently somebody was inquiring about the laptop and phone since they said they were missing too, so...who was looking for them and when was ex asked about them and why not volunteer that at the beginning when you got them?

and exactly how did he come into possession of them when he didn't have a key to her place?
 
good point on the key vs having the laptop and phone.

evidently somebody was inquiring about the laptop and phone since they said they were missing too, so...who was looking for them and when was ex asked about them and why not volunteer that at the beginning when you got them?

and exactly how did he come into possession of them when he didn't have a key to her place?
Someone did a show on this case and they placed I think it was Nancy Grace the ex spoke with (I can't swear, they played a few things but I think that was it), the husband claimed the girlfriend with the key went to the house... It was a bit confusing, I think he made it sound like he was with her but then maybe like he wasn't, I don't quite recall and then I think he said the day after she got him the laptop and phone or gave it to him or he went with her and got it or something like that... Of course, I think this only came up when he had to admit he had to turn it over to LE and he made it sound as if he willingly or even immediately did that... This is all to the best of my memory, what I am trying to say is it wasn't real clear and didn't make sense to me why they were doing this to begin with and not LE...
 

Ex-Husband Shares Heartbreaking Texts From Son to Missing Mom Heidi Planck​

The ex-husband of missing bookkeeper Heidi Planck has been granted full custody of their 11-year-old son as the search for the 39-year-old mom enters its fourth week.


Wayne also provided the Daily Mail with text messages he said his son sent to his mother in the days after her disappearance. The boy, who recently marked his 11th birthday, told Planck about the second half of the football game, then later wrote, “Can you please call me back I’ve called you two days in a row and you haven’t picked up.”

A few days later, he texted again: “Please call or just text me because I want to make sure you’re ok and I’m worried about you” and “And can you tell my dad if you’ll pick me up tommarow [sic] or not.” In another: “I really hope you’re ok and I love you.”
 

Exclusive: New Video Shows Heidi Planck In Downtown LA Less Than An Hour After She Was Last Seen​

New video has emerged of 39-year-old Heidi Planck, which shows her in downtown Los Angeles less than an hour after leaving her son’s football game in Downey, on Oct. 17, the day she was last seen.

The never before seen security tape of Planck in downtown LA shows her walking her dog in an alleyway behind the Hope and Flower Building where just hours later, her dog was found wandering around the 28th floor alone.

“Her dog didn’t get downtown on her own. So, this video has just kind of given us confirmation that hovering around that area these last three weeks has been the right place to be. Now we know for a fact that she was down there. That’s the first real evidence we have of that,” said one of Planck’s friends.


However, friends still have questions.

“It strikes me that she doesn’t have her purse. If you look closely, she has a mask in her right hand, the dog is walking with her, he’s wagging his tail. So, I think that the mask definitely suggests that she’s going into a building or an intent to go into a building of some sort,” friend Natalie John said.

“If she was heading back to that building, how did she get back in. If it’s such a secure building and she had nothing on her, how did she get back in,” another friend said.

 
It seems as likely as anything that she went to this building willingly. She could have been inside and taken the dog out for a walk or have went in after being seen her with the dog. It may be a very secure building but someone could have buzzed her in and even in the best buildings, it is not unknown that someone will leave or prop a door open... Why was she in the alley rather than the front...? Maybe no real reason but maybe there was one. Cameras?

Said she is carrying a mask but not a purse... To me this lends that she may have come down to walk the dog... Does one not need to carry something to scoop poop when walking a dog in the city?

A bit off topic but I looked up the bernedoodle a week or two ago. Although some are worse than others, it is generally agreed this high dollar designer dog is a velcro dog. They are very needy, can be very destructive when left alone and need a ton of attention. They are not guard dogs, too friendly. They need a lot more exercise than the normal dog... They have not been around for a very long time as some other breeds have... It seems a bit of an odd choice for a working single mom but who knows...

I wonder where the dog was left or who took care of it if and when she had to be at work. Did she use a sitter or a doggy day care...? Leave with friends? The ex refers to it as "our" dog did he ever take it?

Just thoughts...
 
It seems as likely as anything that she went to this building willingly. She could have been inside and taken the dog out for a walk or have went in after being seen her with the dog. It may be a very secure building but someone could have buzzed her in and even in the best buildings, it is not unknown that someone will leave or prop a door open... Why was she in the alley rather than the front...? Maybe no real reason but maybe there was one. Cameras?

