Also on Monday, Turk denied a defense motion to suppress statements made by Eisenhauer to other inmates.
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Turk denied a motion to suppress several letters sent to the Commonwealth's Attorney's office from fellow inmates of Eisenhauers at the Western Virginia Regional Jail. The letters weren't read allowed in the courtroom but were from people who had interacted with him while in jail. The motion may be overturned if the judge sees it's appropriate following the cases of the inmates who wrote the letters.
A larger motion to suppress all statements made to law enforcement during the initial meeting and questioning between Eisenhauer and law enforcement was put on hold. Judge Turk said he wants more time to review the presented material that included several video and audio recordings of Eisenhauer talking with law enforcement.
New details of the search and findings were released during Monday's motion hearing.
Detective Desiree Twigger testified she went to Lovell's home after she went missing. Usernames and passwords to various social media accounts were written on the wall in her bedroom, Twigger said in court. She noticed a nightstand was blocking the door to her bedroom and the window was open.
A note that read "I heart David" was also on the wall. Lovell had told a best friend that she was going to sneak out of he home with the man named David she had reportedly met on Kik the night she went missing.
During the police investigation, information from the social media app, Kik, led detectives to David Eisenhauer's account and username, Dr.Tombstone.
Investigators rushed to Eisenhauer's dorm room at Virginia Tech in West Ambler Johnston Hall and, with the help from a Residential Adviser, entered his room. When no one answered the door, the RA allowed them inside.
Eisenhauer was asleep on a bed in a sleeping bag and startled when investigators yelled for him to show his hands. The raised voices and surprised tone from Eisenhauer were evident in an audio recording played during the hearing.
Eisenhauer was asked to come to the Blacksburg Police Station for questioning. Audio recordings prove he volunteered to come to the station and was allowed to take personal items.
During questioning, and after signing a Miranda Rights form, Eisenhauer told police he started talking to a girl on the social media platform Omegle who said she was 16 or 17, Eisenhauer recounted.
He said he wanted someone to talk to who was a stranger, which is why he turned to a random conversation generator app Omegle that connects people for conversations.
Their conversations quickly turned to the app, Kik. Eisenhauer said the girl, who he later identified as Lovell, told him everyone hated her. He said he comforted her. The two agreed to meet at her home, an apartment complex in Blacksburg.
After leading him to different locations, Eisenhauer said he finally met Lovell at her home. He said she climbed out of a window with a backpack and blanket appearing to seem ready to run away. In a video recording of the questioning between him and investigators, he told them Lovell looked like she was 11 years old. He had hesitations, hugged her, and wanted to get away.
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