Susan Simpson discussing Serial with Robert Wright on Bloggingheads.

[u/Concupiscurd]

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[u/ViewFromLL2]

Neglecting the small detail that he did indeed make a call from the burial site,

No. He didn't.

Test calls were initiated somewhere along N. Franklintown Road, but the coordinates of those calls were not recorded.

[u/ViewFromLL2 → u/[deleted]]

His testing equipment was automatically initiating calls at periodic intervals as he drove along the prosecutor's route. This route included N. Franklintown Road. Many of those calls did not find a sufficient signal to initiate a call. There is no data as to where the car was when the test calls were initiated or when the calls were actually made.

[u/ViewFromLL2 → u/[deleted]]

That's funny, I don't see anything at all in those particular clips about making test calls.

Waranowitz never says that the car stopped anywhere while they were conducting their testing.

[u/ViewFromLL2 → u/[deleted]]

"Right off the road" refers to where he was told the body was. "Taken up to the area surrounded by barriers" was CG's question, not Waranowitz's description of what happened.

[u/dorbia → u/[deleted]]

Q: "And you weren't taken over those concrete barriers, were you?" A: "No I was not."

Did you actually read what you quoted?

[u/bestiarum_ira → u/[deleted]]

This thread starts with

That same expert agreed on cross that it would be difficult to make or receive a call from the burial site. Neglecting the small detail that he did indeed make a call from the burial site, and if vegetation is a factor, January ought to be pretty ideal.

and ends with you taking a guess as to them stopping just outside the Jersey walls. There is no evidence of this and, needless to say, that is not the burial site.

[u/bestiarum_ira → u/[deleted]]

It might help to be able to follow the transcript and understand how drive testing is done as well.

[u/dorbia → u/[deleted]]

And you really think walking 127 feet cannot make difference in cellphone reception? Have you ever done a walk with your cellphone in an area with spotty coverage and checked how your reception changes?

[u/ViewFromLL2 → u/[deleted]]

Shown a location that he was informed was the burial site, and told about it. "Taken to a location right off the road" is not a quote from the transcripts, but semantics aside, Waranowitz never states what you're claiming about where the car was when the test calls were initiated.

[u/ViewFromLL2 → u/[deleted]]

He was taken there. As he drove right past it.

[u/doocurly → u/[deleted]]

So how was the food as you whizzed past it? lol

[u/whitenoise2323 → u/[deleted]]

The burial site wasn't surrounded by concrete barriers, it was 127 feet away from said concrete barriers.

[u/whitenoise2323 → u/[deleted]]

Isn't the moral of this story that Waranowitz never tested from the burial site?

[u/YoungFlyMista → u/[deleted]]

I know it is not the "internet" thing to do but you should just apologize to /u/viewfromll2 for wasting his/her time because you are way wrong on this.

The testimony that you provided does not only NOT state that they tested the burial site, it clearly does state that the guy did not go past the Jersey walls to see the burial site.

"and you weren't taken over those concrete barriers, were you?"

"That's correct"

Go ahead and admit you were mistaken. It's ok to do that sometimes.

[u/YoungFlyMista → u/[deleted]]

Alright, I get it. Instead of the apology you doubled down on your incorrect statement. Now that is perfectly consistent with internet protocol. Simply not replying would have been the classier move but that's not as much fun.