Saturday, January 5, 2008

15 Minutes of Infamy?

I've read several comments made throughout the blogosphere recently... all claiming that an apparent 15 minute gap occurred between the time Harlow Cuadra and Joseph Kereks allegedly left Bryan Kocis' house, to when the first 911 call to authorities was placed.

Meanwhile... according to the arrest affidavit and preliminary hearing witness testimony... the following happened:

8:30 PM - A witness testifies she was visiting Kocis' next-door neighbor on the night of the murder. Amy Zamerowski said she saw a light-colored SUV backing out of Kocis' driveway around 8:30 p.m.

8:34 PM - Signals from two cell phones registered to Joseph Kerekes are processed through a cellular tower on Country Club Road in Dallas Township.

8:34 PM - At approx 2034 hrs., the Dallas Township Fire Department was dispatched and responded to 60 Midland Drive, Dallas Township, Luzerne County for the report of a structure fire involving a residential dwelling.

Perhaps I've missed something, or maybe these folks making the claims know more than authorities do... but there certainly doesn't appear to be a 15 minute gap. It seems more likely that it was around 4-5 minutes. I'm not sure where the extra 10 came from.