I have asked that question in the past.
Somebody here pointed me to a story, in which a spokesman for 7-11 states that there is indeed a tape of a black man buying those items, at that store. The spokesman stated that it had been turned over to the police.
When asked what time the purchase occurred, the reply was 6:00 to 6:30.
I find that a little interesting, since Zimmerman first spots him at the clubhouse at 7:09...or at least 39 minutes for Martin to travel a mile back from the 7-11. A brisk walk would get you there in 15 minutes. A liesurely walk would take around 20 minutes. And this is on a cold wet night. To me it supports Zimmerman’s statement that he ‘was wandering around’...or not going from point A to B directly.
I have a theory...completely unsubstantiated, or course, but here it goes: St. Skittles decided to go for a walk, to the 7-11 and back...because he wanted to ‘smoke’ a little. You know, a little of that stuff he had just gotten suspended for. And, he probably wasn’t allowed to stink up Dad’s girlfriend’s place. So, he goes for the long walk, buys the munchies, and is taking it long and slow, so he can finish his smoke. Zimmerman sees him - he can’t compute why somebody would just be loitering in the bad weather, he even states to the 9-11 operator that Martin might be on drugs,...and the rest is history.
Who knows.
“The Story Unravels: New Questions about Trayvon Martin’s Final Hour”
The public relations director could not specify the exact time of the purchase but said it was between 6:00 and 6:30.
The 7-Eleven, according to maps.google, is 0.8 miles from the entrance to The Retreat at Twin Lakes, a 16-minute walk. There is not much to see or do on Rinehart Road on a Sunday night, and it was raining hard. Even if he was not bringing the tea and Skittles to his stepbrother but was eating and sipping en route, Martin should have arrived back at his dad’s fiancée’s place before 6:50, and much earlier if he left the store closer to 6:00 than 6:30. According to logs (now deleted from the department’s website), Zimmerman called the Sanford police at 7:09:34.
Does anyone know if an autopsy was performed on Martin to determine whether or not he had drugs in his system?