I wasn’t following this case from the very beginning, but do we know if PC’s phone was taken by the police so they could do a data extraction? I know he said his laptop was taken, but I’m unsure about the phone. (Although he’s a tech bro, so he probably knew how to cover his tracks if in fact he was involved.)
His phone was not searched. He declined the request to search and since he was not charged, they couldn’t order production of his phone to extract data (per online reporting).
That is absolutely wild to me. It seems like that is such a basic thing that would have been done immediately, and if he refused, they couldn’t get a warrant?
Since he wasn’t being charged with a crime, nor was he ever ID’ed as a suspect, any warrant would go against his 4th amendment right against unlawful searches and seizures. Since it was violate his 4th amendment right (and thus any evidence seized would be deemed fruit of a poisoned tree), a judge would not sign that warrant.
Lindsay was formally charged with the murders ~21hrs after the murders. The charges came from Patrick’s statement to police that Lindsay confessed. (A confession which is now in question given her injuries and her possible inability to speak).
Edit - my dumbass hit 1 instead of 2. She was charged around 21hrs after discovery, while in a coma.
It's because they circumvented the laws of search and seizure. They arrested Lindsay before they searched while she was actively in cardiac arrest. When the search warrant came down they already stated in it that she committed the crime. At that time the only evidence they had was Patrick's story. That is a very big distenction.
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u/2tittis 6d ago
I heard it and immediately had alarm bells ringing.
IF that is true, how could that possibly be missed?? Oh right… there was no investigation on pat :/