[Spunky]

"There are three sources that it was Amber who called Scott the Dec 23rd."

Wow! Are these quotes recent? After this article came out on all the calls made or were they from way back when Amber's father denied that she had ever called Laci?

I have so many questions I would like to know the answer to.

1. If Amber thought Scott was going to be in England or France, (or wherever it was) over Christmas, like was said in some articles, why would she call him on his cell phone on Christmas Eve? Do cell phones go across continents?

2. To my knowledge it has never been said whether or not Amber knew Scott lived in Modesto but I find it hard to believe she didn't know. I have never had a cell phone, but wouldn't their number indicate a local like a regular phone's area code?

Since I believe she knew where he lived and she has a sister living in Modesto, I think she had her sister check him out.

[MaggieMay]

This is all from way back when Ron Frey gave the orginal denial.The Ted Rowlands phone interview with Ron Frey was April 24th.

I do remember from way back when,that Scott called Amber from "Maine",Dec.24th

[Rusty Roberts]

Cell phones do cross continents now, and one of the reasons they are so popular is that the number now stays with you, no matter where you move. So, if one was always traveling, and only making periodic trips internationally, no need to buy a new phone. T Mobile is good example, just depends on what service plan you purchase.

So, one would not know if a call was placed from outside the country on this phone. As to Amber calling him, she would be placing a call to his basic number. Who's to say he didn't originally get the cell phone with a San Diego phone number? Or, any other city for this very purpose of displaying on caller-id (girlfriends-given that we know Amber wasn't the first). He tells Laci this is his "international"/business cell phone. Thus, it explains calls at all hours, etc.

I seem to remember that there were at least 4-5 mobile phones involved with Scott, but some could well have been other family members.

[Devil_Anse]

I'm no expert on cell phones, but it's been my experience that I can no longer even halfway tell "where" most phone number originate or are "anchored"--whereas before cellphones were common, I could often tell just by the first three numbers, more or less, where the owner of the phone lived.

And remember Tradecorp had a little office in Modesto. He could've told Amber it was a cellphone gotten for him by his company, or any number of similar lies.

And yes, Spunky, isn't it kind of a weird experience nowadays--when we called someone in the past we knew where they were; now they could be anywhere!