suavaleesko t1_j2u24d3 wrote on January 3, 2023 at 11:13 PM

So they can get a warrant for unknown persons whose phones accessed 4 specific towers?

Pwillyams1 t1_j2uab6s wrote on January 4, 2023 at 12:08 AM

In the presence of other information, yes. Is that shocking to you?

suavaleesko t1_j2uf8db wrote on January 4, 2023 at 12:42 AM

Not the fact that they were able to no. I'm just interested in the aspect of whether they had a suspect first then got a warrant for their phones, or if they started with a blanket search of the towers and worked off that list.

oldoldoak t1_j2vluov wrote on January 4, 2023 at 6:25 AM

It appears they scrubbed the data of the cellphone towers first to narrow down those who would match the moving pattern: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwa/press-release/file/1560621/download

I also wonder how it worked - do they not need a warrant for a request of complete records off a cell tower?

Pwillyams1 t1_j2uje0i wrote on January 4, 2023 at 1:12 AM

That would be interesting for sure. I can't imagine the sophistication of someone doing all this with their phones by their side the whole time. Clearly no super criminals....fortunately.

hitbycars t1_j2xajw7 wrote on January 4, 2023 at 4:29 PM

There are photos from one of the stations of the two men. If they check pings and find profiles (these guys were under watch so the fed knows what they look like) for guys who look like those two men then that seems pretty straight forward.

suavaleesko t1_j32ogwv wrote on January 5, 2023 at 5:23 PM

Ahh ok. I watch a lot of true crime, but the tech is always 20 yrs old