10-06-2011, 12:47 PM
The cell phones being missing is really bizarre. If the purpose is to take the baby, the perp would want to get in and out of there as quickly as possible. It seems to me that the likelihood of being discovered while rummaging around for cell phones would be greater than the likelihood the parents would wake up and make a call on their cell phone if the perp got in and out fast.
And how would the perp know where to find the cell phones? Iff a stranger came in our house in the night and tried to find our cell phones, mine would probably be in my purse or in the charger (which is in a basket on the bottom shelf of a bookcase). My husband's would likely either be in his pants pocket, in his charger in the bathroom, or on his nightstand.
To me, the stolen phones mean that the kidnapper was someone who knew the family well enough to know where the cell phones would be (and to know that they didn't have a land line - which I presume is the case, otherwise what's the point in taking the phones - unless they disabled the land land and we haven't heard about it), or one of the parents is responsible (and got rid of the phones under the mistaken notion that LE wouldn't be able to track movements or calls without the phone?). The fact that a nonworking phone was also taken would seem to point to someone other than the parents.
And how would the perp know where to find the cell phones? Iff a stranger came in our house in the night and tried to find our cell phones, mine would probably be in my purse or in the charger (which is in a basket on the bottom shelf of a bookcase). My husband's would likely either be in his pants pocket, in his charger in the bathroom, or on his nightstand.
To me, the stolen phones mean that the kidnapper was someone who knew the family well enough to know where the cell phones would be (and to know that they didn't have a land line - which I presume is the case, otherwise what's the point in taking the phones - unless they disabled the land land and we haven't heard about it), or one of the parents is responsible (and got rid of the phones under the mistaken notion that LE wouldn't be able to track movements or calls without the phone?). The fact that a nonworking phone was also taken would seem to point to someone other than the parents.