Bryan kohberger's cell pings
The lead detective of Moscow Idaho, That has no footprint experience in cell tower technology.
1 yr. ago
DivideLeft5630
Map of AT&T cell towers that serve Moscow, ID
Thoughtful Analysis by Users
TL;DR: These is a website called CellMapper that uses crowdsourced data from volunteer's phones to map cell towers and their coverage areas. Scroll down to the next bolded section for the link.
SOME BACKGROUND INFO ON CELL SITES:
From here on out I will use the term cell site to refer to a set of closely located antennas that broadcast cellular signals for one wireless carrier. These are often on freestanding towers or building tops.
A typical outdoor cell site has three "sectors". When looking up from the bottom of a tower, you will generally see triangular rack(s). Each carrier on the tower typically has its own rack. And each face of that rack corresponds to a different sector. This sectorization is done to increase network capacity. Basically, the same frequency can be reused at the same time in three different directions.
Additionally, multiple frequencies are often transmitted on each sector. For example, AT&T cell site 420505 appears to be operating on 6 frequencies (one each in band 2, 4, 12, 14, 30, and 66). In the industry, each frequency on each sector is known as a "cell". So, a 3-sector cell site running 6 frequencies per sector broadcasts 18 cells.
MAPPING CELL SITES FROM A USER PERSPECTIVE:
Although cellular companies are fairly secretive about their cell site locations, each cell of a cell site broadcasts a unique identifier. On many Androids, the identifier of the connected cell can be read from hardware. The CellMapper app allows users to voluntarily record and upload this identifier along with signal strength and GPS coordinates. Cell site locations and their coverage areas are then predicted from this data and can be manually adjusted to the exact location by registered users.
This link will take you to the CellMapper website with AT&T already as the displayed carrier and a zoomed out topographical view centered on Moscow. https://www.cellmapper.net/map?MCC=310&MNC=410&type=LTE&latitude=46.745423401674174&longitude=-117.01272584561131&zoom=12.172076879798777&showTowers=true&showIcons=true&showTowerLabels=true&clusterEnabled=true&tilesEnabled=true&showOrphans=false&showNoFrequencyOnly=false&showFrequencyOnly=false&showBandwidthOnly=false&DateFilterType=Last&showHex=false&showVerifiedOnly=false&showUnverifiedOnly=false&showLTECAOnly=false&showENDCOnly=false&showBand=0&showSectorColours=true&mapType=esri_topo&darkMode=false
You can click on a cell site to view coverage polygons of each cell. Please note that the polygons are based only on recorded user location data. This means that a cell may still reach an area not enclosed by its polygon. There may also be areas inside the polygon not actually covered by that cell due to terrain and other obstructions.
MY OBSERVATIONS AND INSIGHTS:
What you will notice is that four AT&T sites have been recorded to reach Moscow, ID. Sites 420523 and 420505 are in town and appear to each service areas near and on the University of Idaho campus. Sites 420504 to the SSE and 420520 to the NE are located on mountain ridges and thus have been recorded to cover large swaths of area. For example, cell 17 of site 420504 covers almost the entirety of Moscow. Cell 15 of 420520 covers a much larger area of land!
Based on my intuition, the King Road residence is either best served by a sector of site 420505 or 420504. Although 420505 is closer, 420504 is on a ridge and might provide a better line-of-sight signal to the residence. I would not be surprised if BK's phone bounced back-and-forth between these sites when he was at or near the residence.
Now, AT&T might have more precise location data on him. Their privacy policy pretty much says they can use anything including GPS: https://about.att.com/privacy/full_privacy_policy.html . However, more precise methods consume battery faster and may not be active all the time on a standard customer's phone. Plus, the carrier may only hang on to very precise location records for a short period of time.
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The 2 hour phone gap - innocent cell coverage gap or Kohberger trying to hide his location? : r/MoscowMurders
The 2 hour phone gap - innocent cell coverage gap or Kohberger trying to hide his location?
Question
On the morning of November 13th 2022 Kohberger's phone stopped reporting to the network at 2.47am while it was in central Pullman and started reporting again at 4.48am just south of Moscow near Blaine. Some argue this gap was just due to inconsistent cell signal coverage. Examining the gap in more detail:
AT&T signal coverage map shows continuous coverage with no gaps in and around Pullman, Moscow and Blaine:
r/MoscowMurders - AT&T coverage map - no gaps in / around Pullman, Moscow or Blaine
AT&T coverage map - no gaps in / around Pullman, Moscow or Blaine
While it's possible cell providers want to minimise service "gaps" on their map, the AT&T map does actually show signal gaps to the north-east and south-west of this area. A continuous cellular gap spanning 12 miles from central Pullman to Blaine seems unlikely. There are 12 AT&T towers in this c 12 mile area.
An expert that will be on Bryan kohberger's side. SY Ray Has multiple years of experience in this field compared to the Moscow Idaho. Detective, that controlled the scene and create it. This mapping footprint connecting cell towers without any training. Whatsoever, this is also why Anne Taylor wanted the information on his exact trainings, including other officer trainings.
Basically, how can somebody put together a phone ping footprint? And has no experience in doing this and then add it to the PCA and use it for probable cause. Arrest warrant in pennsylvania?
As we go over their theory on the location of Bryan Kohberger Before, during, and after the unalivings, at 1122 king road.
Kohberger's phone and car criss-crossed the area where his phone initially stopped reporting to the network, with and without cell coverage depending on the direction travelled and time:
BK's phone stops reporting to the network at 2.47am south-east of Kohberger's apartment at North East Valley Road, Pullman but the phone later has coverage in this same area on the return journey from 5.27am.
The phone had no signal in south-east Pullman (routes toward Blaine or Moscow) between 2.47am - 4.48am, but does have network signal in this same area from 5.25am on the return journey coming into Pullman from the south-east [phone moving synchronously with suspect car, northward at 1600 Johnson Rd, through Pullman to area of his apartment at NE Valley Road, via Stadium Way at Nevada Street].
When the phone signal stops in central Pullman at 2.47am the car continues to criss-cross that area, travelling northward at 2.44 am and southward in the same area at 2.53am (Nevada Street, Stadium Way). On the slightly later journey at 2.53am the phone has no signal despite being in and traversing the same area where there was signal a few minutes before.
At 4.48am the phone travels south of Moscow, from near Blaine to Genesee and Uniontown then back north to Pullman. While the most rural area of the journey with lower cell tower density the phone has network signal over this large area.
The "jump" of signal coverage from central Pullman to near Blaine requires a very large area of completely zero cell coverage over 12 miles, including sizeable parts of two University towns and major highways, to innocently explain the gap in Kohberger's phone reporting to the network, if the phone was not turned off or set to airplane mode.
The routes to Blaine from Pullman pass very close to three AT&T towers in south-east Pullman and alongside the roads that head toward Blaine. There are 12 other AT&T towers in the area of the route:
r/MoscowMurders - BK car and phone criss-cross areas with and without signal in the same places
BK car and phone criss-cross areas with and without signal in the same places
r/MoscowMurders - Journey to Blaine c 11 miles, with 12 AT&T towers in area
Journey to Blaine c 11 miles, with 12 AT&T towers in area
Question: Is it credible that the gap in Kohberger's phone reporting to the network from 2.47am to 4.48am is innocently due to poor network signal coverage areas as he drove around, rather than the result of his phone being switched off or into airplane mode?
Someone posted something on youtube a little while ago .the funke was arrested for dui in Oct 2022 .at that park .I wonder who she was with