ST Murder Investigation Thread

[cpayne5]

Originally Posted by BrunellMVP?

Also the WaPo piece (op. cit.) mentions two pieces of information that merit their own post, to follow immediately: 1) the phone line was not cut, fiancee Jackie Garcia had a 'hard time' operating the home phone and 2) the house does have an alarm system but it was not turned on. These two pieces of information contradict earlier reporting and it may be innocent in all the chaos but...odd.

I had thought about the the phone thing before, but one is able to disable a house's phone system without having to physically cut the line. All someone needs to do is pick up a handset and dial any number. The phone will sit there for a while waiting for the rest of the number to be entered. When a specified amount of time has expired and the user still hasn't entered a legal phone number, an automated message will play and then a beeping noise usually comes over the line if the phone is not hung up. If you just leave it off the hook, the dialtone will never reset, thus making it seem like the line has been cut.

I know what the guy is pointing towards (an inside job) with the point he brings up, but there's not enough there for me to even think about it at this point.