I appreciate the time it took you to reply to my questions and observations pertaining to the route and ping evidence of EA's travel the morning of August 30.
Even though the subject was discussed months ago, the threads were moving so quickly at that time, I didn't grasp or take the time to digest EA's travel pattern fully.
Maybe LE has gathered more evidence if they were able to determine when EA's phone was on or off and then form ideas from knowing about the specific time allowances.
I'm going to bump a post bootsctr posted containing a link to an article with a few interesting comments attached.
In one of the comments, someone asked why LE didn't use the toll and ping info (facts of the case) to make the public aware of the Camaro in case a witness saw it on the road the morning of August 30.
Maybe someone noticed EA's vehicle.
She made the point that a trucker wouldn't be reading WS so the alert would need to be communicated in another way to reach the desired audience.
There is always a chance LE has received tips. Knowing where EA traveled seems key to finding Christina.
EA's car should be displayed and be as important as Christina's picture. :thinking:
Unrelated story with a moral meaning*:
In March of 2010, my cousin had to be at work very early one morning and dropped her son off at her mother's house. As she was driving, she noticed a cab "broken down" on the shoulder of the road, a road that ran alongside a heavily wooded area. Given the time of morning, and the fact that cabs are not common modes of transportation for the area, she considered calling police for a welfare check on the driver, in case they needed assistance. She wasn't sure whether or not she should interfere and decided that since she had to pass the area again she would only call if the cab was still there. After dropping her son off, she drove back past the area and the cab was gone. She assumed she made the right decision, went about her day, and the very next day, all hell broke loose. I'll let you fill in the blanks on what she was likely driving past and her decision to not call the cops is something that has haunted her.
This story is not for the faint of heart:
http://www.arklatexhomepage.com/story/d/story/brian-horn-trial/54796/1g8aE7PU30WOMecQT3HZuA
Based on the set of experiences a family member had, I asked myself the same questions.
I think I found out about his vehicle only when the affidavit for the search warrant to his car was made public and I pondered on what would have or could have been different had the public known, not about EA, but about the car in question, his car. The conclusion I arrived at was a)*if you see something suspicious, don't want for police to invite you to call. CALL! and b) I'm glad they didn't; that could have been disastrous.
Here are a few things I've thought of, I'm sure there's much more:
1) That is a common car. Consider the inundation of calls that would have been made by people all over DFW:
- Valid: those claiming to have seen the vehicle that morning, in the area specified (validity then re-filtered by: new/additional information yielded or nothing new/useful)
- Questionable: those claiming to have seen a vehicle matching that description in unrelated areas
- Unreliable: those who didn't see it, but just wanted to call to report current sightings of a vehicle matching that description
- Public panic: those calling to ask if they are in danger because their neighbor/coworker/friend drives that vehicle.
2) Imagine those who drive same that vehicle and are completely innocent. They could end up being harassed, followed, or unfairly targeted.
3) Financial resources and human capital required, without the ability to predict whether additional value or insights will be provided by the cost incurred (we're just talking about manning phone lines).
4) EA becoming a flight risk.
5) Personally identifiable information being prematurely leaked about EA due to two and two being put together (his presence at then party + car)
6) Had it turned EA was completely innocent and wrongfully targeted, or no more innocent than he is today, but just not conclusively connected by evidence; her DNA not being found in his trunk, LE had no other viable angles to prove his connection, consider the damage LE would have caused, just by introducing a year/make/model of vehicle into public consciousness.
Early on, LE had a theory that EA had something to do with CM's disappearance based on lies (why lie if you have nothing to hide) and self conflicting statements (my girlfriend and I text all the time, but I didn't text anyone or receive any text messages on Labor Day weekend....uhh, coincidentally), questionable injuries, coworker statements, all of which had the appearance of involvement, but in not yet having physical proof, they had to be careful to not name him as a "suspect". If they had been wrong in their privately held suspicions, they would have been able to maintain clean hands in not damaging an individuals reputation, livelihood, quality of life, relationships, future potential, health, etc.
LE was adamant he was not a suspect all the way until they picked his tail up after the DNA results came back. Then, and only then, conclusive evidence in hand did they consider themselves as publicly having a suspect.
