April 15th wknd of Sleuthing

[Maja]

Heard there were three fatalities there?

Believe two children lost their lives there...

 

[Overly-Curious]

That is beyond sad....

 

[less0305]

Praying for everyone's safety and well-being. I hope everyone checks in as soon as they are able. I'm very worried about my WS friends!!!

It was a very rough storm. Prayers for the families that lost loved ones.

 

[CyberPro]

Not specifically about any of the alleged eyewitnesses to this case, but this is a completely true story that happened to me just this morning.

I was driving fairly early and got behind a pickup truck that was carrying some furniture, especially a large headboard for a bed. It was not secured very well and began moving from side to side in the truck bed. I noticed this because it looked pretty nice, possibly antique and I knew it would likely be damaged if that kept up, but I passed the truck and a mile or so down the road pulled into a convenience store for my dose of caffine.

As I pulled up to park, the truck pulled in too, but at the very far edge of the parking lot, probably just to secure the load.

As I pulled up to park near the door, one of the guys working in the store came out, and spoke with a guy driving a tow truck. I had to wait while they walked through the area I was going to park in, and I backed into my place in my RED car.

I got my drink, and I had gotten out of my car very close to the guy working in the store, and spoke to him as we were walking into the store. When I got up to pay, he said "are you guys moving?" - I am sure I looked puzzled because I did not understand the why he would get the idea that I was moving, then after a few seconds he said "Oh, I thought you were driving that silver truck."

Now, he looked directly at me, saw me at close distance, saw me park, spoke to me, and saw me get out of my red car, but only a minute or so later thought I was driving a silver pickup truck that did not get to within 50 yards of the building.

What weight would you give this witness if he reported a store robbery?

 

[CrimeAddict]

I am in Garner.. we are fine here.. and I have friends driving here in Raleigh that still have no power since 4pm.. so they can't spend the night with their puppies.
My guess is that if someone hasn't logged in they might not have power.. its 930pm now so its been quite a while with none for a lot of these guys.

 

[Overly-Curious]

Not specifically about any of the alleged eyewitnesses to this case, but this is a completely true story that happened to me just this morning.

I was driving fairly early and got behind a pickup truck that was carrying some furniture, especially a large headboard for a bed. It was not secured very well and began moving from side to side in the truck bed. I noticed this because it looked pretty nice, possibly antique and I knew it would likely be damaged if that kept up, but I passed the truck and a mile or so down the road pulled into a convenience store for my dose of caffine.

As I pulled up to park, the truck pulled in too, but at the very far edge of the parking lot, probably just to secure the load.

As I pulled up to park near the door, one of the guys working in the store came out, and spoke with a guy driving a tow truck. I had to wait while they walked through the area I was going to park in, and I backed into my place in my RED car.

I got my drink, and I had gotten out of my car very close to the guy working in the store, and spoke to him as we were walking into the store. When I got up to pay, he said "are you guys moving?" - I am sure I looked puzzled because I did not understand the why he would get the idea that I was moving, then after a few seconds he said "Oh, I thought you were driving that silver truck."

Now, he looked directly at me, saw me at close distance, saw me park, spoke to me, and saw me get out of my red car, but only a minute or so later thought I was driving a silver pickup truck that did not get to within 50 yards of the building.

What weight would you give this witness if he reported a store robbery?

Ahh...Really? Point taken...

 

[Tink56]

Sending only good thoughts and prayers...stay safe.

 

[Maja]

A woman from that Lowes called in and said everyone was okay. Some minor injuries, but they all managed to get to the back of the store. Every car in the parking lot was damaged she said, and the entire front of the store collapsed.

Is that the Lowe's where BC bought the drop cloth?

 

[Skittles]

Is that the Lowe's where BC bought the drop cloth?

No, the destroyed Lowe's is in Sanford.

 

[SleuthSayer]

Is that the Lowe's where BC bought the drop cloth?

No, 34 miles away.

 

[less0305]

Not specifically about any of the alleged eyewitnesses to this case, but this is a completely true story that happened to me just this morning.

I was driving fairly early and got behind a pickup truck that was carrying some furniture, especially a large headboard for a bed. It was not secured very well and began moving from side to side in the truck bed. I noticed this because it looked pretty nice, possibly antique and I knew it would likely be damaged if that kept up, but I passed the truck and a mile or so down the road pulled into a convenience store for my dose of caffine.

As I pulled up to park, the truck pulled in too, but at the very far edge of the parking lot, probably just to secure the load.

As I pulled up to park near the door, one of the guys working in the store came out, and spoke with a guy driving a tow truck. I had to wait while they walked through the area I was going to park in, and I backed into my place in my RED car.

I got my drink, and I had gotten out of my car very close to the guy working in the store, and spoke to him as we were walking into the store. When I got up to pay, he said "are you guys moving?" - I am sure I looked puzzled because I did not understand the why he would get the idea that I was moving, then after a few seconds he said "Oh, I thought you were driving that silver truck."

