Ashley Flowers

Now, I do think this call happened.

This is like one of those things that is stated as fact over and over in the case report.

So they must have confirmed this somehow, like maybe through Darlene's phone records.

I mean, I know they subpoenaed her call records for the 21st and the 22nd.

But as I got to thinking about it, like maybe it's not as confirmed as I think, because over time and in different interviews with Darlene, the time of this call changes.

I mean, like it

In different statements, it's as early as 3.30 p.m.

to as late as 6 p.m.

And at least in the reports I have, there's no, like, firm time they decide on, which makes me take back what I said, which you would think they'd be working off of phone records, unless they just didn't write about it in the case reports I have.

Either way, it doesn't seem like police ever determine where this call is made from, which I think is so important.

Right.

Yes.

But per Bobby's timeline, if we're believing his story, he's driving by the laundromat at like this exact time, 3.30, 3.45.

Yeah.

And her car is not there.

So to me, she's not making the call from the payphone, which like leaves two options in my mind.

One.

Nikki made the call from a payphone at a gas station.

This option half works with the theory that police seem to have.

It's clear from the detectives' notes that they don't fully buy Darlene's story about why Nikki called.