On this point, it seems to me that a "placed" bomb would sit in the middle of the floor, unless it was placed near the framing to try to ignite it. OTOH, a "thrown" bomb would possibly roll until stopped by the framing, assuming it was round.
Posted on 01/09/2011 8:55:15 PM PST by Albion Wilde
Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) -- Police have found homicide victim John Wheeler's cell phone, according to a taxi driver who was interviewed by investigators this week.
Athel Scott told CNN National Correspondent Susan Candiotti that police told him they found the cab driver's number in the phone of Wheeler, the former Pentagon official who was found dead in a Delaware landfill. He said investigators wanted to know how his number got there. Scott... says he told the police he didn't have any idea.
"I never got a call from the man. I don't know him... He's never been in my cab. I don't know how my number got in his cellphone," Scott says he told police...
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
I agree. He was assaulted once in the daytime, got away, tried diversionary and evasive behaviors because he himself wasn't sure if it was coming from enemies in, or of, our government, and then succumbed to a second attack at night.
During the first attack, his briefcase and/or cellphone was stolen and the phone was planted in the Marini house and the smoke bombs set off by the assailant/s. It was either the mob doing what it does, or it was covert operatives seeking to make the crime look like part of the ongoing dispute over the Marini house.
Yeh...The Marini house probably had rodents...workman with their lunches, donuts...
So who saw the smoke and who called the Firemen...and if Jack was home, he would have been the first one out of the house when he heard the truck or saw the flashing lights.
Yet another link to the article, with a layout all on one page (no need to click to page 2):
Exclusive: Wheeler apparently called for a cab to Philadelphia
They found Scott's number in Jack's directory. They probably also know when it was entered into the directory. It was a good excuse to bring Scott in for questioning.
If it was a plant, then it should just have Jack's prints on it...right??
I think the story in New Castle is about one workman who did some work for Jack on the 26th, 27th, 28th and that same workman works on the Marini house. Jack gave the workman his extra phone and said to call him if there was a problem and also gave him a key. Everything else is illogical.
I'm also inclined to think this workman was the one who laid the smoke bombs FOR THE MARINIs'. He took the phone out of his pocket to get his lighter/matches, lit and placed the smoke bombs and quickly exited. He may even be the one who called the Fire department....He didn't expect that much smoke.
On the 29th, Jack returns home...Jack has his Blackberry and the other phone is in the house across the way OR with the workman. It doesn't effect Jack.
We're just not being told "stuff".
On this point, it seems to me that a "placed" bomb would sit in the middle of the floor, unless it was placed near the framing to try to ignite it. OTOH, a "thrown" bomb would possibly roll until stopped by the framing, assuming it was round.
From that link - The call appears to have been made on the same day and from the same shopping center in New Castle — about 10 miles from Newark — where police say Wheeler walked into a pharmacy and asked for a ride to Wilmington, about five miles away. The pharmacist told CNN when he offered to call Wheeler a cab, he left. That was about 6 p.m.
Wheeler, 66, was seen at about 7 p.m. that day on a Wilmington parking garage security camera, appearing disoriented and confused, carrying a shoe in his hand and wearing a suit but no tie. He looking for his car — which was actually parked in a lot about a mile away.
Azudze said the man called him from a dollar store at about 4 p.m. or 5 p.m. The man did not identify himself which, he said, is not required. He said the customer wanted to be picked up at the store and driven to a Philadelphia train station about 45 miles away.
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So, if we read this correctly he called for the cab to Philly at 4 or 5? But, the pharmacist said he asked for a ride to Wilmington at 6pm. So, either someone has their time wrong, or is lying, or I’m confused.
I was just looking at Google maps, it’s actually 6 or 7 pretty long blocks from his house to HH’s - If he wanted to make a call there are other businesses on the road to HH’s.
Early on, I concluded that Jack had business in the Plaza before he was off on his next "work jaunt"....
He took care of business, called for a cab and then popped into the restaurant for a cup of coffee. He checked for the cab a couple of times.
There is a deli, a restaurant, a cleaners, a bank right next door to the Walgreen (Happy Harry's) Pharmacy.
The guy has to eat, bathe, shave, have clean clothes etc, etc...he's effectively a bachelor.
How did Komi the cabbie know John was "an old man" from talking to him on the phone???
