In your opinion, how do you think they will attempt to show that he wasn't in Moscow if his phone was turned off between 2:50am and 4:50am and it can't place him elsewhere? How will they introduce that if he chooses not to testify?
If he had anything solid, like video evidence, electronic evidence, an eyewitness, etc., wouldn't they have put that in the alibi defense?
IMO, and I'm just looking at this strategically and based on the expert they have hired, I think that the defense will say that BK never turned his phone off and I expect they will prove that using his meta data.
I believe the defense will say BK left his apartment BEFORE midnight and headed southwest to the Wawawai Park. Wawawai park has no cell service. However, if BK was in that park and taking photos, his phone would be sending and receiving meta data. Meta data is much more accurate than CAST Report data. That, IMO, is the subtext of what was written in BK's Alibi response. If I were the prosecution, I would be very concerned about this information that the defense has given.
But, IMO, there is much, much more to the alibi than what I stated above.
There were 2 situations going on in Moscow and Pullman that night which had drawn a lot of additional people into both areas and may well have impacted the cell towers.
1. In Moscow, there was the UofI Moscow vs. UC Davis football game during the afternoon with lots of partying afterwards. UC Davis football is famous for having a huge and loyal fan base who go to all of their games, including their away games with average UC Davis attendance of more than 10,000 people. In addition the UofI Vandals ALSO have a loyal fanbase that attend their games. The Kibbie Dome can hold 16,000. Beyond those who traveled to Moscow to watch the game would be many others who came in from companies which offer support services and amenities to college football fans.
2. And in Pullman at WSU, it was Fall Family Weekend which is known to be an incredibly busy weekend in Pullman. This influx of thousands of people would have put significant strain on local resources, including local cellular resources.
If your family wants to get rowdy and go join in singing “Back Home” by Andy Grammer, go with the fall. If they are looking for a relaxing weekend to see the campus and have a nice dinner, I would opt for the Spring. Fall and spring might have a lot of differences but neither...
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WSU Pullman had 17,827 students in Fall 2022. If each student had 1 parent come for Fall Family Weekend, that's another 17,827 people in the area.
The population of Moscow is around 26,000 and the population of Pullman is 32,000 for a total of 58,000 people. Hotels and AirBnB's and the like would have been completely full. I have seen gossip online that accommodations fill up not only in Moscow and Pullman but up to 4 hours away for these types of events. Just for the sake of estimating this situation, let's say there were 27,000 additional people in the area from out of town (this is probably a very low estimate.) This is a temporary population increase for Moscow and Pullman of 46.55%. My expectation is that the temporary increase in population would strain local services including cell towers. This situation may be used by the defense witness to explain some of BK's alleged phone pings such as the one in Blaine. There are 4 cell towers in Pullman, Wa, and 3 cell towers in Moscow, ID. There really are a lot of areas nearby Moscow and Pullman which have no cell coverage.
The alibi indicates that BK went to different locations that night which have not been identified yet. There are no pings to identify where he was during the time of the murders in Moscow. Did his phone ping elsewhere or is there meta data proving exactly where he was? This is the burning question that the prosecution needs to figure out.
All JMOO.