subway sure, LIRR (railroad) is a different story.
...I was simply pointing out that logistically it would be difficult to get to a house at oak beach via LIRR, and more difficult to put bodies on the side of a highway without one...
This is completely wrong, Truthspider. I know for a fact that many, in fact most people that live on the south shore of Long Island and work in NYC everyday use the LIRR to commute to work almost exclusively. And yes, this includes people in his income bracket that pay property taxes in excess of $20,000 a year. I personally know people exactly like this. Haven't you ever heard of a "station car", the beater that you use to get back and forth to the train station?
This person would ABSOLUTELY take his station car to the LIRR station at Babylon (15 minutes from OB?), park, and hop the train to the city, passing through Penn Station and arriving at the Port Authority. No question in my mind.
There is no way that someone who travels day in and day out to the city would do anything other than that. Taking a car would make it a 2.5 hour trip each way since traffic is horrendous during rush hours. Combine that with the snow, rain, tolls, accidents/rubbernecking, and a-hole drivers on the road, and you're looking at a stress filled life that's easily avoided using the rails. It's not logistically impossible. Logistically, its the only thing that makes sense!
So the connection to Penn Station and Port Authority is there. Now the question is whether the police can make a connection suitable for a search warrant.
I don't know where you're getting that I'm suggesting he didn't have/own a car. He probably has multiple cars.
On July 9, 2007 (MBB), he probably used his corporate car (which he probably had available to him and garaged in the city near his admin building). In the unlikely event that MBB traveled all the way back with him via the LIRR, he might have used his personal car that he took home from the station. If he hopped a taxi/limo home with MBB (unlikely) he probably used his second car for disposal.
Look, this can be verified by police. They can check to see if his regular pattern was to use the LIRR and subway (checking credit card purchases of train tickets, MTA card subway purchases/swipes) and then cross-check that to see if there was a one-way (to the Port Authority) on July 9, 2007. If there was, that means he probably came home in a corporate car, taxi or corporate taxi/limo service. They can check the EZ-Pass records of his corporate car to see if he indeed took his corporate car back to LI. If any part of his regular commuting pattern is out of the ordinary on that date, they can probably get a search warrant.
Here's the totality of evidence that might be used for a search warrant on the vehicles/property:
1) SK calls traced to Penn Station, Port Authority (fact reported by MSM)
2) POI's place of residence/work/travel tied to Oak Beach, Penn Station and Port Authority
3) Internet documentation of history with hiring prostitutes
4) History of violence towards women (Order of Protection)
5) Admitted history of drug problem
6) Hearsay evidence (interview the LA guy from LISK, others in OB)
7) Deviation of routine on the night of July 9, 2007 (if this can be demonstrated with electronic records)