And you can't tell me that cabbie just left and didn't wait around for another 20 minutes...that's a BIG fare...Naw...something is wrong with this cabbie's story...
I have never seen that reported anywhere - link?
You can almost picture the big, strong 6' 2" workman lighting the bombs and then taking off...and then calling the firemen on himself because there was a LOT of smoke.
If Jack was going to get rid of the Marini House...he'd call for a Predator.
We do know that he left for NY on the 24th and wasn't expected back for a few days.
If something was wrong when Jack got back to New Castle on the 29th, don't you think he would have called the cops??
No, he got ready for his next trip and left a few hours later.
Now, the good part....discovering the liars.
I think this Komi guy is the biggest liar. Scott is liar No. 2...Spence is Liar No. 3...turned himself in...bet because he heard it through the grapevine. He sure does twiddle a lot per the video...
We're such terrible witnesses....Could you identify the cashier who waited on you in the supermarket 3 days ago? Which register did you go to??
Pipe, if it was a Sam the Plummer wannabe!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_DeCavalcante
Similar thread: Note murder for hire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeCavalcante_crime_family
Dang! Can’t get that video to play for me.
Well, I agree with the pipe part.
But it looks like we're supposed to believe that one or more "low-income neighborhood" criminals from the "East Side" of Wilmington assaulted Wheeler and killed him, and then did what all low-income criminals do, they hauled his body 12 miles to Newark and put him in a dumpster.
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On Dec. 30, Wheeler was captured on surveillance video at the Nemours building at 10th and Orange streets in downtown Wilmington, where he asked for train fare at the Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz law firm.
The last image of him that day was leaving the Nemours building and walking southeast on 11th Street, past and through 
the Hotel du Pont valet parking area. He continued southeast and crossed Market Street and was last seen in camera view at 8:42 p.m. walking toward the East Side, a low-income neighborhood known as a hot spot for crime.
An editorial in today's Baltimore Sun discusses advances in cellphone analysis, mentioning the involvement of the Newark police in a recent court case involving phone records. So it seems the Newark authorities should be able not only to pinpoint Wheeler's movements, but also those of any suspects who carried mobile phones:
"The Federal Bureau of Investigation has formed a unit, the Cellular Analysis and Survey Team, that uses cell phone histories to track the movements of suspects. Recently the unit used cell phone records of a rogue New York City policeman to help convict him of a robbery in New Jersey. Testifying at the policeman's trial in Newark, N.J. last month, an FBI agent said the unit was providing training in cell phone tracking to law enforcement officers around the nation. The cell phone of a typical adult will reveal 20 to 55 locations during a day — enough, authorities say, to enable law enforcement officers to track a person's movements hour by hour.
Some privacy advocates contend that digging out cell phone records is as invasive as wiretapping telephone calls and that law enforcement authorities should be required to obtain a warrant before undertaking such activities. A 1986 federal standard allows prosecutors to obtain court orders for cell site logs simply by showing the tracking information is relevant and material to an ongoing criminal probe, not requiring the higher standard that it would turn up evidence of crime. The issue of cell phone records will probably end up being visited by United States Supreme Court.
Where is that pic from - the link attached does not point to it. Can it be made bigger? Still looks like he has a suit on and in the parking garage.
It is a good bet he had no landlines in the New Castle house. It is not that unusual.
I have read the phone found at the Marini house was an iPhone. IF TRUE, At&T was the only iPhone carrier at the time. To replace one is more than 120 dollars unless he had insurance. Maybe his car contained a receipt, an account number, spare Credit Card or even a spare phone.
Cops are allowed to lie to find out the truth.
I think the phone in the Marini house was a total lie and Scott's number was NOT in the directory but there was a recent call to Scott's company.
And I think Scott lied...because he said he passes out cards all the time and they were right in the cab.
But Scott quickly changes his statement...and says someone else, not he, must have given the card to Jack because Jack has never been in his cab. BUT he saw him twice in the last two days...that's amazing...Jack isn't unusual...
I wish we had some video of the 29th and 30th of street folks in Wilmington...what they were wearing...everyone is different....And Jack goes from door to door...a topcoat is an encumbrance.
I don’t know if it’s my imagination, the pic quality but, I’ve noticed before what I thought to be a blue/black spot top back of his head in the video taken inside the building. I wrote it off and thought it was just pic quality but, it looks darker here.
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