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Anyone curious about where Maureen's phone is?
That 4th photo on Maxim link above, does that look like burlap to you? (I'm not saying it's not, just asking)
For the moment I can say I'm sure I see a bluish patch close to the far end. Let's get a few opinion on the "burlap" photo before getting deep in it.
This is what Melissa Cann says: (Inside the brackets are my comm)
When she didn't come home that Monday (July 9th 2007 is Monday) I was calling her voice mail (The phone is ringing several times then directing on the voice mail, phone is on, not answered) Then a few days later I called my brother, he said let me see, "Now it's going straight to voice mail. (phone is off)
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What do you take from this? Where's that phone (I have my view of a possibility, trying to visualize what could have happened)
Also somewhere in the same series of videos says MBB's last phone signal was from LI.
Reg; Melissa's phone. I think the perp is intrigued by something he saw on the phone, Sis Amanda in swimsuits, or her complexion. I don't know. I chalk those calls to be really extraordinary.
And I believe he took a lesson in that experience (detailed in one of my posts above) and honed the MO to "No cells"
Well, he definitively had MBB's phone and it was probably still on till the battery ran out. What if he had it in his vehicle somewhere (thinking truck bed) because it fell out of MBB's pocket or something? Then it would mean, if vehicle was at LI during a revisit.
I agree on your first conclusion, that's in my mind too. The phone was not shut off, it went dead. Instead of an accidental fall I surmise it to an intentional move. He threw it away. (I know this drops the ball for my mugger theory) He threw it away while he is on the move, it landed on a soft ground, like a bush or something. The ring tone was on. And the spot is secluded place. People don't pick up the ring tone.
This is one of the millions of explanations. But it has a value in my eye. Cell phones have gold (guess around 0.05 g or less) and copper.
That means the phone was (and probably still) somewhere aside MBB's path, within a "throw distance" from the road. I say like 10 meters or less. On the same path there might be other things. Maybe her purse.
I am thinking all those based on her cell was never recovered. Asked Meltruth but no answer so far.
I don't have the cell tower dumps, cell tower dumps with signal strength data can tell much more.
Too much hopes for a search on her possible path with metal detectors (for gold) ?
I know, anything could have happened.
Also there was a post about it. I've missed that one. Sorry. Checking the MBB thread now.
MRPc's post
"this video states that Maureen Brainard-Barnes cellphone pinged off a Long Island Tower just two wks after she vanished...but I guess it wasn't reported til 2008. Dormer explained that it took time to get cellphone records, etc."
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Metal detectors is a giant area.
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTzUQfTnCjAYkI1Nle56HcgHpmpp68Dteb3P8mnyz_UrOtjvQLLFcl-YyU4
Maybe a pro can be more specific.
Well, he definitively had MBB's phone and it was probably still on till the battery ran out. What if he had it in his vehicle somewhere (thinking truck bed) because it fell out of MBB's pocket or something? Then it would mean, if vehicle was at LI during a revisit.
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Peter...what did you mean? (In bold) Please explain.
If the cell phone was in the car without his knowledge, he actually could have given us a time when he revisited the dump site. But Emre E made me realize, the phone would have been out of battery at that time, so forget the whole idea, it was wrong.
But, if he found the phone in his car, and she had hid it there on purpose, even if the battery was dead, he wouldn't know how long it had been dead or if it had pinged to a local tower. We don't know if it was on or for how long it was on. We don't even know if he took it from her or found it later in his vehicle.
There are traffic cams on the draw bridge I believe. (from RM Parkway to Ocean Parkway). I think!
There must be more, where the expressway goes on the island. But in the meantime, 5 years passed since the first murder and I doubt, they keep the tapes that long. Otherwise it would be too easy, I guess. LISK was there, between 48 and 72 hours after every disappearance, late in the night. He was also there at different times in between, always between mid of May and end of September. He drives probably an American made pickup in one of the standard colors. There can't be too many of those, who would appear on all those tapes. That would give LE the plates and therefore the owner, his address. His IRS reports would show any other space he may has rented. End of the story. Unfortunately, SCPD doesn't listen to output from the outside.