I have been thinking the exact same thing. Nothing adds up. Basing LE's information about JC's location as coming from location devices on her cell phone, pings from cell towers, etc., what we have been told as fact is not at all possible. There is absolutely no way that LD could have been on the phone with JC until 7:13, having a conversation that lasted apx. 20 minutes according to LD, yet LE has nooooooo idea where JC was from 6:30-7:30. It is like they are either joking or assuming that the general public is stupid. Sorry for the frustration just now, folks. SteveP, I am so glad that you threw out some options as far as why LE is alleging this one hour mysterious gap where they have no knowledge of JC's whereabouts. All of your suggestions are valid in my opinion.
I haven't posted in quite a while... I've been insanely busy. There are a few things that have not left my thoughts that I would like to throw out there to you guys. As SteveP mentioned, maybe the phone call that LD alleges never occurred? Anything is possible at this point. Did anyone else find it odd that she was not at the press conference? IMO, if a press conference were being held in regards to the investigation of the murder of one of my loved ones, I would be there, front and center. Also, I want to be clear that I in NO WAY think that LD is responsible for JC's murder before I say anything else. I do not think that she had anything to do with it. That being said, is anyone else curious that to this day the only person who has been cleared by LE is AA? Nobody else? That's odd to me. Also odd to me is the alleged phone call, which does not align with the timeline present by Champion.
Now I would like to briefly speak on Champion. As i have state before, IMO, he should not be leading this investigation. His is an attorney, not an investigator. JMO. That being said, why is he leading this investigation, still? Further, I am aware that as professionals, it is human nature for us to enter a situation such as an interview or a public speaking session of any sort, with a strategy. The strategy could be to make yourself look good, to make someone else look bad, to be completely transparent, to cover up all relevant information, or somewhere in between. The strategy could be to protect someone else, or to protect yourself. The list goes on. My point in this rant is, what was Champion's strategy? He was making a much anticipated announcement on what is possibly the biggest case PC has ever seen during his career at least, and what is his strategy? To show up with no notes, wrinkled clothes, conflicting facts, no experts to speak on their findings, so graphs, maps, or visual displays of any kind. At a minimum,a map would have been helpful for people to see the path that JC travelled in the hours leading up to her murder, if solving this crime is indeed the goal here....But really, what's the strategy? This man did not graduate from Law School by copying off of other people's tests. I feel in my gut that he knows what he's doing, I am just unsure at this moment exactly what that is...Off rant.
This brings me to #4 mentioned by SteveP, that LE is flat out lying because they are close to nailing down the perps. God, let this be true.
I am still having problems with Champion's statement in the latest press conference that investigators still don't know where Jessica was from 6:30-7:30 the night she died, but can pretty much account for the entire rest of her day. Something about that just doesn't sit right with me. LD's phone call with Jessica supposedly took place during that time frame, and the US Marshals have probably the most sophisticated technological forensics cell phone tracking ability of any law enforcement agency. They have been able to place Jessica's cell phone, and assumedly Jessica, at the Herron Rd scene at 7:31, so why were they not able to determine her whereabouts during her phone call less than an hour earlier? I can think of a few reasons, and they are...1) LD either lied, or was mistaken about the time of the call, or 2) There was no phone call between LD and Jessica. If either of these were true, LE would certainly be able to ascertain that from LD and Jessica's phone records. That brings me to 3) Jessica was using another phone during the call, either a borrowed phone, or she could have owned a burner phone that she used for clandestine encounters that she did not want her mom to know of. It is possible that her phone was paid by LD or part of a family plan, and LD would have had access to her monthly bill. IIRC, it was LD who first texted Jessica and called, receiving no answer, but then I believe it was Jessica that phoned her back. But if it were not Jessica's usual number that showed up on her phone, she would have known that, and LE would know whatever the number was that the call was from. Then there is 4) LE is lying about not knowing where she was for any of that hour between 6:30 and 7:30. If that is true, can we believe that they are actually close to nailing someone and just stating they don't know where she was during that critical last hour, or do they truly not know?? Any thoughts? All JMO, as always.
ETA...I also found it odd that Champion did not even mention the supposed phone call between LD and Jessica when he laid out the timeline.
