Snipped from source listed below this Timeline!
Temple murder timeline:
Sometime in 1998 David Temple told Belinda Temple that he was going on a hunting trip with some friends during the New Year’s weekend, but he instead used that opportunity to spend time with Heather Scott.
December 31, 1998 David Temple spent the holiday weekend with Heather Scott, and they continued their romantic relationship and engaged in sexual intercourse during that time.
January 5, 1999 Heather Scott talked with David Temple about ending their romantic relationship.
January 8, 1999 David Temple told Heather Scott that he had fallen in love with her, and she stated that she felt the same way.
January 11, 1999 The date of the offense
11:40 a.m. Deborah Berger takes a phone call from daycare center, where her young son, Evan, is sick. Deborah tells Belinda Temple about the call.
11:55 a.m. Belinda’s cell phone calls Alief School where David Temple works (the call lasts 32 seconds).
12:03 p.m. Belinda’s cell phone again calls Alief School (4:14 minutes).
12:08 p.m. Belinda’s cell phone once again calls Alief School (1:04 minutes).
12:09 p.m. Belinda’s cell phone yet again calls Alief School (59 seconds).
12:11 p.m. Belinda’s cell phone again calls Alief School (34 seconds).
About Noon Belinda picks up Evan at the daycare center. About the same time, Belinda called David Temple from home regarding Evan and needing relief.
12:30–12:40 p.m. David Temple arrives home.
1:00 p.m. Belinda returns to school.
3:00 p.m. Nothing unusual at the Temple home.
3:30 p.m. Belinda finishes meeting at school.
3:32 p.m. Belinda calls David Temple at their house to say that she is on her way home. After leaving school, Belinda went to her in-laws’ home to pick up some soup, and she left their residence at about 3:45 p.m. Belinda Temple is never heard from again.
3:40 p.m. Nothing unusual in the neighborhood.
3:45 p.m. Belinda gets home, and David Temple says that she is tired and wants to rest. “While she was resting, I took my son to the park, near my subdivision, and then to the grocery store and Home Depot.” The trip to the Brookshire Brothers grocery store and Home Depot are verified, but the trip to the park is not. David Temple and Evan leave their home, but it appears that Evan rode in David Temple’s pickup with no car seat.
4:00 p.m. Nothing unusual in the neighborhood.
4:20 p.m. Nothing unusual in the neighborhood. The Temples’ dog was not barking.
4:25 p.m. The Parkers’ dog was barking and running up and down along the fence line. The Temples’ dog was not barking.
4:30 p.m. Nothing unusual at the Temple home; the Temples’ dog was not barking. A four-door, light-colored sedan with two young men drove quickly out of the neighborhood.
4:32 p.m. David Temple and Evan enter Brookshire Brothers on the other side of the Katy Freeway.
4:38 p.m. David Temple and Evan leave Brookshire Brothers and walk toward parking lot.
4:38 p.m. Brenda Lucas makes telephone call to Belinda Temple, but Belinda does not answer.
4:40 p.m. Temple answering machine records Brenda Lucas’ call to Belinda. Some young children in the neighborhood claimed to have heard a loud boom that sounded like a gunshot. No one else in the neighborhood reports hearing such a gunshot.
4:50–5:00 p.m. Buck Bindeman sees David Temple at Katy Hockley Cut-Off and Morton Ranch Road intersection facing southbound, coming from an area north of the Brookshire Brothers, but after David Temple and Evan had already left Brookshire Brothers and coming from the area where David Temple’s parents lived and where he had often hunted.
5:10 p.m. Nothing unusual in the neighborhood. David Temple’s dog was not barking.
5:10 p.m. Temple answering machine records Kenneth Temple’s call asking about his grandson, “little man.”
5:14 p.m. David Temple and Evan enter Home Depot.
5:25 p.m. Angela Vielma sees the Temples’ blue pick-up and David Temple as garage door closes at Temple home. David Temple’s dog was not inside the garage, and it was not barking.
5:30 p.m. Kenneth Temple called the Temple home again, received no answer, and left no further message.
5:40 p.m. Maureen Temple called the Temple home, received no answer, and left no message. David Temple knocked on the Ruggieros’ door.
5:36 p.m.* Mrs. Ruggiero’s call to 911.
5:38 p.m. David Temple’s call to 911.
5:41 p.m. Mr. Ruggiero could not make it into David Temple’s home because of aggressive and barking dog in the backyard.
5:42 p.m. Mrs. Ruggiero called David Temple on the telephone but received no answer.
5:45 p.m. Mr. Ruggiero called David Temple on the telephone but received no answer.
5:49 p.m. Sergeant Gonsoulin and Deputy Johnson arrive at the Temple home.
5:54 p.m. Sergeant Gonsoulin and Deputy Johnson could not enter Temple home because of barking and aggressive dog.
* Note: The discrepency between when Mrs. Ruggiero called 911 and when David Temple knocked on her door (that is, Temple would’ve had to knock on her door before she knew to call 911) is due to an inconsistency in the approximation of time from the record.
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Source: TEXAS DISTRICT & COUNTY ATTORNEYS ASSOCIATION
https://www.tdcaa.com/journal/not-s...BZfE_g30t_veWx2TuynvRxXgdSneqA7m1VulaSwACtQug
