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When Tony helped Casey get the gas cans 6/23 he stated he picked her up walking down S. Chickasaw....and, IIRC, that she'd run outta gas in a subdivision nearby that she cut through on the way to her house.
Attached link suggests a possible route for the "cut through" that Casey may have been using. This appears a bit more tortuous than the more obvious use of Curry Ford Rd to make the connection between Goldenrod & Chickasaw, but, perhaps the left-turns required when using Curry Ford (left turn from Goldenrod onto Curry Ford Rd when traveling TO G&C's and left onto Curry Ford Rd from Chickasaw when traveling FROM G&C's) were a pain.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=104911739131657185086.0004604b04c5a84b2de99
Using the worst-case distance scenario of running outta gas near the intersection of Quail Pond St. as a basis. There is a gas station @ the next intersection (0.15mi)...Goldenrod & Pershing IF she used this route...suggesting she'd be closer to Chickasaw than Goldenrod when she ran outta gas.
IF this is the route she used then it would've taken her less than 45mins to walk to G&C's (2.5 mi @ 3.4 mph)...less than a 1.5hr roundtrip w/ 2nd half carrying gas can(s)...this gives some insight into the decision she'd hafta weigh IF the body were still in the trunk...hoof it...or call for help and risk it. I'm not suggesting Casey would have done this analysis...just sayin' by a gut feel this is what she woulda had to think about. IMHO...that she called Tony for help suggests the body was no longer in the trunk...just odor.
Plenty of options, but, just an example from her cell log....
1:41:37 PM INCOMING CALL Amy H. Casey A. 0.2 Tower 57: 0.5 mi NW of TonE L Apt
2:44:06 PM OUTGOING CALL Casey A. Tony L. (Cell) 2.5 Tower 22: 1.5 mi NW of Anthony Home
2:51:37 PM OUTGOING CALL Casey A. Jesse G. 0.0 Tower 22: 1.5 mi NW of Anthony Home
2:51:59 PM OUTGOING CALL Casey A. Amy H. 10.9 Tower 22: 1.5 mi NW of Anthony Home
3:02:03 PM INCOMING CALL Tony L. (Cell) Casey A. 1.4 Tower 22: 1.5 mi NW of Anthony Home
3:04:05 PM OUTGOING CALL Casey A. Amy H. 9.6 Tower 22: 1.5 mi NW of Anthony Home
3:19:36 PM INCOMING CALL Mark H. Casey A. 5.5 Tower 8: 1.5 mi S of Anthony Home @ Tow Yard
4:01:14 PM INCOMING CALL Tony L. (Cell) Casey A. 0.8 Tower 36: 1 mi NW of Chris S Home, 1.5 mi SE of Amscot
4:08:04 PM OUTGOING CALL Casey A. Tony L. (Cell) 0.4 Tower 58: 0.5 mi NE of TonE L Apt
Say the 2:44PM call to Tony pinging near G&C's is either a conversation or vmail ..."Hey, can you help me...I'm outta gas near such & such". Casey may sit in the car and talk w/ Amy while she waits...or she may be walking. She talks w/ Amy for 11mins and gets an incoming call from Tony @ 3:02PM..."OK, where are you?". Casey calls Amy back and tells her she's being rescued in a few minutes and talks for another 10mins. After getting off the phone w/ Amy ~3:15PM perhaps Casey starts walking...at least wanting to keep Tony away from the smell in her car. She TAKES the incoming call from Mark H. @ 3:19PM and talks for 5.5mins indicating that Tony hasn't arrived yet. Sooo...just for grins...perhaps she started walking @ 3:15PM...she would've easily made it to Chickasaw (0.9mi @ 3.4mph = 16mins) by the time Tony arrives sometime after 3:25PM.
