GUILTY TX - Christina Morris, 23, Plano, 30 August 2014 - #38 *Arrest*

[Woe.be.gone]

I see it now lol. I was zoomed in and hadn't scrolled down far enough yet, I saw West Parker and said well that's close.

Me too!

 

[Woe.be.gone]

I'm still leaning on EA taking her farther out.. (maybe an hour or so drive).. I just don't think he was 3 hours late to work from napping or cleaning. Being on time to work should have been very important to him (partial alibi)...

There's not been chatter about EA's phone after 5:32 a.m.
If that was the final ping until he showed up for work at around 11:00 a.m., it wouldn't be a normal pattern.
Even if a phone is turned off when its charging, a person his age would turn it back on before leaving the house imo.
If he told LE he didn't use his phone at any time prior to arriving at work, that's very unlikely imo.
Therefore, if he was sleeping for a few hours, his phone would be on at some point before work.
If he was driving to hide Christina, maybe he'd leave his phone off which would be hinky anyway.


When a phone is plugged in to charge, is it pinging constantly if it is on?
If it is off, when it is turned on it will ping, right?
Maybe it doesn't mean much anyway because he could have gone home and left his
phone at home before heading out again.
LE probably has been able to ascertain some info from EA's phone use/pattern from after 5:32 a.m.
Surrounding the subject of EA's phone, CA's testimony will be interesting.

 

[Mamamerced]

I certainly don't think she was left somewhere as casually as "dumped by the side of the road" since she would have been found rather quickly, had that been the case.

But that doesn't necessarily mean it had be to a complex plan or a superb "hiding place" either. Lots of "in-between extremes" choices imo.

In further limiting the possibilities, I'm still partial to some general principles, which sprang from having personally driven the general area a few months ago. I think tend to minimize the likelihood of everything within easy sight lines of a busy road, eliminate all open fields, eliminate places requiring a stop on a paved road without a shoulder, eliminate crossing fences and going near houses, and eliminate a destination that would have required him to carry her very far (in part because of the physical exertion, and also because of his desire not to be exposed). Dirt roads, roads through parks and woods, more rural than in neighborhoods and civilization, and within maybe an hour of his house, I think those are more likely, wherever those may be.

Richard Allen Davis dumped Polly Klass along a frontage road within clear sight of Hwy 101 and on the outskirts of a bedroom community small town. Granted, there was shubbery but he drove right up to the spot and didn't have to carry her far at all. At that time of night not many cars would be on the freeway or frontage road, but, jeez, how stupidly bold an act was that! I believe RAD told LE where he unceremoniously dumped her and she was discovered in a short time frame relative to Christina's case. The point is, though, that no one expected her to be off a frontage road so close to a major N. California freeway just outside town. Altered and panicked people don't think the way we armchair detectives do.

 

[Mamamerced]

I'm still leaning on EA taking her farther out.. (maybe an hour or so drive).. I just don't think he was 3 hours late to work from napping or cleaning. Being on time to work should have been very important to him (partial alibi)...

It's conceivable he could have fallen asleep or passed out?

 

[Woe.be.gone]

BBM. I think this could very well be the case. I've often wondered if he left her for dead. EA almost seems like too much of a p*ssy to actually kill someone. If he did leave her somewhere half alive, that would be a loophole in his mind to convince himself he didn't kill her. And he definitely seems too lazy to dig a grave or go to great lengths to hide her. I think his "luck" in hiding her, if he did it alone, is the randomness of where he put her. It probably didn't matter to him. Ugh.

There are a couple of calls on the police log that look as if someone changed their mind after calling LE
(LE wasn't able to make contact).
Odds are the calls aren't related to CM's case but the disturbance on Scruggs reported at 2:17 a.m.
(prior to CM going missing) as well as a missing person report made from Henry's earlier raises eyebrows.
How common is a missing person report filed out of Henry's?
Only to find out later, a person really is missing with Henry's as part of the story.

Oh, what I was going to say though (when I saw Park and Custer listed on the log), what if EA called, but then freaked out and raced away with Christina. When people call LE, they wouldn't usually block caller ID, right?
The system can probably decipher the location from where a call originated.
Gads, so many little unknown details to ponder!

 

[Woe.be.gone]

It's conceivable he could have fallen asleep or passed out?

If EA disposed of CM earlier, I think he may have passed out. Especially if he was out of "uppers".
It is possible anyway.

