The whole thing, including the brother possibly deleting her voicemails, seems highly suspicious. Imho, of course. His smirk when describing how they broke in didn't help any.
As for guessing the username/passwords? Really? GMAB!
Unless they broke into her computer, and she had both saved in her browser (ala the "keep me logged in" checked)... Yet, that is not what he stated in court. He stated he guessed her username, and also guessed her password. In other words, his version is quite simply, questionable.
As for logs, all websites log ip addresses. And, if the person actually logs in, as opposed to just browsing the site, the ip is attached to that login. Even so, it would not look suspicious, since it was coming from Ms. Halbach residence. Then again, if logs showed various username/password combinations occurring within a very short time frame, it should have at least triggered access alarms.
And, it arguably may have. After all, how would they even know to question these guys with regard to accessing her account from the web?
And finally, unfortunately, I do not know cingular's setup. Especially back in '05.
I found this interesting from the post above where ex-boyfriend is being questioned:
"Kratz: Mr. Hillegas, when was the first time that you heard your friend Teresa had gone missing?
Hillegas: Scott had called me and said that Teresa's dad had went over and asked if he had seen Teresa, and Scott called me and I went over to the house that afternoon and we printed off her cell phone records off the Internet."
He implies he first heard she was missing when Scott called him, but he doesn't leave his answer at when, but goes on to offer what he did, without being asked. IDK, just seemed odd to me.
Also, someone asked a great question a week or so ago, when the case was still "downstairs" that I thought was very intersting and would love to know the answer to. The question was wondering if the nuisance calls stopped after the 31st.
You have to keep in mind that they were boyfriend and girlfriend.
So if she logged into the account while they were living together, or when she was at his house at any point, that might stay on his computer for a long time potentially.
I can say I've not changed my passwords for any number of online bills like cellphones, cable tv, or even banking in quite some time . (not safe, but I am sure I'm not alone on this one)
So, yes, I'd want to check those ip's. Because they potentially could be from a computer in the ex-boyfriends possession. Definitely I'd want to rule that out.
Maybe this kind of thing was checked, but I sure don't get the impression it did from anything we see/heard -- otherwise questions wouldn't remain still.
Cell phone company would still know who called as all calls are logged on the provider's network servers. Even if someone deleted voicemail messages the provider would know the source/identity of the phone number that left the voicemail.
Avery was said to use *67 in a few calls to TH. She would not know it was him calling, if that was him calling.
Different, odd account regarding Ms. Halbach's cingular account:
On the Sunday before she disappeared, Hillegas ran into Teresa at a friend’s house. Halbach told him she planned to join her family at a bar in Appleton for a Halloween party. She was dressed as a cowgirl.
On Tuesday, Hillegas called to ask Halbach about the party. Her voicemail box was full. “Which was weird for someone with a business,” he says. “She’s not the kind of person who would just take off and not call.”
By Thursday, he knew something was wrong. With the help of a friend, he went to Teresa’s house, fired up her computer and printed out a list of names and phone numbers of everyone she knew. The search was on.
Yet, from his court testimony:
Kratz: Mr. Hillegas, when was the first time that you heard your friend Teresa had gone missing?
Hillegas: Scott had called me and said that Teresa's dad had went over and asked if he had seen Teresa, and Scott called me and I went over to the house that afternoon and we printed off her cell phone records off the Internet.
Hillegas: Just to see, you know, calls she had made or, you know, if there were other numbers of friends that we could find on there.
If I recal correctly the VMs were deleted on November 2nd at 8:00 in the morning. It's my understanding her family didn't realize and report her missing until November 3rd which is the day her brother accessed her account. Obviously that can be viewed as nefarious because it could be construed as someone destroying evidence of their involvement in her disappearance/murder before anyone realized she was missing.
Add that to whoever was psycho-calling her prior to her death. It certainly wasn't Avery because the phone records would have shown that since she herself recognized the number. Couldn't have been him anyway since she was headed to Avery's place knowing, lo and behold, he would be there. The real question is who was making those psych-calls and when did they stop? Did the calls stop the day she went missing?
I want an answer to this as well!
If I recal correctly the VMs were deleted on November 2nd at 8:00 in the morning. It's my understanding her family didn't realize and report her missing until November 3rd which is the day her brother accessed her account. Obviously that can be viewed as nefarious because it could be construed as someone destroying evidence of their involvement in her disappearance/murder before anyone realized she was missing.
Add that to whoever was psycho-calling her prior to her death. It certainly wasn't Avery because the phone records would have shown that since she herself recognized the number. Couldn't have been him anyway since she was headed to Avery's place knowing, lo and behold, he would be there. The real question is who was making those psych-calls and when did they stop? Did the calls stop the day she went missing?
His attornies could have warned him to do that to avoid having his number leaked to the press. And, when taken with the context that she was on her way to Avery's place and asked him to call her back means zip. If she were afraid of Avery she wouldn't have gone to Avery Salvage Yard.
BBM How can you possibly know this? In my younger years there were a couple of people who made me really uncomfortable/wary that I still felt obligated to spend one-on-one time with in the course of my employment.