I've been doing a lot of thinking about that question. First, the charge of soliciation is a companion charge that cannot stand on it's own. In court, the murder has to be proved first, then the solicitation. Obviously, if they can prove PF did it, and have proved that he was in Colorado on November 25th, there is no other choice available.........he HAD to have solicited someone to operate the phone in Idaho. As I understand the law, they don't have to even identify the solicitee. Second, there are two photos online with similar backgrounds. The first shows KB and CB together, and the other shows KB, her child, and CB. The background in both is clearly Colorado aspens stands, three quarters turned. Its a big fall event in Colorado. The Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph reported that the aspens surrounding Cripple Creek were three quarters turned on September 11, 2018. Both KB and CB have birthdays close to that date. Good time for a Gramma visit? Someone took the pics. Was it DB? If so, could CB and DB not be in a position to testify under oath that in early September, they witnessed some circumstance or condition that could have set the solicitation process into motion? Or that they observed something that would indicate that the solicitation was not yet in motion? Sometime in September or October is a broad time spectrum.
Third, it's not three charges of Solicitation. It's one if by Murder in the First Degree, and two if by Robbery and Murder in the First Degree. If PF asked someone to send the texts, that would be one count of Solicitation, but if someone asked them to send the texts and sent the whole d*** purse, that would be two counts. One for asking, and one for asking again to dispose of the purse. IMO