Said she is carrying a mask but not a purse... To me this lends that she may have come down to walk the dog... Does one not need to carry something to scoop poop when walking a dog in the city?

A bit off topic but I looked up the bernedoodle a week or two ago. Although some are worse than others, it is generally agreed this high dollar designer dog is a velcro dog. They are very needy, can be very destructive when left alone and need a ton of attention. They are not guard dogs, too friendly. They need a lot more exercise than the normal dog... They have not been around for a very long time as some other breeds have... It seems a bit of an odd choice for a working single mom but who knows...

I wonder where the dog was left or who took care of it if and when she had to be at work. Did she use a sitter or a doggy day care...? Leave with friends? The ex refers to it as "our" dog did he ever take it?

Just thoughts...
we simply put a baggie in our pocket for doo-dee pick up. No carrying required before hand and most places that allow pets have an area to dispose of the bags once used.
 
we simply put a baggie in our pocket for doo-dee pick up. No carrying required before hand and most places that allow pets have an area to dispose of the bags once used.
I don't have a dog and when I did, no need to walk it anywhere public, etc. so it might be a dumb question but what do you pick it up with then? Do you bring also a pair of plastic gloves or wear a pair?

I guess what I am getting at that this was not a walk just taken so the dog could do its "duty" imo nor does she seem worried that it may need to before she perhaps enters a luxury building...? I see this video as more that she is keen to get somewhere... The dog is not being focused on imo she is focused on whatever she is intent on doing and where she is going or what she is looking for. I think she may look up and around to reassure herself no one is watching out of a window, looking maybe for cameras, etc. I just don't think it is a walk so the dog can do his "duty", I think there is another purpose is I guess what I am getting at. She has an aim and the dog is generally behind her and definitely not well heeled or anything either. Is she taking the dog somewhere or going to just dump the dog?

Similarly when she left home, you could tell the goal was to get somewhere and we know she was going to the game. I can't help but wonder if the dog always went with and where it was during the game--was it at the game or elsewhere? Where did she leave it when working and why necessarily take it with at all? If she was planning to take off at all, she could not leave the dog home if no one would be there if she left town, etc.

This case has grabbed me, some do more than others and it isn't the victim if there even is one because we don't know, it's that there are many possibilities here and some confusing and odd things, like this dog in this high rise. It's a challenge to figure out and I think that's why and so I have a few possible scenarios and am trying to make them work with what we do know.

One scenario (with a lot of possible variations as to details, and how or why) is she left willingly and either with or without someone else along. The dog was left intentionally or dumped here intentionally and she or both took off after that... I mean the dog is safe, it is warm, it is chipped and it is where it couldn't be overlooked or not found... I also think it unlikely that anyone there whether stranger or someone known to her killed her because why leave the dog to point to their building or residence, a dog that ties directly to her... I know there are dumb criminals but I just don't see it...

I could go on from there but this post is long enough and fair warning that people may see some long ones from me on this case as it has me thinking...

This case wouldn't normally overly interest me because I can't identify with any of these characters nor lifestyles in this one. Multi-million dollar company and fraud, celebrity hairdresser, high rise luxury condos, one of the priciest of designer dogs, a bf who runs a nonprofit for Mark Zuckerberg, California... Not a bit of it seems very real life to me but I guess it is...

The other scenario or next one would be the ex.... And of course one also has to consider the current bf and the employer... And wonder who is in the high rise if anyone and what that person is to her... Heck maybe she had a place there in another name or under a company name or with someone together, who would know... We wouldn't...
 
I don't have a dog and when I did, no need to walk it anywhere public, etc. so it might be a dumb question but what do you pick it up with then? Do you bring also a pair of plastic gloves or wear a pair?

I guess what I am getting at that this was not a walk just taken so the dog could do its "duty" imo nor does she seem worried that it may need to before she perhaps enters a luxury building...? I see this video as more that she is keen to get somewhere... The dog is not being focused on imo she is focused on whatever she is intent on doing and where she is going or what she is looking for. I think she may look up and around to reassure herself no one is watching out of a window, looking maybe for cameras, etc. I just don't think it is a walk so the dog can do his "duty", I think there is another purpose is I guess what I am getting at. She has an aim and the dog is generally behind her and definitely not well heeled or anything either. Is she taking the dog somewhere or going to just dump the dog?

