I went back and re-read the message and ping issue. LE said that on the 25th her place of employment received a text message from her and that at some point on the 25th the phone had pinged in Idaho. They didn't say the message and the ping had happened at the same time. Then they went on to say it may have been a false ping. "Nov. 25 is also the day Kelsey’s employer, a flight training school in Pueblo, received a text from her phone saying she wouldn’t be at work the following week, DeYoung said. Nov. 25 is also the day Kelsey’s phone gave a location near Gooding, Idaho, around 5:13 p.m"
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"Police in Woodland Park said that Berreth’s phone pinged near Gooding, Idaho sometime on November 25.
'It could just be a false ping, or it could be the actual last location for the activity of that phone,' Woodland Park police Commander Chris Adams told "
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"On November 25th, she texted her employer, Doss Aviation and told them she was taking time off. On the same day, her phone was pinged in Gooding, Idaho"
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I had assumed that text to her employer had been tracked to Gooding ID, but it appears that the text and the phone ping happened at different times. It would be great to know when the text was received.