A 1995 letter from private investigator James Box to attorneyJulian Bailey was vital in establishing the travel time between the Tustin Denny’s and Balboa Coves. According to Box’s 1995 analysis, the drive required nearly 22 minutes, a duration that—when measured against the coroner's estimated time of death and the subsequent 911 call—proved Eric could not have reached the scene in time to commit the crime. Under this contemporary timeline, Eric would have arrived at the gated community well after the murder had already occurred.