Sarah ~ I agree about the cell records. They would have to place her at her residence, or even Green Bay I think to create an "air tight" anything. There is just no scenario that I can come up with where it would ping in those places if SA has possession of her phone at that time. I think, but not sure, even Zipperer's was close enough to Avery's, that it wouldn't be a for sure thing that she was in either place. Or what if she was run off the road a few miles away? Lots of questions.
Frustrating isn't it?
I'd really love to know where those tower pings place her.
At the moment I'm still not seeing anything to change my opinion that SA is the most likely culprit, but I agree - if the towers place her at home or even a significant distance away from Avery's, then there's no plausible scenario IMO whereby he was the killer and I'll happily retract my earlier opinions!
Propane guy does seem pretty reliable doesn't he? He stated what he saw that day... didn't embellish it, didn't say he actually saw TH.... and now knowing that only a few vehicles go by around that time on any given day, it's just more believable, but lets be honest..... they didn't investigate this case very well LOL Maybe it was a customer that was there that day?
I've thought from the beginning that the circumstances of his sighting were reliable and after the testimony was released it completely sealed my thoughts on it.
Of course it's possible that it was another customer, but it seems a pretty big coincidence that somebody else was there at that time on that day in a similar vehicle and I find it hard to believe that nobody has come forward with that information either at the time or now with all the current publicity.
You'd also think that there would be customer records at the salvage yard that LE should have followed up on.
Regardless of SA's guilt in all this, there are a LOT of loose ends that don't seem to have been investigated. Seems LE didn't learn anything from the first time and still had the blinkers on when it came to SA.
Also... the 4:35 call, was never answered, and most likely went to VM but was not even long enough to leave a message.... so I don't think he ever asked her to come back and take another picture. Also.... I don't think she would encourage anyone to go through AutoTrader because she actually made more money doing a "hustle shot", which is when they contact her directly.
Sorry Missy, I don't think I phrased that very well.
I know the 4:35 call wasn't answered and in a scenario where SA is guilty I suspect that call was either to ensure the phone had been effectively disabled or to locate the phone so that he could dispose of it.
What I meant was when he was put on the spot to explain the purpose of the call maybe he drew on something that had actually happened rather than trying to invent a story out of thin air.
Purely speculative, but I think it's plausible for him to have asked about the other car in person when she was on site to photograph the minivan and for whatever reason she initially declined but went back later. IMO there are lots of reasons that she may have had conflicted feelings about taking a direct booking in those circumstances.
> Financially. Of course it makes sense for her to take a direct booking. She's just getting on the road with her own business and it would be foolish to turn down work, especially if she's being paid directly rather than after AutoTrader have taken their cut.
> Timing. If (and I don't believe this) she still had to fulfill the Zipperer appointment after leaving Avery's then she may not have had time to fit in another car but may have agreed to pop back later.
> Safety. If she was uneasy around Avery she may have preferred to keep their professional relationship at arm's length and only deal with that particular client via a third party (i.e. AutoTrader)
> Professional Ethics. We don't know the specifics of her contract with Autotrader, but I'd imagine that they'd discourage (if not prohibit) photographers from entering into direct contracts with clients for further work while they were out on an Autotrader job.