[Devil_Anse]

Okay. That's what I thought, after reading the prelim testimony. But... have you read the NE? It has what it claims to be the transcript of Scott's Christmas morning interview with police. EXCERPT:

"BROCCHINI: OK. I, I, I only have a couple of concerns. One is the cell phone call that you made, but if you listen to it, that call is made at 12:17.

SCOTT: Which one's that?

BROCCHINI: The first one you made from, ah, Berkeley.

SCOTT: Was it?

BROCCHINI: Yeah, you said--

SCOTT: --From the boat.

BROCCHINI: No, you said 2:17, but the time stamp on that call says 12:17.

(Brocchini appeared to be suggesting that Scott left the 'Hey beautiful' message on Laci's cell phone two hours earlier than he claimed. If that was so, he would have been still on his way to the marina when he made the call, not just leaving the marina as he stated in the message.)"

[RGSpincich]

The time stamp mentioned by Brocchini was taken from Verizon (Laci's phone) using a Central Standard Time, it sounds like. Whatever it is, MPD had months to investigate it after the initial interview and they have accepted the 2:17 pm PST time as authentic. At the prelim there was some discussion about different time zones. It sounded like SP's phone records came back to MPD in EST.