TMZ said the time of this video is 2:12 a.m.
Obviously it wasn't physically removed from the bracket until after 2:12 a.m. when this video was captured.
2:12 a.m. is when a sensor captured something/someone. LE didn't mention a camera capturing anything or anyone except at 2:12 a.m. so that leads me to believe the disconnection was from wires cut or via a phone app.
See, that's what's confusing me.
It doesn't make sense to me that the front door Nest camera was truly disconnected at 01:47 but then captures
and transmits footage of the suspect at 02:12. If the camera was disconnected from the WiFi, it couldn't send the footage we've all seen. Was it reconnected at some point before it was removed from the property? I can't see why.
If the power was shut off for the entire house, that would likely include any wireless routers. If that had happened at 01:47, the camera would not be able to upload footage at 02:12.
If what's being reported is correct - and not just misinterpretation - then "disconnection" of the doorbell camera could mean something other than WiFi disconnection (we now know it wasn't yet the physical disconnection).
Perhaps the suspect thought that if they digitally removed/deregistered the camera on Nancy's phone that it would prevent the camera from uploading. Hence, the suspect's surprise that it was seemingly still active.
They seem to be on the fence as to whether to be truly worried about the camera capturing them. They kind of cover it up but do a terrible job. Almost like they're
pretty sure they disconnected it, but just to make sure, they monkey around with it and then remove and deactivate it.
Perhaps they didn't realize that the footage doesn't just go: Camera -> WiFi -> Phone
But also: Camera -> WiFi/Internet -> Nest Backend (even without a subscription, apparently!)
Just a thought, absent of more info.