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_________________________________________________________________ IN THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT - ALL DEPARTMENTIN AND FOR CACHE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH _________________________________________________
AFFIDAVIT FOR SEARCH WARRANT
STATE OF UTAH ) :ssCounty of Cache )The undersigned affiant, Detective Andrew Soelberg of Logan City Police Department,upon an oath or written affidavit subscribed under criminal penalty, declares:That your affiant has reason to believe:THATOn the premises known as 111 S 400 W, Logan, UT 84321, further described asA grey stucco house with white trim. The numbers "111" are attached to a poston the east side of the residence. There is a blue door to the entry with windowson the top half of the door with white trim.;In the City of Logan, County of Cache, State of Utah, there is now certain property orevidence described as:Any property belonging to Alexander William Whipple, Knife block and set,any forensic evidence that would assist investigators in determining thecircumstances surrounding the disappearance of a 5 year old female with theinitials ES.and that said property or evidence:Was unlawfully acquired or is unlawfully possessed;has been used or is possessed for the purpose of being used to commit orconceal the commission of an offense; oris evidence of illegal conduct.Affiant believes the property and evidence described above is evidence of the crimeor crimes of Murder (UCA 76-5-203), Aggravated Sexual abuse of a Child (UCA
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76-5-404.1), Aggravated Kidnapping (UCA 76-5-301), Unlawful detention of a minor(UCA 76-5-304).The facts to establish the grounds for issuance of a Search Warrant are:Your Affiant, Officer Soelberg, has been a Law Enforcement Officer for over 7years. Your Affiant is currently certified by Utah Police Officer Standards andTraining (POST) as a Law Enforcement officer. Your Affiant is currently assignedas a Detective in the Major Crimes Division with the Logan City Police Department.Your Affiant has served in this position for over 4 years. Your Affiant has been amember of the Logan City Police Department SWAT team for the last 5 years. YourAffiant has received training and experience regarding the investigation of crimesinvovling missing persons, sexual exploitation of minors, sex offenses involvingminors obstruction of justice, attempted homicide, and homicide. Your Affiant hasinvestigated and assisted in investigating a number of cases which resulted in theconviction on charges related to the above mentioned types of crimes. Your Affiant has attended multiple trainings related to the investigation of variouscrimes and investigative procedures including: Interviews and Body language,Advanced Crime Scene, Forensic Statement Analysis, Forensic InterviewTechniques, Advanced Homicide Investigations, Human Remains Discovery,Investigating Officer Involved Shootings, and Open Source Investigations. Your Affiant is a certified Cellebrite UFED operator and examiner. Cellebrite UFEDenables advanced extraction, decoding, analysis and reporting of mobile data.On 5/25/19 Logan City Police were made aware of a missing 5 year old juvenilefrom the area of 111 S 400 W, this notification came from the juvenile's parentsDetrich Black and Jessica Whipple. The missing juvenile in question will bereferred to by initials of ES. On 5/24/19 Alexander Whipple was in the home of ESand spending time with the parents of ES. After midnight, ES’s parents retired tobed and saw that she was in bed. At this same time Alexander was on the couchinebriated and appeared to be going to sleep. At 1000 hours on 5/25/19 ES’s parents went to check on ES and found she wasnot there and Alexander was gone as well. Alexander’s phone was also found atthe house. Alexander is currently a fugitive from AP&P and has multiple warrantsissued for his arrest. During the course of the investigation detectives learnedAlexander’s phone only works with WiFi and he commonly utilizes social mediaapps such as Facebook Messenger to communicate with associates. While conducting a canvas and search of the area attempting to locate ES,investigators located a knife with what appears to be blood on the blade andhandle. The knife was also broken.The knife was found in the public area of acharter school property located at 75 S 400 W, Logan. Logan City Police DetectiveFowler confirmed this knife appeared to be the exact same kind and appeared to
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match the knife set that was in Jessica and Detrich's house. Upon first inspection,a knife did appear to be missing from the knife set in Jessica and Detrich's house.Nearby the knife there was a white PVC pipe and a black bucket that appearedto have blood on them. Later during the continuation of the canvas mentioned above investigators locateda size 5T teal skirt hastily concealed under bark within the block behind 75 S 400W.Around 1507 hours, Alexander was located alone in the Hyrum area, walkingsouth. Deputies located on Alexander's person a glass pipe similar to those utilizedto smoke marijuana The odor of marijuana was also present. Alexander wastransported to the Logan City Police Department and is being interviewed bydetectives.When Alexander was first brought into the interview room he began to wipehis hands in what appeared to be an attempt to clean something off of them.Alexander was advised of his Miranda rights. While questioning Alexander, he atfirst said he was not at Jessica and Detrich's house last night. Later, Alexandersaid that he was at Jessica and Detrich's house last night but did not see ES lastnight. Detective Woods confronted Alexander a few times, saying we believedhe knows were ES is and knows what happened to her. Alexander gave verysoft denials and appeared to stall before answering the questions. The timelineand story Alexander gave was inconsistent with the story and timeline Jessicaand Detrich gave. Detective Woods, who was questioning Alexander, said thereappeared to be blood on Alexander's pants. During the interview, Detective Woodsnoticed a small laceration on the pointer finger of Alexander's hand. The woundcould be consistent with someone holding a knife and stabbing, then the handslides onto the blade of the knife. The search of the residence will assist investigators in gathering further evidenceto assist in locating ES.This affidavit has been reviewed by Dane Murray of the Cache County Attorney's OfficeOffice, and it has been approved for presentation to the court.WHEREFORE, your affiant prays that a Search Warrant be issued for the seizure ofsaid items in the daytime.
I declare under criminal penalty of the State of Utah that the foregoing is trueand correct.
Executed on: 25th day of May, 2019 @ 08:00 PM by /s/ Andrew Soelberg
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_________________________________________________________________ IN THE FIRST DISTRICT COURT - ALL DEPARTMENTIN AND FOR CACHE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH _________________________________________________
SEARCH WARRANT
No. 1949781COUNTY OF CACHE, STATE OF UTAHTo any peace officer in the State of Utah
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roof by Affidavit made upon oath or written affirmation subscribed under criminalpenalty of the State of Utah having been made to me by Detective Andrew Soelbergof Logan City Police Department, this day, I am satisfied that there is probable causeto believeTHATOn the premises known as 111 S 400 W, Logan, UT 84321, further described asA grey stucco house with white trim. The numbers "111" are attached to a poston the east side of the residence. There is a blue door to the entry with windowson the top half of the door with white trim.;In the City of Logan, County of Cache, State of Utah, there is now certain property orevidence described as:Any property belonging to Alexander William Whipple, Knife block and set,any forensic evidence that would assist investigators in determining thecircumstances surrounding the disappearance of a 5 year old female with theinitials ES.and that said property or evidence:Was unlawfully acquired or is unlawfully possessed;has been used or is possessed for the purpose of being used to commit orconceal the commission of an offense; oris evidence of illegal conduct.