It's possible this is how the "signal" came through, however... (and I'm sort of working this out as I type it so make of that what you will)
Let's say there's a family plan (I don't know if there is). Would you only need the main account holder's apple ID and password to check on ANY phone on the plan, or would you need the specific apple ID and password for that specific phone?
Second, AJ was last seen on Monday March 2nd. We don't know when this supposed signal was sent from the Tidewater Dr. area but the search party went out on the Friday of the same week. 4 days later.
http://wavy.com/2015/03/13/is-anjelica-hadsell-in-danger/
I'm wondering how long the battery lasts in an iphone 5. I don't have an iphone so I have no idea but in looking around online it seems the general battery life is less than a day without needing a charge. So I'm thinking IF the signal sent from AJ's phone was legit (which I honestly doubt) then either she had a charger with her (since the battery would have been toast by Friday) or it pinged at that location within 24 hours of her going missing and that was the last known location
of the phone at that time.
Except... neighbors told media that LE told
them, that they were searching for AJ's phone at the pond that day and one neighbor said LE told them it had sent a signal on 3/3 at 8am.
http://wavy.com/2015/04/03/police-investigating-in-iow-in-anjelica-hadsell-disappearance/
If that's accurate, that means LE had to have her phone records at that time and interestingly enough there was never an LE search at the Tidewater Drive area. That media has reported on, anyway. Local media being ALL over this you'd think they would have covered a LE search there as well if that ping was true.
Just to refresh though I mapped the Tidewater Drive near Thole Street to the pond on Joyner's Bridge Road. Seems like that would be the main route to get out of town and out to the pond in IOW.
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