I was getting the impression (perhaps wrongly) that Kohberger was a PC/Android guy. But if that's right, what would the Apple warrant be for? Did he also own an iPad?
I believe Kohberger did have an Android phone. There was no Apple device found through the warrants for his residences and car. I doubt the Apple account belonged to anyone other than Kohberger because investigators requested all of the data in the account's history; there was no date range provided. If the Apple account belonged to his mother, for example, then they would have been more precise.
Some differences: Warrant for Chapin's information requests data between August 1, 2022, and November 18, 2022. Receipt says that the warrant was served via email and that Mowery received the information in an email.
Warrant for (presumably) Kohberger's information requests all account data. Information about how the warrant was served is redacted, and the information was "attached to the Spillman case file."
Not sure what the Spillman case file is, but I am trying to find out.
Edit: Oh, oh, oh! I found something by comparing the warrants side-by-side. Compare 'b' on page 2 of the Chapin warrant with the second bullet point on page 2 of the Kohberger warrant.
There is a clause at the end that is absent from the Chapin warrant but present in the Kohberger warrant: "...in order to ensure all devices of evidentiary value which could have been used in planning or commission of the above offenses are accounted for."
I think they're trying to locate another device! (Maybe.)
There's some extra stuff starting at end of paragraph f in the Kohberger warrant that's not in the Chapin warrant. It specifies Air Tags data in the Kohberger warrant, that is not specified in the Chapin warrant. It also specifies location data for specific apps: Location services, Find My, and Apple Maps. This may just be a more thorough specifying of what the state in interested in, I don't know.
KOHBERGER WARRANT (at end of paragraph f):
...and logs associated with iOS device purchase, activation, and upgrades in order to locate any additional connectivity between the suspect and the victims in this case;
g. All records and information regarding locations where the account or devices associated with the account were accessed, including all data stored in connection with AirTags, Location Services, Find My, and Apple Maps;
h. All records pertaining to the types of service used;
i. All files, keys, or other information necessary to decrypt any data produced
in an encrypted form, when available to Apple (including, but not limited to, the keybag.txt and fileinfolist.txt files);
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CHAPIN WARRANT (at end of bullet point 6):
...and logs associated with web- based access ofApple services (including all associated identifiers);
• All records and information regarding locations where the account was accessed, including all data stored in connection with Location Services;
•All records pertaining to the types of service used;
•All records pertaining to communications between Apple and any person regarding
the account, including contacts with support services and records of actions taken;
This could be as benign as Kohberger having an Apple account for iTunes for Windows for music/podcasts (it's still a thing according to this Apple article written in October 2022, supported for Windows 10):
Or maybe he had an iPod Touch (that he got rid of?), the most inexpensive iOS device - and without a phone (just to learn iOS for his "cloud-based forensics" interests.) I have one, and it can track my bike rides on a map. Small enough for jogging with earbuds/airpods.
I'm not sure what to make of the significance of this warrant; I'm kind of on the fence. I just finished a post about it, which will be published tomorrow morning.
I was getting the impression (perhaps wrongly) that Kohberger was a PC/Android guy. But if that's right, what would the Apple warrant be for? Did he also own an iPad?
I believe Kohberger did have an Android phone. There was no Apple device found through the warrants for his residences and car. I doubt the Apple account belonged to anyone other than Kohberger because investigators requested all of the data in the account's history; there was no date range provided. If the Apple account belonged to his mother, for example, then they would have been more precise.
Compare this Apple warrant to the warrants served in November 2022 for the victims' Apple account information. Here's the warrant for Chapin's information: https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/isc.coi/CR29-22-2805/022823+Order+to+Seal+and+Redact+-+Apple.pdf
Some differences: Warrant for Chapin's information requests data between August 1, 2022, and November 18, 2022. Receipt says that the warrant was served via email and that Mowery received the information in an email.
Warrant for (presumably) Kohberger's information requests all account data. Information about how the warrant was served is redacted, and the information was "attached to the Spillman case file."
Not sure what the Spillman case file is, but I am trying to find out.
Edit: Oh, oh, oh! I found something by comparing the warrants side-by-side. Compare 'b' on page 2 of the Chapin warrant with the second bullet point on page 2 of the Kohberger warrant.
There is a clause at the end that is absent from the Chapin warrant but present in the Kohberger warrant: "...in order to ensure all devices of evidentiary value which could have been used in planning or commission of the above offenses are accounted for."
I think they're trying to locate another device! (Maybe.)
There's some extra stuff starting at end of paragraph f in the Kohberger warrant that's not in the Chapin warrant. It specifies Air Tags data in the Kohberger warrant, that is not specified in the Chapin warrant. It also specifies location data for specific apps: Location services, Find My, and Apple Maps. This may just be a more thorough specifying of what the state in interested in, I don't know.
KOHBERGER WARRANT (at end of paragraph f):
...and logs associated with iOS device purchase, activation, and upgrades in order to locate any additional connectivity between the suspect and the victims in this case;
g. All records and information regarding locations where the account or devices associated with the account were accessed, including all data stored in connection with AirTags, Location Services, Find My, and Apple Maps;
h. All records pertaining to the types of service used;
i. All files, keys, or other information necessary to decrypt any data produced
in an encrypted form, when available to Apple (including, but not limited to, the keybag.txt and fileinfolist.txt files);
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CHAPIN WARRANT (at end of bullet point 6):
...and logs associated with web- based access ofApple services (including all associated identifiers);
• All records and information regarding locations where the account was accessed, including all data stored in connection with Location Services;
•All records pertaining to the types of service used;
•All records pertaining to communications between Apple and any person regarding
the account, including contacts with support services and records of actions taken;
This could be as benign as Kohberger having an Apple account for iTunes for Windows for music/podcasts (it's still a thing according to this Apple article written in October 2022, supported for Windows 10):
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210384
Or maybe he had an iPod Touch (that he got rid of?), the most inexpensive iOS device - and without a phone (just to learn iOS for his "cloud-based forensics" interests.) I have one, and it can track my bike rides on a map. Small enough for jogging with earbuds/airpods.
Unfounded speculation, of course.
I'm not sure what to make of the significance of this warrant; I'm kind of on the fence. I just finished a post about it, which will be published tomorrow morning.