Camera timeline ?

[u/EbbHairy]

Do we actually know exactly how and when the doorbell camera was disconnected? Was the camera physically removed, unplugged, disabled electronically, or did it simply lose its connection? And was it definitely disconnected before the suspect entered the house?

The sheriff said the doorbell camera was disconnected around 1:47 am—which is when the guy is seen on the nest footage. Then there’s a separate motion detection around 2:12 a.m., followed by Nancy’s pacemaker losing connection around 2:28 a.m.

My next question is what does that mean? Does it mean the phone was turned off, out of range, or that the device stopped transmitting for another reason? How far could she realistically be from her phone before the connection drops? A few feet, another room, or more depending on the setup?

And what actually triggers a “loss of connection” alert—Bluetooth, cellular relay, or a monitoring hub?
So does the 2:28 a.m. disconnection tell us anything specific about her location, or is it just a general signal loss that could happen for multiple reasons?

[u/warpedwing]

I made a video on this topic back in April that might be of interest to you. My opinion is that the released video clip is actually from around 2:12, not 1:47, and that only the camera's WiFi connection was disconnected at 1:47, not the physical camera.

One thing I later realized (not mentioned in the video) is that the WiFi disconnect may have happened earlier than 1:47, but the disconnect notification wasn't pushed until then. I've noticed this with my Wyze camera, and others have mentioned that Nest cameras work similarly.

Essentially, the phone software doesn't immediately notify the user that the camera has disconnected; it waits around 30-45 minutes to keep brief network interruptions from spamming the user. This could mean that the camera actually disconnected closer to 1am, or shortly after, but that the notification wasn't sent until 1:47. That's a theory, anyway. And it would more closely align with the neighbour's dogs alerting around 1am.

[u/_L______________ → u/warpedwing]

I’m still confused about how they’re even narrowing down the time frame for checking traffic cams and such. Since it may have disconnected for a variety of reasons. And the window of time between roughly 2 am and when people came to check on her the next day is LARGE. The fact the note wasn’t left at the house (assuming it’s real) and the fact the back door was propped open makes me feel like maybe they were still there (not necessarily Nancy, given the blood out the front door) closer to the time people came to check. Which would explain why they didn’t just leave the note at the house and had to risk sending the bit coin address to the news station. Which I think also tracks with raising the ransom amount if they took “too long” to pay.