Morgan Absher

Those specific coordinates.

Who made that search for that specific area?

Can you tell us that?

Yeah.

They assumed this would likely lead right to their killer, which is clue number seven for us, tracking the map.

Back in 2002, it wasn't super easy to get maps online.

I remember traveling across the U.S.

with my dad and having the big book that you'd trace the atlas.

Yeah.

I remember printing off MapQuest directions to go from Duluth, Minnesota to Minneapolis.

And it was like two freaking turns.

But still, I had my MapQuest printout ready to go.

Yeah.

And it wasn't before long that analysts with the Illinois State Police eventually narrowed down the list to just one website, Expedia.com, which was actually owned by Microsoft.

And for those of you that don't know, because I feel like it's just common lingo now, it's just like we don't really know what it means, but we know what it is.

An IP address is a unique numerical label assigned to every device connected to a computer network that uses the internet protocol for communication.

So internet protocol equals IP.

And so essentially this IP address is like a direct mailing address for that device.

It basically can reveal the approximate location, but it doesn't actually provide a precise home address, which I found to be pretty interesting.

Yeah.