While there's no indication he went home, there's also no indication he DIDN'T go home, and that needs to be said also. Basically, WE DON'T KNOW. Hopefully LE knows.
Affidavit and TV Show 'Disappeared'
02:57 CM dials ALP
02:58 CM dials HF
03:23 last time CM dials HF after many attempts beginning at 02:19
03:30 EA & CM leave apt & begin walking to garage
03:37 CM has an incoming call (caller unknown)
03:40 unknown activity on CM's phone
03:43 CM calls SN's phone
03:50 EA's phone contacts HF
03:53 ditto
03:55 ditto
03:55 Camera in garage (time stamp on video 03:57)
03:58 EA exits garage
04:08 EA passes thru the Custer Road gantry* northbound.
04:47 CM's phone pings off of cellular phone tower at 5800 Granite Pkwy,
.........just north of the SOL & south of SH121.
04:56 EA's phone pings - same as above
05:32 EA's phone pings off of cellular tower at 1500 block of Bethany Drive.
........Phone communicates with the side directed toward EA's residence.
Is one theory - during the 39 minutes (between the gantry and CM's ping),
EA drove all the way to his house and back again to the SOL area (by the time of CM's final ping)?
What is the usual drive time from gantry to his house? 4:08 til when? 4:20?
04:20 would leave 27 minutes to get back to SOL.
Is this close to the amount of time it takes to drive from SOL to his neighborhood (without traffic)?
Or, how much spare time would 39 minutes allow him if he did return home prior to 05:32?
And, to do what?
To me it doesn't seem as if he'd have enough time to do anything at his house unless it is only 15 mins. away.
Even then, very little time.
My impression was EA didn't return to the area of his house (after gantry) until nearer to the time of his 5:32 ping.
*a bridgelike overhead structure with a platform to hold signs, cameras or lights, or a frame structure raised on side supports as to span over or around something.