jillycat
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I worry if LE is even able to get any of the text content from T-Mobile. I know a few years back when Deutsche Telekom and France Télécom merged T-Mobile did not retain any of the content from SMS for more than 24hrs. (Although they did retain 5 years of call info.)
As late as July/August 2013 T-Mobile still did not retain any SMS content. This information was provided during an investor board meeting conference call. I do not have a link, so please feel free to doubt me, but it should be accessible somewhere in their investor relations link online...(happy digging:scared**Edited to provide this link for their Investor Relations Site - http://www.telekom.com/ir **
If they aren't retaining that content more than 24 hours, I worry how this will turn out. I wonder if that could be the reason nothing more has been done...The answer could very well never be gained if it comes down to having to strictly rely on T-Mobile to gain the content of those texts...especially if the person on the other end of that communication had T-Mobile and deleted their texts and/or is uncooperative. I do wonder which provider the other person or persons were utilizing and what possible other services were utilized during any communications.
Sorry, I was referring to someone else's remark that she probably said/texted something somewhere about where she was going, hence the conclusion of LE, in addition to other indicators, that she drove to PTL. But I've always assumed her activity log is what LE is using for the communication timeline.
Who knows what forms of communication she was using. But if it was anything that can be viewed by LE, I would think any PTL reference would contain other useful info.
I appreciate the info on TMobile. I've heard Verizon stores actual content for a time. Perhaps we can ask the NSA. :giggle:
LE mentioned private messages through social media but I took that as basic info on what was targeted in warrants for routine investigative purposes, particularly in a case where the person was an avid user of social media sites.
I still wonder at what point her phone or perhaps her social media might have been under someone else's control. I remember reading about Brookelyn Farthing sending texts that she was scared and wanted a ride, then a text was sent that she was fine and decided to go to a party in another county. The latter was sent by the POI. Of course they had the record of the text on the recipients phone in that case, but my point is, we don't know if there was a point where communications on Heather's phone were no longer generated by her.
I assume ping records help sort that out.