 

[Woe.be.gone]

Richard Allen Davis dumped Polly Klass along a frontage road within clear sight of Hwy 101 and on the outskirts of a bedroom community small town. Granted, there was shubbery but he drove right up to the spot and didn't have to carry her far at all. At that time of night not many cars would be on the freeway or frontage road, but, jeez, how stupidly bold an act was that! I believe RAD told LE where he unceremoniously dumped her and she was discovered in a short time frame relative to Christina's case. The point is, though, that no one expected her to be off a frontage road so close to a major N. California freeway just outside town. Altered and panicked people don't think the way we armchair detectives do.

It is hard to comprehend the situation even after a person is found sometimes.
In Illinois, a couple attended a Christmas party.
Their vehicle was found crashed into a tree with the husband inside.
Finally, almost a month later, the pilot in a news helicopter spotted her.
She had fallen down in a field as she tried to walk home.
Even though she was wearing a red dress and there was snow on the ground,
searchers didn't spot her earlier.
Considering there were many air and ground searches earlier, it was difficult to process the circumstances after
she was spotted laying in the open field.

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/...0110103_1_east-27th-roads-crash-site-shannons

 

[zippixx]

It's conceivable he could have fallen asleep or passed out?

If EA disposed of CM earlier, I think he may have passed out. Especially if he was out of "uppers".
It is possible anyway.

True! So many scenarios are possible...

 

[JnRyan]

Richard Allen Davis dumped Polly Klass along a frontage road within clear sight of Hwy 101 and on the outskirts of a bedroom community small town. Granted, there was shubbery but he drove right up to the spot and didn't have to carry her far at all. At that time of night not many cars would be on the freeway or frontage road, but, jeez, how stupidly bold an act was that! I believe RAD told LE where he unceremoniously dumped her and she was discovered in a short time frame relative to Christina's case. The point is, though, that no one expected her to be off a frontage road so close to a major N. California freeway just outside town. Altered and panicked people don't think the way we armchair detectives do.

It could have happened here as well. I don't see EA wanting to go far - after drinking - and risk being pulled over. Fear factor. I tend to think that one possible explanation for his doubling back to the Shoppes general area was panic and trying to think what to do next. Probably the reason he was in one area - near Granite Pkwy - was that he stopped to think. After that he probably put together a hasty plan together and started moving toward a familiar area near home. I don't think he went far after that point. The reason Christina has not been found is not because of his criminal genius, but dumb luck.

 

[Helen_Ready]

One of the scenarios I've tossed around in my head is her body has been moved by someone close to him. That person moved her body. So EA has more to lose if he comes forward with info. He incriminate someone close to him as well.

 

[Mamamerced]

One of the scenarios I've tossed around in my head is her body has been moved by someone close to him. That person moved her body. So EA has more to lose if he comes forward with info. He incriminate someone close to him as well.

I keep coming back to that scenario, too. I can understand his silence if it "relates" to a special loyalty bond he might have with another. Pure speculation on my part.

 

[b.humble]

I can offer an educated guess.

The bottom line is that I wouldn't expect a warrant to normally be needed, to obtain such records, although I can envision a theoretical scenario in which one would be required.

First of all, the request for such records would be made to NTTA. Afaik they are 100% a private company, not a governmental agency (the distinction matters).

Second, afaik there are no federal or state privacy mandates on "what road did I travel" or "what tolls did I pay." As a result, NTTA would have no obligation to either EA or to any other toll-tag user to refuse such a request, especially in response to a criminal investigation by LE.

Third, permission would not be asked of EA or other toll-tag users with such a records request. They would be completely out of the loop here.

Finally, it would come down to whatever approach NTTA wants to take. So in a sense, imo, "warrant or not" would be up to them. They could say, "Sure, here ya go." Or they could say, "Those are our private records, pertaining to our customers. We need a warrant before we will provide those."

To me, I wouldn't expect NTTA to demand a warrant in most cases where LE needs/asks for help in a criminal case. But, as I said originally, that's just a guess - only NTTA can answer that definitively.

That's what I ended up getting stuck on in thinking about this question. I tend to agree; since private citizen use of road= request for payment and, I would wager the majority of NTTA commuters are toll tag holders which means NTTA houses a tremendous amount of sensitive information on their tag holders: stored payment info, customer address, email address, license plate and DL #, etc . Like you said, since it is a privately held company and not a government agency, it does seem like this would be at the discretion of the business, however, the sensitive information housed may create the need for the business to say "look, for liability limiting reasons I can't just turn it over to you, but if you have a search warrant (wink, wink) I have no other choice but to comply."

