Hi All,
Long time reader of this forum. Great work. I have a computer forensics background.
Finally joined to hopefully add something that doesn't seem to have been picked up on by either side.
When the iphone's logs indicate that it was connected to power at 01:48 in the morning - this doesn't necessarily mean it was connected to mains power via a charger in the wall. It just indicates it was connected to a power source. This power source could just have easily been a 12V charger in a car.....
Either way discredits that he was asleep.
It's a shame that the Telco's haven't provided cell tell location tracking information on the night. It's been used in many cases in the USA to infer locations of defendants and cast doubt on statements..
Hi CaptB, and welcome.
Yes, the charging could have been from any power source, including his car - or even his computer. Or anyone's computer anywhere.... Food for thought there.
And while I don't want to presume to know as much as you would re the tech aspects etc, just a comment on the location tracking - the iPhone is very accurate in locating ITSELF (eg Google or Apple Maps or a zillion other apps) but location of the phone from elsewhere is much less accurate, including the cell tower links. In fact, when the iPhone is turned on, or an app started that needs location services, it seems that the iPhone starts by logging multiple towers in the vicinity from an almanac database, depending on where it is, much like any other GPS satnav device does for the satellites that should be "visible".
And of course, while the telcos can determine WHICH tower it connects to, they can't tell whereabouts in that area of coverage the phone actually is unless the phone is broadcasting its own location. Which is how those apps work such as the "Find My Friends" app or the "Find My iPhone" app. That is the phone broadcasting its own location, which is quite accurate. So if GBC's phone didn't have any of those apps running, then the telcos wouldn't be able to track him apart from which tower he connected to.
I can't talk about the full tech reports on the phones, but suffice to say that the prosecution have a lot more info up their sleeve which has not been questioned by the defence - yet
So your assumption that one side or the other haven't got onto the matter of location may be a bit premature...
And again - welcome to a fellow tech-head! :rocker: