[stlnative]

I don't think he is worried about phone location being traced. It could be he wants to make a call to the number he had them set-up, right after or right before he takes or has taken his next victim. He drops the phone at the shooting site and he is off again. The cellphones would be hot cellphones that cannot be traced back to him or they are disposable phones that cannot be traced back to him. It is risky on his part, but that is part of the game for him.

[nevergore]

The number was provided so the killer can make demands.....

If al Queda, the demands will center on the release of certain prisoners or our withdrawal from AfCRAPastan or something alike....

If it's a crazy (which I doubt), he'll probably ask for a moose with cheese for his sister.....

NeverGore