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The Lightning-Struck Hard Drive and Tripp's Preserved Phone
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When Jennifer Brazeale filed a FOIA request for dispatch audio from November 3rd, 2024, the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office replied that it couldn't provide the recordings because their hard drive had been struck by lightning — destroying all those logs. The hosts note, with considerable skepticism, that this is yet another critical piece of evidence that cannot be examined. But there is a counterbalancing development: Tripp's phone has been in PI Cody Turner's possession, sealed in a Faraday bag to prevent remote access or data changes. The family has someone working on forensic analysis, and results are expected within the month. Because phone data is logged in universal time code — independent of daylight saving — the phone records should definitively resolve the timeline question and show how Tripp's phone moved through the woods that night.
At least one dispatch log from the night of November 3rd showed timestamps appearing out of order, consistent with the system resetting for daylight saving time, adding to the timeline confusion.
The St. Francis County Sheriff's Office told Jennifer Brazeale that the hard drive containing dispatch audio from the night Tripp died had been struck by lightning, destroying the records.
