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C1 Other legal justification for the search:
{fhe Following items Were Seized!
E11 am leaving a copy of this inventory with the person named below, who is:
[2 The owner ofthe place searched. [J The owner ofthe vehicle seize.
1 The person in apparent control of the place searched. () The person in apparent contro! of the vehicle searched.
[E) The person from whom the items were taken
FAs no person was present, | am leaving a copy of this inventor
[5X the place searched, identified above. ‘Ein tho vehi searched, ertiied above -
‘Name And Address Of Person To Whom A Copy Of This Inventory Was Delivered
“The Law Enforcement agency identified below wil hld the properly subject to cour order. -
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED TO BEFORE ME “CL, OFFICER
| SIGNATURE, 7 a DATE TITLE OF Lg ENFORCEMENT OFFICER ~
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berks Tassistant SC Ort NAME AND ADDRESS OF AGENCY —
O Glerk OF Superior Court Charlotte - Mecitienbtrg Police Department
601 E. Trado St. Charlotte, NC_ 28202
- "ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF RECEIPT
|, THE UNDERSIGNED, RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS INVENTORY
Signature Of Person Reesving Invertery
[Check here ifan additional sheet is required for the inventory (attach all additional lists of sclzed property) _December 19, 2019 and continuing up to the time of the murder that were sent through Instagram between the defendants Kelly Lavery and Lavi Pham b,
victim Mary Collins. Detectives were able to identify this user as being Lavi Pham. Detectives believe the requested records will contain evidence of the crin
murder and will assist in the investigation. Detectives believe that these records will likely contain messages and communications between the victim and
suspects, Detectives believe that these records will assist the investigation by helping to establish a timeline of events prior to the victim's death. X
| Detective Jones requests the records be sent to: Attention: Detective R. Jones, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department at 604 €. Trade Street in Charlotte, .
North Carolina 28202, rjones3@cmpd.org, or the appropriate Instagram Records web portal.
SWORN AND SUBSCRIBED TO BEFORE ME:
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RM ie J, the undersigned, find that there is probable cause to believe that the property and person
: [ress lpm | described in the application on the reverse side and related lo the commission of a orme fs facated
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peated ate eae een cereeenslabai race application for the property and person in question. If the property and/or person are found, make the
Name of additional Affiant ‘seizure and keep the property subject to Court Order and process the person according to law.
RETURN OF SERVICE ‘You are directed to execute this Search Warrant within forty-eight (48) hours from the time
| certify that this Search Warrant was received and —_ indicated on this Warrant and make due return to the Clerk of the Issuing Court.
executed as follows:
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| 2-Teeized the items sted on the attached inventory.
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| 1 | did not seize any items. ‘This Search Warrant was delivered to me on the date and at the time shown below when the Office of
| C1 This Warrant WAS NOT executed within forty-sight (48) | the Clerk of Superior Court is closed for the transaction of business, By signing below, | cary that | will
haurs of the date of issuance and | hereby return it not deliver this Search Warrant to the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court a8 soon as possible on the
| executed. Glerk’'s next business 4 as —
[Name oF Offer making Retirn “ Be a 9 oe | ‘Nang of Magistrate (Type oF Print] or Ragiatate
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| This Search Warrant was retumed to the undersigned clerk on the date and time Shown below
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Charlotte Mefktenburg Police | 0200330230902 | i Gem | | | BassoseAPPLICATION FOR SEARCH WARRANT
(insert name, rank ord agency)
being duly sworn, request that the Court issue a warrant t search the
person, place, vehicle, and other items described in th's application and
‘ofind and seize the property and person described in this application.
| There is probable cause te believe that
| (Desenbe procerty to be seized, orf earch warrant is tobe uses fo searching a place 10
{serve an arest warant or cle process, name person to be arrested)
To the extent that the information described in Attachment A iswithin
the possession, custody, or control of Instagram, LLC, (See Attached)
~-nstitutes evidence of a crime and the identity of a person participating
2 crime, (Name ome)
| murder (N.€.6.S. 14-17)
| and is located (Check aporopriate tox(es) and sn specified information)
| Cin the following premises (Give actress ano, f useful, describe premises)
(end)
D1 on the following person(s) (Give namers) end, i useful, describe person(s)
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| Clin the following vehicle(s) (Desorbe vehicles)
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4] trame andfor describe other places or tems to be searched, if opplicable)
Instagram User IDs: “lavishtfish_"
| https://www.instagram.com/lavishfish_ and "holler
https://erww instagram.com/hol Pr
‘The applicant swears or affirms to the following facts to establish probable cause
for the issuance of a search warrant:
See Attached
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SWORN/AFFIRMED AND SUBSCRIBED TO BEFOREME 5, a4
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In addition to the affidavit included above, this application is supported by
additional affidavits, attached, made by
In addition tothe affidavit included above, this application is supported by
wom testimony, given by
‘This testimony has been (cneck appropriate bor)
reduced to writing,
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and | have fled each with the clerk.
