But if they can get the phone number, they can at least get the records from the service provider. There's a place on the internet where you can check to see who the service provider is for a specific number.
The defense attorneys could subpoena Mangum's kids' school registrations and maybe get her cell phone number(s) from them.
Further, it should be part of the discovery and on the police report for victim contact information. Nifong is supposed to turn that over to the defense, as we know.
You're right. There should be records somewhere. I don't know how much data they keep or for how long. Do they know what you have programmed into your phone as regular numbers? Can they see your photos?
I don't know phone technology in today's world. They have a ton of data on them, but I don't know how much of that is kept on phone company records, and how much is only on the phone unit itself.