On the morning of November 13th 2022 Kohberger's phone stopped reporting to the network at 2.47am while it was in central Pullman and started reporting again at 4.48am just south of Moscow near Blaine. Some argue this gap was just due to inconsistent cell signal coverage. Examining the gap in more detail:

AT&T signal coverage map shows continuous coverage with no gaps in and around Pullman, Moscow and Blaine:

AT&T coverage map - no gaps in / around Pullman, Moscow or Blaine

While it's possible cell providers want to minimise service "gaps" on their map, the AT&T map does actually show signal gaps to the north-east and south-west of this area. A continuous cellular gap spanning 12 miles from central Pullman to Blaine seems unlikely. There are 12 AT&T towers in this c 12 mile area.

Kohberger's phone and car criss-crossed the area where his phone initially stopped reporting to the network, with and without cell coverage depending on the direction travelled and time:

• BK's phone stops reporting to the network at 2.47am south-east of Kohberger's apartment at North East Valley Road, Pullman but the phone later has coverage in this same area on the return journey from 5.27am.
• The phone had no signal in south-east Pullman (routes toward Blaine or Moscow) between 2.47am - 4.48am, but does have network signal in this same area from 5.25am on the return journey coming into Pullman from the south-east [phone moving synchronously with suspect car, northward at 1600 Johnson Rd, through Pullman to area of his apartment at NE Valley Road, via Stadium Way at Nevada Street].
• When the phone signal stops in central Pullman at 2.47am the car continues to criss-cross that area, travelling northward at 2.44 am and southward in the same area at 2.53am (Nevada Street, Stadium Way). On the slightly later journey at 2.53am the phone has no signal despite being in and traversing the same area where there was signal a few minutes before.
• At 4.48am the phone travels south of Moscow, from near Blaine to Genesee and Uniontown then back north to Pullman. While the most rural area of the journey with lower cell tower density the phone has network signal over this large area.
• The "jump" of signal coverage from central Pullman to near Blaine requires a very large area of completely zero cell coverage over 12 miles, including sizeable parts of two University towns and major highways, to innocently explain the gap in Kohberger's phone reporting to the network, if the phone was not turned off or set to airplane mode.
• The routes to Blaine from Pullman pass very close to three AT&T towers in south-east Pullman and alongside the roads that head toward Blaine. There are 12 other AT&T towers in the area of the route:

BK car and phone criss-cross areas with and without signal in the same places

Journey to Blaine c 11 miles, with 12 AT&T towers in area

Question: Is it credible that the gap in Kohberger's phone reporting to the network from 2.47am to 4.48am is innocently due to poor network signal coverage areas as he drove around, rather than the result of his phone being switched off or into airplane mode?