Search for a fugitive

Following the 2020 attack on the building, DNA samples were collected from broken glass, window blinds, the sidewalk outside the building, as well as on blood found on a bottle of lighter fluid and other items.^[1] It seems that at this point, the samples did not match anyone in DNA databases.

In 2023, the person was convicted in an unrelated case in a state other than Georgia. As part of the conviction, they were required to provide a DNA sample to the police, which matched the samples collected in 2020.

In 2022, a surveillance operator conducted, alone, covert physical surveillance of a residence.^[1] Three days prior, investigators had obtained the address of the residence through the collaboration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,^[2] and had also obtained the list of purchases made through the program in the past three months. The operator saw someone drive out of the residence who matched the person's description, but failed to follow them because they were “traveling too fast.” The operator then went to a nearby gas station convenience store that appeared frequently on the list of purchases. There, they found the person again. The operator asked a nearby city police officer to assist with arresting the person, but the officer declined, partly because they were in a “non-enforcement capacity.” The operator then requested assistance from state police, but before state police could intervene, the person had left the gas station. As the person drove away, the operator attempted to grab their wrist. Fifteen minutes later, the operator drove past the residence and saw the person leaving in the passenger seat of a vehicle but failed to follow due to heavy traffic.

In 2022, investigators used the collaboration of mobile network operators to obtain information about the person's phone over a seven-month period, including:^[1]

• Which other phones it had called and when.
• Which cell towers it had connected to and when. However, they did not obtain a more precise geolocation of the phone.

In 2022, investigators used the collaboration of service providers to obtain information about the person from:^[1]

• Facebook, which provided the phone number that had been used to create an account on the social network Instagram. This account shared news about the struggle against the construction of a police training center. The phone number belonged to the person.
• The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,^[2] which provided a mailing address, a list of purchases made through the program in the past three months, an email address and a phone number.
• The company employing the person, which provided an email address and a phone number.
• The person's previous employer, who was interviewed but did not provide useful information.