From Prosecutor Berry’s Prosecution Declined Memo:
Jennifer said that Meighan wanted out of the car and as she braked to about 5mph, Meighan jumped out of the back seat. Jennifer said it was dark, with no street lights or houses.
She said she turned the car around, but could not find Meighan.
Jennifer indicated that after looking for a while, she headed home with the child who was in a car seat in the back seat of her car, assuming Meighan would walk back to the wedding or find another way home, since Jennifer had Gia, she was sure Meighan would show up the next day.
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Additionally, it now appears that Meighan got out of the car on two occasions.
The first may well have been in an area near where Ms. Weathers identified (and the search was conducted and consistent with the “pin” identified from the cell phone examination). Meighan got out of the front seat of the car on that occasion. She was convinced to return to the car and at that time sat in the back seat by Gia. This explains her personal effects being in the front seat, but not as relayed by Weathers.” (BBM)
http://media.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/other/Cordie.doc
1. “She [Weathers] said she turned the car around .... Jennifer indicated that after looking for a while ...”:
1) Nowhere in the statement does it say Weathers pulled over, let alone got out of the car, at any point to look for Meighan;
2) It very well could be that Weathers just drove around for a couple of minutes;
3) These are claims made by Weathers, who has been proven to have lied numerous times to the investigators. It is entirely plausible, IMO, that she never even pulled over.
2. “... in an area near where Ms. Weathers identified (and the search was conducted and consistent with the ‘pin’ [ping?] identified from the cell phone examination).”
1) It is possible this was the only ping that registered during the relevant time period. However,
2) If Weathers indeed spent a good amount of time looking for Meighan after “Meighan jumped out of the back seat” (Weathejrs’ words), wouldn’t phone records show that (i.e., Wearhers’ being in the vicinity of where Meighan exited the car for a period of time)?
3) It is not clear to me from the memo whether the cell phone records were obtained while the search was still going on. However, if records indicated the car was stationary in the area where Meighan was eventually found, wouldn’t the searchers started looking there as soon as the investigators realized that?
4) Nowhere in the document is it confirmed Weathers ever looked for Meighan.
Weathers never even pulled over, IMO.