Similarly when she left home, you could tell the goal was to get somewhere and we know she was going to the game. I can't help but wonder if the dog always went with and where it was during the game--was it at the game or elsewhere? Where did she leave it when working and why necessarily take it with at all? If she was planning to take off at all, she could not leave the dog home if no one would be there if she left town, etc.

This case has grabbed me, some do more than others and it isn't the victim if there even is one because we don't know, it's that there are many possibilities here and some confusing and odd things, like this dog in this high rise. It's a challenge to figure out and I think that's why and so I have a few possible scenarios and am trying to make them work with what we do know.

One scenario (with a lot of possible variations as to details, and how or why) is she left willingly and either with or without someone else along. The dog was left intentionally or dumped here intentionally and she or both took off after that... I mean the dog is safe, it is warm, it is chipped and it is where it couldn't be overlooked or not found... I also think it unlikely that anyone there whether stranger or someone known to her killed her because why leave the dog to point to their building or residence, a dog that ties directly to her... I know there are dumb criminals but I just don't see it...

I could go on from there but this post is long enough and fair warning that people may see some long ones from me on this case as it has me thinking...

This case wouldn't normally overly interest me because I can't identify with any of these characters nor lifestyles in this one. Multi-million dollar company and fraud, celebrity hairdresser, high rise luxury condos, one of the priciest of designer dogs, a bf who runs a nonprofit for Mark Zuckerberg, California... Not a bit of it seems very real life to me but I guess it is...

The other scenario or next one would be the ex.... And of course one also has to consider the current bf and the employer... And wonder who is in the high rise if anyone and what that person is to her... Heck maybe she had a place there in another name or under a company name or with someone together, who would know... We wouldn't...
you put your hand inside the baggie and pick it up and then pull the opening that is up by your wrist now and pull it down with the poop contained inside the bag. No skin contact whatsoever.
 
I don't have a dog and when I did, no need to walk it anywhere public, etc. so it might be a dumb question but what do you pick it up with then? Do you bring also a pair of plastic gloves or wear a pair?

I guess what I am getting at that this was not a walk just taken so the dog could do its "duty" imo nor does she seem worried that it may need to before she perhaps enters a luxury building...? I see this video as more that she is keen to get somewhere... The dog is not being focused on imo she is focused on whatever she is intent on doing and where she is going or what she is looking for. I think she may look up and around to reassure herself no one is watching out of a window, looking maybe for cameras, etc. I just don't think it is a walk so the dog can do his "duty", I think there is another purpose is I guess what I am getting at. She has an aim and the dog is generally behind her and definitely not well heeled or anything either. Is she taking the dog somewhere or going to just dump the dog?

Similarly when she left home, you could tell the goal was to get somewhere and we know she was going to the game. I can't help but wonder if the dog always went with and where it was during the game--was it at the game or elsewhere? Where did she leave it when working and why necessarily take it with at all? If she was planning to take off at all, she could not leave the dog home if no one would be there if she left town, etc.

This case has grabbed me, some do more than others and it isn't the victim if there even is one because we don't know, it's that there are many possibilities here and some confusing and odd things, like this dog in this high rise. It's a challenge to figure out and I think that's why and so I have a few possible scenarios and am trying to make them work with what we do know.

One scenario (with a lot of possible variations as to details, and how or why) is she left willingly and either with or without someone else along. The dog was left intentionally or dumped here intentionally and she or both took off after that... I mean the dog is safe, it is warm, it is chipped and it is where it couldn't be overlooked or not found... I also think it unlikely that anyone there whether stranger or someone known to her killed her because why leave the dog to point to their building or residence, a dog that ties directly to her... I know there are dumb criminals but I just don't see it...

I could go on from there but this post is long enough and fair warning that people may see some long ones from me on this case as it has me thinking...

This case wouldn't normally overly interest me because I can't identify with any of these characters nor lifestyles in this one. Multi-million dollar company and fraud, celebrity hairdresser, high rise luxury condos, one of the priciest of designer dogs, a bf who runs a nonprofit for Mark Zuckerberg, California... Not a bit of it seems very real life to me but I guess it is...