 

[b.humble]

So I just checked the BF link someone posted earlier (thanks to whoever it was!). The BF Twitter feed instructs you to follow a link to where she'll be updating. That link takes you to a Facebook page and here's what she says:

"FROM THE DA's OFFICE: Arochi set for "first appearance" on his two cases on Friday; he likely will not be in attendance. Will be a meeting between his attorneys and prosecutors. Not entering a plea. The case will then be passed to a new date for a hearing, announcement or trial."
https://www.facebook.com/brittanyfeagansnews?_rdr

BBM, huh? What does this mean?
I know it doesn't specify which of the two cases, but could this be the start of a plea deal?
I don't suppose the defense would need to meet with the DA in front of a judge for this, would they?
I also wouldn't imagine they would need to meet in front of a judge for DA to hand off evidence to defense, right?
That statement is as clear as mud to me...

 

[zippixx]

So I just checked the BF link someone posted earlier (thanks to whoever it was!). The BF Twitter feed instructs you to follow a link to where she'll be updating. That link takes you to a Facebook page and here's what she says:

"FROM THE DA's OFFICE: Arochi set for "first appearance" on his two cases on Friday; he likely will not be in attendance. Will be a meeting between his attorneys and prosecutors. Not entering a plea. The case will then be passed to a new date for a hearing, announcement or trial."
https://www.facebook.com/brittanyfeagansnews?_rdr

BBM, huh? What does this mean?
I know it doesn't specify which of the two cases, but could this be the start of a plea deal?
I don't suppose the defense would need to meet with the DA in front of a judge for this, would they?
I also wouldn't imagine they would need to meet in front of a judge for DA to hand off evidence to defense, right?
That statement is as clear as mud to me...

I saw that too and wondered the same thing.. "announcement" (BBM) also caught my attention..

 

[truetexan]

One of the scenarios I've tossed around in my head is her body has been moved by someone close to him. That person moved her body. So EA has more to lose if he comes forward with info. He incriminate someone close to him as well.

This is my line of thinking as well has been for a long time....

 

[truetexan]

So I just checked the BF link someone posted earlier (thanks to whoever it was!). The BF Twitter feed instructs you to follow a link to where she'll be updating. That link takes you to a Facebook page and here's what she says:

"FROM THE DA's OFFICE: Arochi set for "first appearance" on his two cases on Friday; he likely will not be in attendance. Will be a meeting between his attorneys and prosecutors. Not entering a plea. The case will then be passed to a new date for a hearing, announcement or trial."
https://www.facebook.com/brittanyfeagansnews?_rdr

BBM, huh? What does this mean?
I know it doesn't specify which of the two cases, but could this be the start of a plea deal?
I don't suppose the defense would need to meet with the DA in front of a judge for this, would they?
I also wouldn't imagine they would need to meet in front of a judge for DA to hand off evidence to defense, right?
That statement is as clear as mud to me...

BBM possibly meaning ... briefs, memoranda, motions ??

 

[b.humble]

I saw that too and wondered the same thing.. "announcement" (BBM) also caught my attention..

Ha! As I was scrolling down the page I stopped on the the BF quote to re-read it and I also gave pause to the word "announcement". I then continued to scroll, saw your post, and had to respond. Maybe there's nothing out of the ordinary here, but that seems to be an odd noun to throw into that running list of possibilities.
Not only that, and maybe I'm reading way too much into it, but we're talking about lawyers here, who are (usually) masters of language, both written and spoken. The fact that "announcement" is sandwiched between the two seemingly more logical events indicates it's linguistically buried which IMO, is an intentional choice and a subtle message. With that being said, I certainly don't think that statement was crafted for the public's benefit or for public suspense, but rather for the benefit of the defense and EA. Puttin on the pressure!

 

[b.humble]

BBM possibly meaning ... briefs, memoranda, motions ??

Currently googling all of that...while I can infer what those words mean to a criminal case, pre-trial, I'm not sure I can conceptualize what it would look like. From the small amount of research I've thus far done, would it be something like the request for the suppression of evidence? (that's about as far as I've gotten...)

 

[Le Singe]

although it's likely only tangentially related to this case if at all i saw this article on everyone's favorite dallas gentleman's club and thought of this case.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/26/rian-lashley-heroin-_n_6946612.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

Dallas stripper who injected a young woman with heroin said she only meant to "incapacitate" the teen so she could rob her of $3,000.

...

Rounds worked as a stripper at the Jaguars Gold Club in Dallas, which the city has tried to shut down, alleging rampant drug sales on the premises. According to court documents, J.C. supplied drugs at the establishment. Attorneys for the club have denied knowledge of drug sales at the club, which came under fire last year for illegal pay practices.

 

[heather.scissorhands]

yikes.