I agree that's a possibility, but how likely is it that a murderer would be driving round the streets of a small town in the small hours and be lucky enough to find a victim? Or do you think he;s been given a lift somewhere then met with an accident?
That's the thing @SuzyJackson.....a "f
ake taxi wouldn't be lucky enough to meet a victim", it would be the other way around. As in "
the victim would be unlucky to meet the fake taxi".
By that I mean.....
Corrie is on his way to the taxi rank or to his car (which may be en route to the taxi rank, I don't know).
Near to the taxi rank is a "private hire car". Or at least "an illegal private hire car". No idea what the situation is like in Bury St Edmunds, but "illegal private hire cars" are a problem in the UK big cities (at least when I was in the UK they were). Maybe this problem has spread elsewhere. The "vehicle" wouldn't be "at the taxi rank". Just "near to the taxi rank". Near enough to spot someone alone "heading towards the taxis".
You would be "off guard" and "willing to get in".
The problem is.....
1. Walking from Short Brackland to the rank at the Corn Exchange, you would have to cross the Market Square. And surely there would be cctv in that area ?
2. It appears that Corrie's phone was in the bin truck. How did he get relieved of his phone ? Maybe the car was on the same route as the bin lorry ? And that brings me to the "28 minutes to get from Bury to Barton".
The bin lorry collects at 4.00am. It is then at Barton roughly "half an hour later". So there is your "28 minutes".
But Corrie was in Short Brackland at 3.25am. A direct "28 minutes" drive, should put his phone in Barton at 4.00am. And we "know" it doesn't.
So
IF Corrie is in a car, say at 3.30am and lets assume his phone is with him, that car doesn't leave Bury for another half an hour....for it to then "ping" in Barton "28 minutes later".
How does something like that, appear on "cell mast triangulation". Don't forget, "triangulation" doesn't "hop" from mast to mast UNTIL you leave "one mast" and pick up the next. A car could be "driving around Bury's One Way System, whereas a phone could appear to be "stationary" (or at least "not moving") ...at least I think !