The other scenario or next one would be the ex.... And of course one also has to consider the current bf and the employer... And wonder who is in the high rise if anyone and what that person is to her... Heck maybe she had a place there in another name or under a company name or with someone together, who would know... We wouldn't...
and if somebody did dump the dog on purpose, and if they don't have pets, the thought of a microchip might not have even crossed their minds that the dog could be identified if it didn't have tags on it.
 
and if somebody did dump the dog on purpose, and if they don't have pets, the thought of a microchip might not have even crossed their minds that the dog could be identified if it didn't have tags on it.
True. I tend to think she or a friend with her dumped it (only if she disappeared willingly/just in that scenario) but it's also true that if someone did something to her, that person may not know about the microchip. Her ex refers to it as "our" dog. Could it lead to him IF it was purchased during the marriage? He then ends up with it and maybe she knew that is what would happen...

I keep thinking the dog was left somewhere "safe". No traffic, couldn't get out from a floor that high or take off, etc. It also HAD to be found and taken care of. All residents on that floor are not going to be okay with a dog in the hallway lol. So whoever did it likely knew it would be found and found pretty quickly most likely and taken care of, fed, etc. whether it ended up back with its owner (if she did it knowing it was chipped and maybe the info leading to her ex...?) or ended up at a pound until someone had it checked for a chip...

I sure wish we could see all of the videos from that building inside and out, assuming there are more... Hard to say though, it is surprising how many apartment buildings do not want cameras, even luxury ones, etc. for various reasons...
 
It seems to indicate that someone left the dog who cared about the dog or at least its wellbeing, she was seen near the building walking it and it is her dog...
 
I saw this yesterday and not sure what I think. Clearly she had joint custody when she went missing so it seems that whatever the issues were in their divorce or his allegations, the court must have been okay with her having shared custody and not supervised visitation. I heard that the ex-husband provided Daily Mail this info but unsure if that is fact. And, if so, is it all of the documentation of their divorce case through the years or just his side and just back then, what was their final order, have they been back to court over anything since, etc.?
 

Investigators served a search warrant to excavate part of the Chiquita Canyon Landfill, located at 29201 Henry Mayo Drive, as they look for the apparent remains of Heidi Planck and any related evidence in the case, according to a Los Angeles Police Department news release.

Planck hasn’t been seen since Oct. 17, leaving family and friends baffled over her mysterious disappearance and seeking answers.

“We know for sure that there are people out there who know what has happened, who know the truth about what’s gone on with Heidi,” Planck’s ex-husband, Jim Wayne, said at a news conference Monday.
 
Allegedly they found also some type of forensic evidence in the apartment building indicating she had been there and her car parked not at the building but in some lot some distance away. And now they are searching a landfill something like 40 miles away...
 
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1 - Oct. 17, afternoon - Planck attends her 10-year-old son's football game in Downey. She leaves around 4:30 p.m., before the game is over.

2 - Oct. 17, evening - Surveillance video records Planck walking her dog, Seven, around 6:30 p.m. in an alley near Hope & 12th streets in downtown Los Angeles. At 7 p.m., the dog is found wandering alone on the 28th floor of the Hope + Flower apartment tower.

3 - Oct. 20 - Planck's ex-husband reports her missing after she fails to pick up their son from his school.

4 - Oct. 29 - Police and federal agents, with their weapons drawn, enter Planck's house in the Palms neighborhood of West Los Angeles. The home is apparently empty.

5 - Nov. 29 - Excavation begins at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill.


Can't find the direct link to the map but it's on this article...
 
The map really clarifies some things. So the football game was not at his school (1) because when she failed to pick him up at school (3) it shows a different location. I assumed wrongly that maybe he was at school near wherever dad lives when she was to pick him up but it actually is up in the range of her home (4). I have no idea where dad lives but just going to guess that it is up in the clustered area somewhere as well near her home, the school or LA.

So the game was probably an away game would be my guess....

And now they are searching a landfill far north of all of the other locations...

The last thing I get from it at the moment is from Downey (the game) to home puts the apartment complex somewhat on her way home... It at least is not well out of the way in the wrong direction...

Strange case...
 

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