I understand that the "burden" for getting a subpoena for phone records is much less than a wire tap and other searches. This leads to a couple of possible conclusions:
1) The sheriff's department could not make the case that a subpoena of phone records was relevant to the investigation.
2) They chose not to pursue a subpoena of phone records for some unknown reason. Perhaps they did not want to expend the resources. The most nefarious reason would be that they were told to back off.
3) They did obtain a subpoena for phone records but there wasn't a smoking gun.
If someone really wants to know what is going on they could try to FOIA the investigation. I have no idea if that would be successful.
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Originally Posted by Advogado
I agree with most of the above, but you are mistaken when you say that probable cause is necessary for a subpoena to issue. That is true for search warrants. If that were true for subpoenas, the investigative process would be crippled. Subpoenas just require that the subpoenaed items/testimony be relevant to the investigation.
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