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Soon after, Saavedra admitted to traveling to an L.A. neighborhood where the phone was pinging and spotting Zelocchi outside a residence in an apartment complex.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Shortly after 3 p.m. on March 27, a member of the team spotted a white Chrysler minivan near where the phone was pinging, Song testified.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2022

Libler’s cellphone was pinging on towers in Michigan the same day Suzanne went missing.

From Fox News • Aug. 10, 2021

“The sound of birds was so loud it was pinging red on my levels,” she said.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2020

And he gestured toward Bello, whose DNA detector was pinging in the red.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman