Reading the timeline that Jackie linked, RG, makes it even clearer to me why the prosecution is trying to show that Scott actually did some things later than he said he did them.
I think you know all this already, but I'm writing it anyway just to get it straight in my head:
Scott SAID he left the house at 9:30, but 3 things (the "meringue" mention, Karen Servas' sighting of truck in driveway, and the cellphone call) prove that he had not yet left home at 9:30.
Remember that Scott's story is that Laci was alive and well, at home, when he left.
We know that at 10:18, the dog is found wandering with the leash on. As the timeline says, this knocks out any sighting of Laci-and-her-dog AFTER 10:18. Furthermore, it takes 2 minutes to drive from the Covena house to where Scott was when he made the cell call that is logged at 10:08. This means Scott probably left home at 10:06.
So if Laci was alive and well at 10:06, are we supposed to believe that she went out walking the dog, got abducted, etc., all in a mere 12 minutes at most?
http://www.ktvu.com/news/3400090/detail.html
The mid-day report.
The defense, in it's zeal to bring forth the mention of "merangue" on 12/24, has aided in demolishing SP's stated timeline? Darn.
There is still plenty of time in there for SP to have driven McKenzie over to Scenic and Coffee.
Don't apologise for writing down your thoughts--reading your post about the small window of time on the 24th helped me to see the absurdity of Laci walking the dog and being abducted in 12 minutes.
Perhaps the prosecution was hoping Geragross would play the tape of Martha on the 24th? A plot that thickens daily!