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>> reporter: no. no where near marie. so then they checked the cell towers for jamess phone, and what do you know. when marie sent that mass text message saying she was leaving town, both her phone and the pastors were pinging off the same cell tower two blocks from his house. and when maries mazda was dropped at the airport. >> weve got james flanders cellphone touching towers near the airport. why would his phone be near the airport? >> reporter: well, either james innocently drove marie to th...

Communicated. >> reporter: and the phone records showed that person had been on the move from the believed time of the murder into the next day. how important is the story told by the cell phone? >> very important. cell phones almost like someone dropping pieces of popcorn, leaving a trail. >> reporter: but the trail was a wide one. cell phone towers dont pinpoint exact locations. >> we know from that cell tower there is maybe three to four-mile radius from that tower that were looking for to tr...

Technicians were tracing pings when the phone was in use. those are the electronic connections made when a phone hits a particular cell tower, and that gave investigators a general idea where quinn might have been held fbi agent tony kravit was selected as the lead crisis negotiator for the bureau. >> were tracking the phone and thinking weve got some leads. >> agents felt they were making progress, but suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. the kidnappers and quinn might have been on...

Thats her there-- the top left of your screen-- having one of the employees unlock an iphone. she told the apple employee that her daughter had put a code into the phone and locked it. once he unlocked it, the phone started binging and ringing. keith morrison: and just at that very moment, as cell phone records showed, michelle les iphone began pinging on a cell phone tower not far from the apple store. now, was a matter of following the signal, which led to this chuck e. cheese restaurant a few...

Had begun to collect physical evidence, and it didnt match up with the story the girls had been telling. surveillance video from a convenience store put the girls car not heading east as they had said but heading west towards blacksville. and the girls phone records from that night showed rachels phone pinging off a cell tower in blacksville. >> that was an aha moment. finally, we have something to go on thats different from their story. >> now even skylars parents joinled the chorus of people t...

The area. >> reporter: no. nowhere near marie. so then they checked the cell towers for jamess phone, and what do you know. when marie sent that mass text message saying she was leaving town, both her phone and the pastors were pinging off the same cell tower two blocks from his house. and when maries mazda was dropped at the airport -- >> weve got james flanders cellphone touching towers near the airport. why would his phone be near the airport? >> reporter: well, either james innocently drove ...

Her friends and family were frantically calling and texting her. and look at this surveillance footage. looks like giselle is sending out text messages. and at that moment, as records show, michelles iphone was pinging off a nearby cell tower. to ritchie it seemed quite clear. giselle esteban was the one using michelles phone to send those creepy text messages to worried friends and family and to him. and giselle did all this while on a shopping trip with her daughter. >> and shes on that phone ...

When the phone was in use. those are the electronic connections made when a phone hits a particular cell tower, and that gave investigators a general idea where quinn might have been held. fbi agent tony kravit was selected as the lead crisis negotiator for the bureau. >> were tracking the phone and thinking weve got some leads. >> agents felt they were making progress, but suddenly the phone was also pinging farther away. the kidnappers and quinn might have been on the move. sheriffs detective ...

Silo, controlled by an air force base. next to it, a cell tower, belonging to triangle communications system. its an american company, but its network uses radio transmitters and receivers made by the chinese company, huawei. a telecom giant thats been called a national security risk by u.s. intelligence officials. >> were deeply concerned about the risks of allowing any company or entity that is beholden to foreign governments that dont share our values to gain positions of power inside our tel...

Pinging off a nearby cell tower. to ritchie it seemed quite clear. giselle esteban was the one using michelles phone to send those creepy text messages to worried friends and family and to him. and giselle did all this while on a shopping trip with her daughter. >> and shes on that phone roughly the same time that shes getting text messages from the classmates and family members. and things like that. and then i sent her a second text message at -- roughly at 3:15 in the afternoon saying, "this ...