NOTE: If more space is needed for any section, continue the statement on the next page
with @ notation saying “see attachment." Date the continuation and include on it the
signatures of applicant and issuing officiel| Continuation page attached to the SEARCH WARRANT application, dated 3 / 6/2)
CONTINUATION OF “PROPERTY / EVIDENCE TO BE SEIZED”
[To the extent that the information described in Attachment A is within the possession, custody, or control of Instagram, LLC, including any messages, records,
fles. fogs oF information thet have been deleted but are stil avaliable to Instagram, LLC, or have been preserved pursuant to a request made under 18U.S.C. § |
| 2703(p, Instagram, LLC is required to disciose the following information to the government for each account isted in Attachment A.
| AL _Dilidentiy and contact information, including full name, e-mail address, physical address (including city, state, ane zip cade}, date of bith, phone numbers
| gender, hometown, occupation, and other personal identifiers: |
8. Allpast and current usernames associated with the account;
|-6. The dates and times at which the account and profile were created, and the Internet Protocol (‘IP") address at the time of sign-up;
2. endl activity logs including IP logs and other documents showing the IP address, date, and time of each login to the account, as well as any other log fle
information;
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| E. _ All information regarding the particular device or devices used to login to or access the account, including all device identifier information or cookie
information, including al information about the particular device or devices used to access the account and the date and time of those seecetne
F. All data and information associated withthe profile page, including photogrephs, “bos,” and profile backgrounds and themes;
G. All communications or other messages sent or recelved by the account
4. Alluser content created, uploaded, or shared by the account, including any comments made by the account on photographs or other content:
|. Allphotographs and images in the user galley forthe account
J. Allocation data associated with the account, including geotags;
|. Alldata and information that has been deleted by the user;
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‘ist ofall of the people that the user follows on Instagram and all people who are following the user (2, the user's ‘folowing’ list and “followers” lst), as
i as any friends of the user,
Alist ofall users that the account has “unfollowed" or blocked;
Al privacy and account settings;
All records of Instagram searches performed by the account, including all past searches saved by the account;
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P. _Allinformation about connections between the account and third-party websites and applications; and,
ouch records pertaining to communications between Instagram, LLC and any person regarding the user or the user's Instagram account, including contacts
with support services, and all records of actions taken, including suspensions of the account.
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DateCONTINUATION OF “PREMISES, PERSON, VEHICLE, OR OTHER ITEM (S) TO BE SEARCHED”
Any and al rears associated with Instagram Users: ‘avshis." nitpsifwwistagram comtavishish_ and “hohe
epsi/tuveinstagram com/noN@ar thats stored at premises o¥ned, maintained, controled, of operated by Instagram, LLC, (instagram’) a social-networkin,
company owned by Facebook, Inc. and headquartered in Caifomie from December 19, 2079 to Apri's, 2020.
CONTINUATION OF “PROBABLE CAUSE AFFIDAVI
(On March 20, 2020 at 11:08pm officers responded to AIAAMAIMMEB for 2 missing person call for service. Officers spoke with the reporting person Mia |
Alderman who advised she isthe guardian for her granddaughter Mary Collins. Alderman stated that Mary eft her home on March 28, 2020 at approximately
em and has not been seen ar heard from since. When Mary let the house, she took an Uber to the NoDa area of Chariotte. Missing Person Detectives |
“ive a tip fromMll who stated she spoke with a male named Jimmy Salerno Ml advised that Jimmy told her he was at a party with Mary and that kelly
and Lavi tied her up and beat her in.a bathtub. They later hid her body in a mattress and wanted to burn the mattress,
| On Apri 4th Homicide Detectives were brought into the investigation after QS, contacted detectives again providing more information about the
| case. Detectives contacted @Mg who agreed to come to the Law Enforcement Center to be interviewed. QIN also came to the Law Enforcement Center
‘0 provide information about this case. QQ) ad QM a6vised that they talked with Jimmy the first time when he told them about being at a party with
Mary, Kelly and Lavi, He stated they tied up Mary and beat her in a bathtub and later hid her body ina mattress UNIMB advised that Jimmy wrapped the body in
Saran wrap and duct tape and put her in the mattress. @lM spoke with Jimmy a second time when he told her the police searched the apartment and didn’t
‘ind the body, so she is still there. @™iilBthen advised that she heard Lavi was trying to pay somecne to get rd of the body. anc MMMM stated that
jimmy told them he had pictures of the body on hs phone. Detectives applied for and were granted a search warrant. Contact was made with Lavi when he
| Cxted the apartment. They attempted to cal out Kelly bt did not get a response. Entry was made and Kelly wes located in the bed possibly under the influence
| When officers cleared the apartment, they pulled blankets ofthe bed in the master bedroom and saw what appeared to be a bouy inside rash, bags inside the
mattress, Detectives cut open the trash bags and found a body wrapped in several layers of duct tape. Inside the trash bags were Cascade dish detergents and
mokin spice shower gel to help mask the smell. Detectiveslocated the victim's license and bank card hidden in the bedroom under a stack of pavers.
Letectives also located blood throughout the master bedroom and bath. Crime scene utilized the chemical blue star and received a positive reaction for blood in
| the bathroom. Detective located saran wrap and duct tape and a box for contractor grade trash bags in the residence.
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During the investigation Detectives received screen shots of messages on social media and located numerous messages on social media sites starting on
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