By 4:01PM calls are pinging well on the way back to Tony's. While pings coulda been before she actually reached Tony's for est. say she was there and it takes ~23mins to drive from G&C's if she went directly...so 4:01PM less 23mins means she finished filling up the Pontiac around 3:38PM. This left ~3:38PM - 3:25PM or ~13mins to be picked up, drive the <1mile balance to G&C's, get the gas cans and get back to the Pontiac. Tight...but within the margin of error for some of the assumptions. Almost left out them bein' seen by Brian B. in that ~10mins they were @ G&C's.
I dunno if all of the above reconciles w/ statement details given...perhaps someone more familiar w/ statements can poke holes in it.
I just noticed this potential cut-through subdivision route when looking for the Brackenwood house yesterday and thought I'd toss it in here.
Doesnt seem like Casey said a word to Amy about being out of gas on June 23 since the only thing that Amy mentions about Casey and gas is Caseys text to her about running out of gas two Fridays in a row, the animal plastered to the front of the car and she was waiting for Tony all on June 27. Amy seems to have a fairly good memory and I would have thought that if Casey had mentioned to her about being stuck on this side of the road and waiting for Tony just a few days earlier Amy would have added that to the details when she was discussing things to do about gas and gas cans to LE.
June 27 Amy received a text message from Casey about running out of gas two Fridays in a row.
Page 1042 Lines 8-13 Amy H. Interview with LE on 7/23/2008
http://flawebhosting.net/docs092308/ah092308.pdf
June 27 Amy received a text message about part of an animal plastered to the front of her car but she got rid of it
Page 1042 Lines 15-19 Amy H. Interview with LE on 7/23/2008
http://flawebhosting.net/docs092308/ah092308.pdf
June 27 Amy say she spoke to Casey and Casey said she was waiting for Tony to pick her up
Page 1043 Lines 1-2 Amy H. Interview with LE on 7/23/2008
http://flawebhosting.net/docs092308/ah092308.pdf
June 28 Amy received a text about borrowing gas cans
Page 1044 Lines 10-12 Amy H. Interview with LE on 7/23/2008
http://flawebhosting.net/docs092308/ah092308.pdf
This fits with your assumption of Tony not getting to the As house until about 3:25PM because of Mr. B.s statement of late afternoon.
June 23 Brian B. heard Caseys voice, saw a green truck, smaller than a F-150, like a S-10 or a Ford Ranger and a white male with brownish hair that he had never seen before, they walked into the garage; it was late afternoon.
Page 1394 Lines 12-16,25 & Page 1395 Lines 1-11 & Page 1395 Lines 2-13 Brian B. Interview with LE on 7/30/2008
http://flawebhosting.net/docs092308/bb092308.pdf
Caseys story to Tony that she was cutting through the development is probably BS. Tony is not familiar with the area and wouldnt know if Casey was using some cut through or not by where he saw that her car was. She may have been worried that he would ask her why she was where she was so she had to come up with something that could potentially make sense.
The problem is we do not know where the car was on this date.
If she was using the house on Brackenwood Drive as a go to spot while she was suppose to be at work and she was on that street, pulled into the driveway or directly next to the Brackenwood Dr. house than that explanation would make sense. Her running out of gas there would have been something she would have wanted to make appear as just happenstance. She would not have been able to wait in the house. Plus hanging out in the car would make her too visible and may have attracted some unwanted attention from neighbors and any possible help with her car. Being purposefully on the move by walking would attract less attention than sitting around the car waiting.
Doesnt change any potential timeline. But ..
What I dont understand is why Casey would involve Tony with breaking into the shed for gas. To me that shows some level of desperation. She was trying to be this great super girlfriend who had a great job, made good money, kept a neat and tidy apartment, cooked etc why go to the whole breaking & entering deal? By having to get Tony to break into the shed she set her self up for him knowing something potentially damning to her later down the road. That could have been the reason that she was so nasty with George the next day with her here are youre *advertiser censored**ing gas cans comment. It wasnt that Casey was ticked off that she had been caught by her father with the gas cans; it was the fact that he had the audacity to lock the shed and she had to get Tony to break into it for her. That wasnt good for her image.
MOO