Up to a mile away.
That puts in a few people.
http://www.dm.usda.gov/ocpm/Security Guide/V2comint/Cordless.htm
There is a chart in this article which shows the distance.
I find it pretty unlikely that anyone heard anything. From the party direction, the distance was too far of a drive if someone overheard the parent's calls
http://www.ebay.com/gds/What-Is-the...MHz-Cordless-Phones-/10000000177628888/g.html
What? They only needed to be near the Wetterling house to pick up the conversation. Depending on environmental factors and the physical properties of the scanner the person may have been able to hear from a distance of in front of the house to as much as a half-mile away (WIKIPEDIA).
So what if our perp had a portable scanner in their car and just so happened to be in the area at the time, heard the calls come through as he or she was driving by and then knew where to be. The scanners at the time could also pick up the police channels too so he or she could know when the police call came through.
The person probably was in and out of the area so quickly that he or she had an alibi because nobody would figure they could do all that in the time frame assumed to be required.
Although, this is all moot if the Wetterlings didn't have a cordless phone.
What? They only needed to be near the Wetterling house to pick up the conversation. Depending on environmental factors and the physical properties of the scanner the person may have been able to hear from a distance of in front of the house to as much as a half-mile away (WIKIPEDIA).
So what if our perp had a portable scanner in their car and just so happened to be in the area at the time, heard the calls come through as he or she was driving by and then knew where to be. The scanners at the time could also pick up the police channels too so he or she could know when the police call came through.
The person probably was in and out of the area so quickly that he or she had an alibi because nobody would figure they could do all that in the time frame assumed to be required.
Although, this is all moot if the Wetterlings didn't have a cordless phone.
Very unlikely. A half mile from the wetterlings is DRs mailbox, other then that its woods and field around their house.
When Dan was first interviewed, he told LE that he only saw one car turn around in his driveway. After Kevin admitted he had been at the scene, THEN Dan changed his story and said he saw two cars. See Websleuth's first thread on Jacob for links.
Dan has told quite a few lies. Another lie is that Dan told police that he was sleeping during the abduction and beginning of the search (through the helicopters, sirens, and barking dogs), but other times he has stated that he was organizing his record collection. In addition to these inconsistencies, he also stated that he was awake during this time and ran to the side of the house to look out the window at the car turning around in his driveway.
Dan could not have been asleep AND awake at the time of Jacob's abduction. If he was asleep or upstairs running to the window, he couldn't have been downstairs organizing his record collection. Which statement should be believed? I don't think any should be believed.
Lest we forget that the tire tracks were "througly checked out" by LE and guess what?
It took "Kevin" coming forward 15+years later by happenstance for LE to "find" him.
The faith in LE in this case confounds me
The key word in your statement is "assumption". Not "fact". You're simply assuming that LE vetted the pizza guy but you have nothing to back that up. And, the LAST person besides Trevor + Aaron that we know of to have seen Jacob alive would be the clerk who worked at the Tom Thumb who rented the video and sold candy to Jacob, Trevor and Aaron.(I don't count the perp as the last person for obvious reasons)
When I think about, DR being condescending and snide about LE is mind blowing. A child is missing and he has to make derogatory remarks about LE. Rather than showing empathy for the family, he has to be in a contest with LE. He has to show he is smarter.
When did he take those lie detector tests? And LE knew how many missing tire tracks there were. One. Which eventually turned out to be Kevin's.
We have no idea what LE thought up until the big reveal.
Perhaps you would feel the same way if your elderly parents were physically restrained from their own property. Not mind blowing at all to defend your parents, more like compassionate.
"He was questioned the morning after the abduction. He took a lie detector test six days later".
http://www.joybaker.com/?s=detector
I have to admit that the whole thing with LK and the others was very low on my radar. I basically blew it off - but after looking into that whole thing, reading through transcripts of the tapes, etc - I gotta say that LK has moved up my list to #2.
On a related note, at one time my opinion on DAH was less than 5%. Now I'll say it's less than 1%.
Again, JMO, but based on a lot of research and study.
And any other individuals who happened upon Tom Thumb while they were in there.