The Haunted Preston Castle, the Ione Hotel, CJs Part 2

by Paul Dale Roberts
(Elk Grove, CA USA)

Michele Stump/Historian/Researcher/Investigator

After our preliminary scouting investigation, Jennifer S. was fully satisfied with her experiences today and headed out to Livermore to see an old time friend, while I prepared myself for a private investigation. Yes! This day is a busy day!

The private residence we were headed out to, Michele Stump, our historian/researcher did a preliminary investigation. She shows me two photos that shows something that looks like a rope hanging from the roof, the third photo there is no rope. Michele gathered the following information. One month ago, a two year old girl drowned in the apartment swimming pool. Another apartment there was a home invasion. The men that broke into this apartment attempted to rape the female occupant. They also severely beat her. This happened two years ago. In 2005, there was a stabbing by the rental office over a drug deal that went bad. Some of the apartments were reputed to have wild parties and drug dealings. At one apartment complex, there is still police tape around the apartment. You can see that the apartment caught on fire and the door was kicked in. Older history is that the apartment complex is built over the trail leading to Sutter's Fort along the American River.

Before heading over to this private residence, I met up with the lead investigator Tim Hawkins at the Coffee Garden, we went over Michele Stump's historical findings of this residence. I rode with Tim in his SUV to the complex and we met up with the rest of the investigative team, which consisted of Holly DeLaughter - Sensitive and of course Michele Stump - Historian/Researcher. The equipment we were using this night were video cameras, TV monitor, digital cameras, digital audio recorders, dowsing rods.

While Tim was setting up the equipment and everyone was preparing to conduct the investigation, I started interviewing the two occupants David and Luz. David explains that they moved into the complex in November 2007. In one month's time, the activity started. He remembers how Luz felt uneasy. David felt evil and fear and found himself trying to scream, this happened to him twice. He felt like he was getting angry for no apparent reason. On March 21, 2008, Luz started sensing fear, then one night she felt pressure on her neck and found it difficult to breathe. The same thing happened to David at a later time. David has a history of paranormal experiences. In the State of Washington, at the age of 6, he looked down the hallway and saw a full body shadow creature, that seemed to be sliding down the hallway and then it seemed to swoosh underneath his brother's bed. Ages 12 to 15 he was confronted by a 4 foot creature that now reminds him of a 'gray' alien. He had a second encounter in which the same creature was just staring at him. During this same time, he felt he was missing time, that lasted the whole night. His brother was going through his own paranormal experiences and saw a phantom dog creature out on the road in the State of Washington.

David explains to me, that one time the TV was tinted bluish gray and there was a strange hand outline in the middle of the TV screen and something was dripping from the hand. To the left hand side of the TV screen, the numbers 16 appeared. One night he was walking down the hallway and saw a see-through shape with legs and he walked right through it. He has felt negativity. He recalls nighttime attacks by an unseen force. He has felt movements, tickles, touches and remembers how Luz went into convulsions and she was saying she felt something on her legs. David saw a silhouette of a child that said 'sssshhh!' He remembers that this phantom child had no face and was dark. There has been the smell of rotten food. He had a vivid dream of children only being able to leave the apartment complex via death. While laying with Luz on the bed, they both felt a shaking between them. Luz has seen shadows, flashes and figures peeking at her.