In order for me to believe that DB was the one that made the calls, I need to see some more. As it stands now, I would have to have the following assumptions, where there is nothing factual that points to the following speculations:
a) DB attempted a call at 11:57pm. Let's assume she didn't know the phones were restricted. She definitely would have found out this fact by seeing the call not go through
I don't see a problem with that.
b) The call supposedly went to MW's number. As of today, I have seen no link whatsoever that connects DB with MW/Jersey or anyone else who lived in the flop house. I have also heard no evidence that explains the purpose of the call.
That is currently a problem but just because we haven't seen anything that connects them directly does not mean that there aren't any for certain. If you can connect anybody to Kevin Bacon in six degrees of separation there are ways to connect people living in the same city and moving in the same neighborhoods. Jersey appears to be acquainted with several people in DB's neighborhood so he or MW or someone else who might have used that phone may have had opportunities to meet and common acquaintances.
She might not even have been the one to make that call if, as suggested, there were people coming and going that night that the parents weren't answering tough questions about. If there are such people it might mean that they have something to hide and people who have something to hide might not be completely honest about who they know. I don't know if there is any drug use in DB's close circle or if there is anybody in MW's house that sells them but supposing that was the connection nobody might be too eager to admit it. But, that is just speculation with nothing to back it up. Just MOO that simply because we're not aware of a reason for a midnight phone call or a connection between DB's phone and MW's number does not mean that there isn't one.
c) The vm and internet attempts past 3am. If DB made the call at 11:57, it seems likely she also made the vm attempts. The vm attempts do not explain what she was trying to hear. The internet attempts do not explain anything either. What would she be looking for on the internet?
I don't know... what was the intruder looking for on the internet? Information and advice, e-mails and social media to contact someone or see if you've been contacted?
If JI was expected home at 10 pm it wouldn't be strange to try and see if he left a message imo. Just not that well thought out if her story was that she was asleep.
d) After the vm attempts she would need to hide the phones. If only one phone was used, why hide all three? Why not just claim one phone was stolen? I then have to accept that she still had the phones in the house because I do not believe she would of had enough time before JI got home.
I guess it depends, enough time to do what? Some places she could have put them outside the house are just a moment or two away. If she checked the voice mail at 3:22 there is time to get a couple of houses away and back although not a lot of time to think about it.
e) The only reason she would be checking vm's would be to possibly see when JI was coming home (to see if he left a message). This would also indicate that JI would not know what was going on with BL (if this was some elaborate plan by DB/JI and the phones were part of the plan, why would JI call the phone and leave a vm, which could be tracked?).
I'm not that inclined to think that there was an elaborate plan but I am not sure I understand that train of thought. It would IMO make sense for JI to call and leave a message either way. If he was just an innocent father out to make a dollar he would like to call home and let them know that he was going to be late. And if he was a not-so-innocent father who knew something bad was up with Lisa it would still make sense for him to call and try to let them know he was going to be late because that's what an innocent father might do. Tracking the voice mail would not tie him into the crime in any way, it only establishes part of his alibi. It's just the checking voicemail part in DB's end that is a problem if she was supposed to be sleeping at the time.
f) She would of had to hide the phones in the house, then leave the house to LE for over 48 hours, hoping they wouldn't find it but at the same time consented to a search. She also would have to hide it in such a way not to let JI or anyone else know. She would also have to know how to make the phones stop pinging.
Do we know that she didn't let anyone else know about the phones? Maybe she has a good friend who would keep them for her a couple of days. There could be something on that phone that the friend wouldn't want the police to see either.
I'm not sure why DB or anybody else needs to know how to make the phones stop pinging. Don't the pings stop on their own if the power runs out or the phones get too wet or if they get run over by a car or something? She would only have to know how to make the phones stop pinging if she traveled with them to the other side of the town and didn't want anybody to know but there doesn't seem to be time for that.
That's a lot of assumptions to make. There is no evidence to support any of it at this time.
No but I don't think there is that much evidence to support any other phone theories either. Where did Jersey put the phones so that they'd ping close to the house but not be found by the police? What was a random stranger looking for on the internet? Why did Mr. B check DB's voice mail? He didn't have any more time to hide the phones than DB did if he was to make MT's sighting at 4 am.
Responding to this in a more appropriate thread:
DB would of had to do more than just hide them. She would of had to made sure those phones were not pinging after a certain time.
Not following the logic here.
Why? Why would she need to have made sure of that? Cell phones stop pinging on their own once enough time passes or when they get destroyed.
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