TH's cell phone pings

[i.b.nora]

Example of cell phone towers from NW Logie Trail Rd., note that #2 is on SI and if you click on it, you'll see it's near NW Reeder Rd.

http://www.towergenie.com/results.a...8801703&z=nw logie trail rd. portland or&m=5

Actually, there are two towers very close to one another on Suavie Island, and the third tower that shows up on that map is in the field right behind Skyline School.
If you put the Sheltered Nook address in, all the same towers show up.

 

[Bluestars]

Example of cell phone towers from NW Logie Trail Rd., note that #2 is on SI and if you click on it, you'll see it's near NW Reeder Rd.

http://www.towergenie.com/results.a...8801703&z=nw logie trail rd. portland or&m=5

I wonder if a person's phone would ping there if they were just driving up Hwy 30. Unless her cell phone had a GPS, I don't understand why they would keep going back to SI from just a ping. There hare thousands of places over there to dispose of something without ever going on that island. Unless a person was very familiar with the island and knew of a specific place to dispose of things, I don't see how SI would be a better option than any of the other places.

It seems like a person would be more noticeable on SI, not less. But then again, they have several bodies of water out there where I don't think people ever go near. At least it looked that way to me when I have driven out there.

 

[BeanE]

Just a note to thank everybody who's posting cell ping info. I really appreciate it!

:grouphug:

 

[Jo in Calif]

If you scroll down, do you see a picture of Terri? The video is in the picture.

I don't know who made the statements. They were repeating things from Terri's e-mails, I believe. In the video, it shows text too.

It sounded like it was a phone conversation in there too, to me anyway, Terri was driving and had to get off the phone, might of been a text also?

 

[BeanE]

I don't know who made the statements. They were repeating things from Terri's e-mails, I believe. In the video, it shows text too.

It sounded like it was a phone conversation in there too, to me anyway, Terri was driving and had to get off the phone, might of been a text also?

4:13 in the video. The reporter is reading out emails sent between two friends. The friends had emailed each other about phone calls they had each had with Terri.

 

[Jo in Calif]

4:13 in the video. The reporter is reading out emails sent between two friends. The friends had emailed each other about phone calls they had each had with Terri.

Gotcha, thanks.

 

[Mellen]

Billy, I don't know. People were talking about Terri driving on Hwy 30 and I remembered reading somewhere that she said she did. I think SI is to the right of Hwy 30, so maybe she was driving up north and her phone pinged near Scapoose or somewhere over there. But it seems like it would take more than that to justify all of the searches on SI. I have a feeling LE has more than just a ping.

Or perhaps it's that the ping is all they have that would give them any kind of specific location to search.

 

[Billylee]

I posted this on the SI searched again thread, but thought I'd repost it over here.


Cell towers for sheltered nook rd:

http://www.towergenie.com/results.a...5995&z=nw sheltered nook rd., portland or&m=5

cell towers for nw reeder rd, island cove market

http://www.towergenie.com/results.a...17233&z=31421 nw reeder rd., portland, or&m=5

Well, when you zoom in this looks exactly like the area they've been searching, huh? So if it's just pings they're working with, they're probably were pings between those two cell towers shown. I guess?

Interesting that the riverview tower is just outside the 5 mile sauvie area, and that's where TH's phone could ping from home.

 

[txsvicki]

It sounded like it was a phone conversation in there too, to me anyway, Terri was driving and had to get off the phone, might of been a text also?

Or knowingly going into another tower area?

 

[loves2bmom]

Would she not have used Hwy 30 if she went straight home from the gym?

No, she would not be on Hwy 30 traveling from the gym to her house. Her travels on Hwy 30 would have been before the gym (if you use TH's account of her day)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sou...401&sspn=0.347252,0.804062&ie=UTF8&z=12&via=1

 

[Billylee]

No, she would not be on Hwy 30 traveling from the gym to her house. Her travels on Hwy 30 would have been before the gym (if you use TH's account of her day)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sou...401&sspn=0.347252,0.804062&ie=UTF8&z=12&via=1

You are right that would not be the fastest way home for sure. I was just thinking the highway would be faster, but when you plot that out, it's actually 10 minutes longer. Thanks.

 

[tragco]

I posted this on the SI searched again thread, but thought I'd repost it over here.


