Coates search

YOKNAPATAWPHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

Investigating Officer(s): Detective T. Armstrong, Detective S. Murphy
Incident No.: 000681
Case Description: Diane Coates homicide investigation

Inventory

I received the attached search warrant on February 10 and have executed it as follows:

On February 11 at 8:00 a.m., I searched the person or premises described in the warrant and left a copy of the warrant with Rupert Coates.

INVENTORY OF PERSON OR PROPERTY TAKEN PURSUANT TO THE WARRANT

Collected from Primary Bathroom

  • 003709-23: One (1) Walgreens® aspirin, 50-count, 42 remaining

  • 003709-24: One (1) Goody's® headache powder packet, unopened

  • 003709-25: One (1) prescription medication bottle, empty

    Label affixed to bottle indicates, in part:

      ○ Prescription issued to: Diane Coates
      ○ Prescribing physician: John Lipinski, MD
      ○ Medication prescribed: 180 5-mg Coumadin tablets
      ○ Refills: 1

  • 000681-26: One (1) stone mortar

  • 000681-27: One (1) stone pestle

  • 000681-28: One (1) 750 ml bottle Gruppo® Campari, opened, ~1/4 remaining

  • 000681-29: One (1) 750 ml bottle Absolut® Vodka, opened, ~1/2 remaining

  • 000681-30: One (1) 750 ml bottle Turning Leaf® Merlot, opened, ~2/3 remaining

Collected from Garage

  • 003709-31: One (1) dark blue baseball cap, bearing an upper case "A" Atlanta Braves logo

Collected from inside Sears® Craftsman® toolbox in Garage:

  • 003709-32: One (1) prescription medication bottle, empty

    Label affixed to bottle indicates, in part:

      ○ Prescription issued to: Diane Coates
      ○ Prescribing physician: John Lipinski, MD
      ○ Medication prescribed: 180 5-mg Coumadin tablets
      ○ Refills: 0

  • 003709-33: One (1) box cutter razor with white residue

Collected from 2011 Toyota Camry Vehicle

  • 000681-34: One (1) Goody's® headache powder packet, empty

I swear that this inventory is a true and detailed account of the person or property taken by me on the warrant.

//Samantha Murphy
Detective - Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department

Subscribed, sworn to, and returned before me this 12th day of February.

//Harold R. McAfee
Yoknapatawpha County Court Judge

Warrant

Yoknapatawpha County Court

in the

State of Mississippi

In the matter of the search of:

SEARCH WARRANT

210 Elm Street
Oxford, MS 38655

Case Number: 000681

To Detective Samantha Murphy and any Authorized Officer of Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi.

Affidavit(s) having been made before me by Detective Samantha Murphy

who has reason to believe that on the premises known as

210 Elm Street, Oxford, MS, which is a free-standing, one-story single-family home, shown by public record as owned by Rupert Coates and Diane Coates; a Toyota Camry vehicle (VIN XXXXXXXXXXXXX) registered to Diane Coates; a Ford Taurus vehicle (VIN XXXXXXXXXXXX) registered to Rupert Coates;

in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, there is now concealed a person or property, namely

Substances consistent with the coroner's description of the substance that contributed to the death of Diane Coates, namely Coumadin, also known as warfarin; equipment used to store, conceal, or administer the substance; a beverage or beverage component, red in color; a beverage or beverage component containing ethyl alcohol; a dark blue baseball cap bearing the retired red lower case "A" logo of the Atlanta Braves Major League Baseball team;

and as I am satisfied that there is probable cause to believe that the person or property so described is now concealed on the person or premises above described and that grounds for application for issuance of the search warrant exist as stated in the supporting affidavit(s).

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to search on or before February 20 (not to exceed 10 days) the person or property specified, serving this warrant and making the search in the daytime (6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.). If the person or property be found there seize same, leaving a copy of this warrant and receipt for the person or property taken and prepare a written inventory of the person or property seized and promptly return this warrant to US Judge or Magistrate,

At Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi

Dated this 10th day of February at 5:00 p.m.

//Harold R. McAfee
Yoknapatawpha County Court Judge