FH was found mostly in bed and somewhat hanging off the bed. Does anyone know if the bed was where the beating started? Did it start in another location in the apartment and she end up on the bed during a struggle and met her demise there or did the entire murder take place while she was in the bed? Again, why wasn’t she screaming for her life?? Goes back to the bottle. Can you wack a person hard enough with one or two quick blows to render them unconscious and not break an empty glass bottle? If yes, then that’s why there was no screaming and a lack or mostly a lack of defensive wounds. If no, then why wasn’t there more noise? Haven’t heard much about defensive wounds. The autopsy seems to show some hand trauma but does anyone know if it’s attributed to defensive wounds? Did police photograph possible suspects to see if they had injuries? If FH was quickly subdued and unable to fight and scream for her life her injuries indicate overkill. If she was fighting and the perp had to continue beating her to kill her because she wasn’t quickly subdued why no screaming. I would think she would have awoken half the apartment community.
—the VM / seems like a red herring. I have no idea the true qualifications of the hired voice analysis guy. Presumably the state crime lab and / or FBI has tried to clean up the recording. I find it dubious a freelance audio tech in Portland, ME has the equipment and ability to clean up a recording and enhance it greater than that of a state crime lab and FBI. Possible? Maybe. My money is on the state and feds to have unlimited money, top equipment and experience. With the transcript provided if you listen enough your mind can talk you into hearing what the transcript says. Just like in the 80s when records played backwards supposedly had hidden words and meaning. My point is after this freelance guy generated the transcript I would feel certain LE agencies took another look at the recording with the benefit of the transcript. If the call could truly be cleaned up to that degree and the LE labs weren’t able to initially wouldn’t after having the transcript if it really was saying what freelance guy says it’s saying—wouldn’t other audio experts and labs be able to confirm it? Especially having the benefit of a supposed transcript? It’s like a true scientific experiment. If the results are legit other qualified peers can use the same methodology and get the same results.
Yes, time stamps were often incorrect during that time period with VMs. I presume the cell carrier would have to know this and be able to correct for any programming error regarding time. I am by no means a cell expert but my understanding is on the device recording the VM the time could be off but the server retaining the VM would be accurate. Also, it could be crossed check between the outgoing and incoming phone and by the call time itself. In other words, I believe it’s possible the VM on the receivers phone could have the wrong time but not on the outgoing phone placing the call, the cell towers can confirm the call and the server at the cell company holding the VM is accurate.
I know LE made blunders early on. I believe the VM has been confirmed by more than one agency to an extremely high degree of certainty and by the phone company. So I believe it was made at the club. The explanation there is no base and drums ect ect we have no idea if the phone was in her pocket, her friends pocket for safe keeping at the the club, they were in the bathroom or inside her purse or a friends purse. However, I am very confident the VM is another red herring and the call came from the night club.