strach304 said:
Here's a link for a map (hope it works)
http://www.mapquest.com/atlas/?region=ncarlina
No part of Virginia being the meeting location and justification for visiting parents makes sense to me. Long drop from the western end imo especially when you take the trip back into consideration. I'm not sure that person who stated Va. is accurate but if so kinda strange I think.
Lets go back to the beginning reports that said he was traveling on business and visting family while out of town. Didn't we originally assume from reports that he stayed at the parents house? It was said he would've arrived while they were sleeping and I know one of the media talking heads commented about this case on family alibi being unreliable.
Maybe he didn't stay at a hotel after all and the 11 pm phone call was made from the direction of his trip say two hours into it knowing the cell phone towers will ping it. He then goes back home which fits in with TOD. Parents can't verify within a two hour timespan of his arrival possibly. LE is gonna have to place him somewhere so if his alibi is possibly fishy why aren't they showing pics of him and the vehicle like they did SP?
Strach,
We do have some things to work with here, enough to work backwards with. It was reported in news links and again last night on Greta from the sheriff himself that the police did indeed talk with Jason, briefly, on Friday. Based on that statement we can start with worse case - 12 midnight and work back.
Checking on Map quest -
Brevard to Raleigh is 282 miles and an estimated drive time of 4 hours and 52 minutes - for ease lets call it 5 hours.
Some one suggested Roanoke VA - Roanoke Va to Brevard is 276.13 miles or an estimated drive time of 4 hrs and 53 minutes - for ease lets also call that 5 hours.
Raleigh to Roanoke VA is 180 miles, estiated 3 hours 27 minutes drive time, or 3.5 hours.
What we know -
The sheriff did say from his own mounth on Greta that they did speak with Jason briefly on Friday when he returned. So we have up to 12 midnight Friday for this to have occurred.
What we think we know -
Jason called his wife at 11 pm on thursday night.
Assuming he went to Roanoke VA and stayed in a hotel - to call his wife at 11 pm, he would have had to leave his home in Raleigh no later than 7:30 pm, made no stops and got checked in very quickly. Grey's Anatomy was aired at 9 pm - so for the friends to have seen Jason, they would have had to arrive before 7:30 pm. That is all possible. 180 miles on the Suv.
We know nothing about the meeting such as time start and finish so we have to go backwards.
We know the police spoke to him briefly on Friday so working backwards from midnight (midnight being worst case arrival for the police to have spoken to him) -
He and his parents would have had to leave Brevard no later than 7 pm and made no stops along the way. 282 miles on the SUV.
We know that both his luggage and his parents luggage was confiscated upon arrival - this indicates some time was spent in Brevard to prepare for the trip to Raleigh, we also know that Jason was told of the situation so we have to assume some time was spent in the telling and his recovery. We also know the step father was insistent upon getting a lawyer. erring on the side of worst case - we can assign 2 hours to accomplish all of these tasks. Jason could have arrived in Brevard as late as 5 pm.
Assuming he drove straight from Roanoke to Brevard and arrived at 5 pm, this would indicate he had to leave Roanoke by noon at the latest and made no stops. 276 miles on the Suv.
This leaves 13 hours to be accounted for - supposedly there was a meeting - the meeting could account for as much as 5 hours easily. This is all possible, most likely not probable IMO, but possible. So on face value it is possible he had a meeting in Virginia but one has to wonder why he would skip out of a half of day's work on his NEW employer instead of returning to his office in Raleigh to end his day like a good employee. One would also have to wonder if it is sensible he would drive 5 hours from a business meeting to visit with the parents on a Friday instead of driving home. Sense indicates the meeting was much closer to the parents than to Virginia and the visit to the parents was prompted out of this convenience.
For example if the meeting were in Asheville, quick trip to the folks for a visit and definitely a more innocent appearance at least. From Roanoke to Brevard doens't appear either convenient or innocent IMO. I know this is an exercise in futility however, there is no new news on this case at the moment so it is easy to wander through these exercises. Whatever the case, Jason better hope things add up - i.e. mileage on SUV from last oil change, to reported mileage on expense accounts versus gas purchases, it's guaranteed IMO that the police are doing this same exercise, albeit with much more information.
Many here seem to be on the fence; others are staking their patch... perhaps the above might help reconsider other options.