Cell towers for sheltered nook rd:

http://www.towergenie.com/results.a...5995&z=nw sheltered nook rd., portland or&m=5

cell towers for nw reeder rd, island cove market

http://www.towergenie.com/results.a...17233&z=31421 nw reeder rd., portland, or&m=5

Well, when you zoom in this looks exactly like the area they've been searching, huh? So if it's just pings they're working with, they're probably were pings between those two cell towers shown. I guess?

Interesting that the riverview tower is just outside the 5 mile sauvie area, and that's where TH's phone could ping from home.

I agree.

What is odd to me is that the timeline, from what I understand, doesn't fit to allow TH to get from FM to there and back to the gym- I think that's what was decided unless she posted from her laptop on Sauvie instead of at home, yes?

I'm wondering if they are looking at her pings or somebody else's.

 

[Billylee]

I agree.

What is odd to me is that the timeline, from what I understand, doesn't fit to allow TH to get from FM to there and back to the gym- I think that's what was decided unless she posted from her laptop on Sauvie instead of at home, yes?

I'm wondering if they are looking at her pings or somebody else's.

Trag.... go to the sauvie island timeline thread in references , I think it can fit, but she would have had very little time to do much of anything.

 

[rnmif]

On a related note...for some reason I remember info that purportedly came from Terri in which she said police told her she had been driving on Highway 30 that morning. I seem to remember thinking that the way it was worded implied her story was that she was not near that area. But I can't find that info anywhere. I thought it was in Terri's e-mails which were made public on August 9th but I just re-watched that KATU story and it's not there. Any help finding this info would be appreciated, maybe I'm just imagining it.

If I can be driving Ocean Beach Hwy and it looks like I'm driving Hwy 30, what are the odds that someone could be driving on 26 and look like they're driving Hwy 30?

 

[gwenabob]

If I can be driving Ocean Beach Hwy and it looks like I'm driving Hwy 30, what are the odds that someone could be driving on 26 and look like they're driving Hwy 30?

I live in Portland, and am not sure what "Ocean Beach Hwy" is. Hwy 26 and Hwy 30 are the nearest hwys that goes to the coast. Could you clarify please?

 

[rnmif]

Unless LE knew for certain the phone ping came from SI, I can't see them spending this much time searching there. There has got to be something more like an eye witness, evidence previously found, or maybe she used the internet service on the island. I don't know, but there must be something else that keeps bringing them back to the island.

I have driven those roads near Skyline and there are countless places to dispose of things and it would be a fluke if the things were ever found.

If they had corroborating witness accounts, I'd think they'd be looking in a more targeted area.... They've re-checked a multitude of areas over time, and so far, nada....

 

[rnmif]

I live in Portland, and am not sure what "Ocean Beach Hwy" is. Hwy 26 and Hwy 30 are the nearest hwys that goes to the coast. Could you clarify please?

I've posted a few times about being in the mountains in Cathlamet, WA, miles from the banks of the Columbia, and my cel phone had my location as Clatskanie, OR. Ocean Beach Hwy goes from Longview, WA to Long Beach, WA on the pacific coast, much the way Hwy 30 does on the other side of the river.

 

[stmarysmead]

I trust Le has access to the top experts in this field.

They also have access to witness statements, and all sorts of other information. They are not returning IMO to Sauvie Island to search en masse weekend after weekend on anything flimsy. In fact, they seem very budget conscious. To me that means there is something very significant that leads them to Sauvie Island over and over. Pings may just be the tip of the iceberg.

 

[gliving]

I trust Le has access to the top experts in this field.

They also have access to witness statements, and all sorts of other information. They are not returning IMO to Sauvie Island to search en masse weekend after weekend on anything flimsy. In fact, they seem very budget conscious. To me that means there is something very significant that leads them to Sauvie Island over and over. Pings may just be the tip of the iceberg.

Thanks for your post stmarysmead. Perhaps I missed something, but I thought the searchers were volunteers that depended on donations. I don't think they deplete the sheriff's budget. I've not heard from LE about the pings. Maybe I can find a MSM reference today. TIA

 

[pufnstuf]

Thanks for your post stmarysmead. Perhaps I missed something, but I thought the searchers were volunteers that depended on donations. I don't think they deplete the sheriff's budget. I've not heard from LE about the pings. Maybe I can find a MSM reference today. TIA

Searchers, volunteer or not, must be coordinated by MCSO, which takes time and money.