How did the parents know why the alleged kidnapper took the phones?
If I realized my baby was missing and went to get my phone and it was gone...
I would probably guess the two were connected.
A baby and a phone are not like a DVD player and a VCR.
They don't have a lot in common.
Except you might use a cell phone to photograph your baby and you would use it to report that baby missing.
I guess it's possibly the person came in thinking "I am going to take the baby and their cell phones."
Or "I am going to take their cell phones... ooohhh look, a baby!"
Or, "I am going to take their baby... ohhh I could sell those phones!"
But I think it is more likely, that like other cases of burglary around the country... they took the cell phones to delay the 911 call.
(Other case(s) are linked in earlier thread(s) I believe?)
If Mom had woken up immediately as the person left the house with Lisa, she still would have had to go get a neighbor before calling.
Possibly getting the boys out of bed first to take them with her.
It didn't delay much after Dad was home, but before that... it would have at least a little bit.
If the phones were right there in one spot, why NOT grab them as you are passing on your way in or out?
Especially if you want pictures of Lisa and/or your number might appear in a phone?
I think the guess the parent's took is a reasonable one... and I wouldn't be surprised if it was strongly validated for them by LE.
For YEARS criminals have
cut phone lines for the same reason.
If there is no phone line, why not take a cell phone right in front of you instead?
Criminals change with technology too...
Taking cell phones which are in plain sight when there is not phone lines to cut, just doesn't seem that odd.
I guess I am not understanding why the "they took the phones to delay the 911 call" theory is so far out there?
The whole thing is a very odd concept... I understand.
Just like Polly, Elizabeth, Ramy and Jessica. But they happened...