There are many settings you can change in regards to Apples Touch ID and passcode settings. From the factory and after a reset, the iPhones default settings have you set up a passcode that is required to be entered (or a thumb print read on the home button) to unlock and use the phone. By default, this must be done every time you open the screen. Many people change this setting so it won’t be required every time, but will still be required when the phone is powered on. I wonder if the family knows if this setting was changed or not. I think a possible scenario is that the perp turned off the phone (or had one of the girls power it off) when it was ringing from the phone calls made by DG. The subsequent pings on the evening of the 13th and early morning of the 14th were from when someone turned the phone back on, realized it was passcode locked, and turned it back off. If the phone had stayed on for any length of time (longer than a minute?) there would have been many, many more pings as I’m sure many people were trying to call and text the phone. Obviously investigators were able to get into the phone, so it either had the passcode feature disabled or someone in the family knew it (or guessed it) and they were able to access it that way.

I’ve seen comments, mainly on other subs, stating that an iPhone can power itself on to use “find my iPhone.” This isn’t true and FindMy uses Bluetooth to locate devices, not your cell network.

While I have your attention, can anyone clarify exactly what model of iPhone LG had? I had always thought it was a 5C but I see lately people talking about a 6. iPhone 5c was released in 2013 and the 6 in 2014. The latest model out in feb 2017 was the 7.