[Krodg]

What would have been the purpose in that?

If you go back and read my posts, you'll see that I was speculating on how the defense knew the service was terminated the next day. How else would the defense know that, unless the boys had tried the number? The search warrants weren't even issued until the 16th!

[RecallMoran]

They probably didn't try to call it, they probably found it and tried to "call home". I doubt they had her cell phone number, unless they got it off the phone and then dialed the phone--but that would be weird. Of course when they picked it up they may have just opened it and it said no service.

[TommyDale]

Well, to make it simple: When you lose a cell phone, you automatically call them and terminate the service. This could have been the accuser or her pimp/boyfriend. When the guys picked up the phone in the yard the next day, they tried it and it didn't work. That's how they knew.

[TommyDale]

The bigger question about the cell phone should be: "Did the guys who found the phone at least check all the phone numbers and contacts, to see if any District Attorneys or judges were on her client list?"

[JLS]

If you go back and read my posts, you'll see that I was speculating on how the defense knew the service was terminated the next day. How else would the defense know that, unless the boys had tried the number? The search warrants weren't even issued until the 16th!

That phone might have been the contact number they were given for Mangum or both dancers that night. They might have tried that number the next day and found it disconnect and never even noticed that phone in the yard.