Published Jan. 4, 2023
The search warrants for Palmiter’s cell phone, call detail records for him and Cojocari, and for the search of the family’s home are
all sealed until at least the end of March. The judge who signed the order to seal them said it was to protect the investigation.
There is notably no search warrant for Madalina’s mother’s phone.
“It may not be there; it may already be destroyed; it may be a simple flip phone where you don’t even have data,” Lee conjectured. “I would be curious as to why, for sure, that’s a big question. As a defense attorney, I want to know why that phone wasn’t seized and searched.”
A grand jury indictment is a standard part of the process. It’s not a conviction and simply moves the case out of district court and into superior court.
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