Insane Data Usage When Phone Is Not In Use

I started noticing over the last month or so, that my wife's line has been using triple the data I do.
She is not a data user as I am...
Looking at the data logs, I notice weird things like the below, usage in Megs:
2/3/2014
10:55 PM
27.57
2/3/2014
4:55 PM
45.59
2/3/2014
10:55 AM
252.32
2/4/2014
10:55 AM
34.18
2/4/2014
4:55 AM
116.82
On 2/3 at 10:55AM, my wife was at home and utilizing our Wifi...both our iPhone connect to Wifi automatically...not that the spikes were at 10:55A, 4:55P and 10:55P...always on the 55th minute...
On 2/4 she used 116Mb at 4:55AM...she was asleep and again, the phone was on Wifi
2/5/2014
4:46 PM
84.14
2/5/2014
10:46 AM
93.39
2/5/2014
4:46 AM
30.25
2/4/2014
10:55 PM
61.84
2/4/2014
5:58 PM
85.13
Note again on 2/4...10:55P (following same pattern of 2/3, 3 heavy times of data usage down to the minute);
On 2/5 again, 3 heavy data usage moments when she would be at home (asleep for one of them) for two of them.
2/6/2014
12:29 PM
27.41
2/6/2014
6:29 AM
82.83
2/6/2014
12:29 AM
81.14
Again...12:29AM, on Wifi and she was asleep; 6:29AM, she doesn't get up until 7AM...again always on the 29th minute.
2/8/2014
11:53 AM
41.75
She was at home and on Wifi...
2/9/2014
6:59 AM
14.04
2/9/2014
12:59 AM
107.25
This is Sunday...both times she was asleep...she didn't wake up until 8:30AM that morning...
2/10/2014
6:59 AM
13.69
She was asleep again...
What the heck is going on here?
Can anybody help???

I am having the same problem.  Went to a Verizon store to see if someone there could help me.  While in the store another customer was in asking the same question.  We were both told by the Verizon store manager that she couldn't help us.  She told us to call Verizon to get it straightened out.  Tried to get through to Verizon on the phone and got tired of being on hold for 30 minutes.  Went online to try to "chat" with a representative and I couldn't get through to anyone that way either.  I have a shared plan with my husband and we have never gone over the 4GB.  Now it is continually sending alerts that we are going to get charged for overage.  The records show data being used all hours.  Even when we are asleep???  Hope Verizon gets this straightened out soon.

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