Now, he looked directly at me, saw me at close distance, saw me park, spoke to me, and saw me get out of my red car, but only a minute or so later thought I was driving a silver pickup truck that did not get to within 50 yards of the building.

What weight would you give this witness if he reported a store robbery?

LOL! That's so like my puppy jumping out of the back of a pick up truck story. I would be a horrible eye witness!!

 

[NCEast]

We went to Rocky Mount for dinner, saw no damage, thankfully. People beside us said you can't get to Wilson on 581 because of the downed trees and poles.
Has anybody heard from NCSU95--I have just scanned a few posts and didn't see anything from him and I'm worried.
I hope and pray everybody is safe and sound.

 

[ncsu95]

So you think he killed her before 8AM and then dumped the body when he was later riding around with his girls? Now that's not being a good dad. Allowing them to to see him sling their nearly nude, deceased mom in a ditch is beyond sick. But if that's your theory.....

I don't have a theory, but that wouldn't have been it. He could have done it at 7 and left the girls in the room watching tv.

 

[FullDisclosure]

We went to Rocky Mount for dinner, saw no damage, thankfully. People beside us said you can't get to Wilson on 581 because of the downed trees and poles.
Has anybody heard from NCSU95--I have just scanned a few posts and didn't see anything from him and I'm worried.
I hope and pray everybody is safe and sound.

He's okay. I PM'd him to check.

ETA--Ha! He just posted, too! WB ncsu!

 

[ncsu95]

But items Brad did have cisco receipts for. Wonder where those items went?

I haven't seen any evidence yet that they checked Cisco for these. I'm sure if they did they would have brought it up at trial. This is $3k+ worth of equipment. I'm betting it is tracked at some level (at least the router).

 

[ncsu95]

I will respectfully disagree. I do, however, feel we can agree that there is only evidence that a call was made and answered.

I agree.

 

[ncsu95]

I think there's some confusion about the "missing" Sony laptop. There was testimony from the FBI agent that the "receipt" for that laptop showed it was purchased by a co-worker's of BC's, and never would have even been in BC's hands. I don't see how this is "missing" at all.

And as to having a VOIP account at home--there's been no testimony to indicate that was on a Time Warner account. I would assume if you're bringing home Cisco equipment and using an IP phone, you'd just use the Cisco internet line, not a land line. So, he would not have needed an FXO port or a Router that is compatible for that system. Can someone please correct me if I'm wrong? I just don't see the connection between having an IP phone in the house (which he still had on the 12th by the way, according to testimony) and generating a call on a Time Warner land line. It's two different systems that operate in two different ways. We have no testimony to say he used the IP phones on the Time Warner line in the past. Thanks for the feedback!

I was thinking the same thing but just let it be. I work from home full time. I have multiple sip phones logged into work using my regular router. Are we sure that they system he set up earlier in the year required the use of the bigger router and fxo card?

 

[ncsu95]

Starting to thunder big time out here near Archers Lodge/Applewhite Rd. area. Windy, dark, and thunder rolling in. Somebody here posts from Zebulon too, I remember that. And IIRC NCSU is in the Holly Springs area where this began.

Yes, but things are good. We spent 30 mins in our half bath downstairs. Unfortunately had to wake the 2 year old up from her nap and my 8 year old was extremely scared. Once it went past, we ventured out to see the damage. Looks like at least 2 different tornadoes hit my neightborhood (I live in a neighborhood off of Avent Ferry), but near the front of the neighborhood. Avent Ferry looks like a war zone. I wasn't nervous during the event, but realized later how close these things actually were to us.

 

[NCEast]

I don't have a theory, but that wouldn't have been it. He could have done it at 7 and left the girls in the room watching tv.

So glad to see that you are posting and hope everything is ok. I've been worried about you since we didn't hear anything after the storms finally passed.

 

[CyberPro]

Just caught up with the postings here.

I was pretty close to the tornados twice and I was driving.

Coming back from Goldsboro when they hit near Cary. I had passed by South Raleigh just before they hit the South Saunders area. I did not have the radio on, so I did not know it was that close by.

The worst place was when I got to the overpass at US-1 and Highway 64. Small hail and very heavy rain, but when I was getting ready to exit the rain was coming in wind-driven waves over the overpass so that it looked like I was on a ship and waves were breaking over the railings. It was raining so hard on the exit that there were times I literally could not see the road at all.

Several folks were leaving their cars under the overpass and running up to the shelter when the upper portion of the road is. I know now that the tornado was close and the radio was probably telling them to get out.

No damage to home or self. Might have a bit of hail damage to the car, but I don't think so. It was only pea sized or a bit larger, not huge. There was one tree with power lines tangled in it in the road near my house. It had about half the road blocked and a lot of leaves and limbs, small debris. Nothing serious.

It seems like everyone made it, but I am gratified that although we might not all agree on the aspects of the case, we are still showing concern for each other. That is a start... right? :seeya: