Search – Joey Kemp

YOKNAPATAWPHA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

Investigating Officer(s): Detective S. Murphy. Detective E. Parker
Incident No.: 001653-31C-2024
Case Description: Wendell Martinson homicide investigation

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DATE SEARCH WARRANT RECEIVED

April 5, 2024

DATE AND TIME WARRANT EXECUTED

April 6, 2024

at 8:00 a.m.

COPY OF WARRANT AND RECEIPT FOR ITEMS LEFT WITH

Joseph Kemp, owner

517 Wedgewood Drive
Oxford, MS

INVENTORY IN THE PRESENCE OF

Detective Samantha Murphy and Detective Erin Parker of the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff's Department, and Joseph Kemp, owner.

 

I received the attached search warrant April 5, 2024 and have executed it as follows:

On April 6, 2024 at 8:00 a.m., I searched the person or premises described in the warrant and left a copy of the warrant with Joseph Kemp.

 

INVENTORY OF PERSON OR PROPERTY TAKEN PURSUANT TO THE WARRANT

Residence: Garage

  • 001653-15: One (1) pair of men's ankle socks, white with reddish stain, found in bedroom chest

  • 001653-16: One (1) men's long-sleeve Van Heusen shirt, mint green with reddish-brown stain, size 15.5 neck, found in hamper in hall closet

  • 001653-17: One (1) pair men's Thorogood shoes, size 10.5, found on floor inside back door

  • 001653-18: One (1) full set of fingerprint exemplars for Joseph Kemp

  • 001653-19 through 20: Two (2) blood samples from Joseph Kemp

  • 001653-21 through 22: Two (2) hair samples from Joseph Kemp

 

CERTIFICATION

 

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 8th day of April, 2024.

//Harold R. McAfee
Yoknapatawpha County Court Judge

Warrant - Residence

Yoknapatawpha County Court

in the

State of Mississippi

In the matter of the search of:

SEARCH WARRANT

517 Wedgewood Drive
Oxford, MS 38655

Case Number: 001653-31C-2024

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

517 Wedgewood Drive, which is a two-story, three-bedroom, single-family home shown by public record as owned by Joseph Kemp;

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

Articles of clothing or other items comprised in whole or in part of black cotton; men's Thorogood Street Athletics Liberty shoe, size 10-14; clothing, footwear, or other items with possible bloodstains;

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 April 15, 2024 (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 5th day of April, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

//Harold R. McAfee
Yoknapatawpha County Court Judge

Warrant - Biological Samples

Yoknapatawpha County Court

in the

State of Mississippi

In the matter of the search of:

SEARCH WARRANT

517 Wedgewood Drive
Oxford, MS 38655

Case Number: 001653-31C-2024

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 person known as

Joseph Kemp;

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

Samples of blood, hair, and fingerprints from Joseph Kemp;

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 April 15, 2024 (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 5th day of April, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

//Harold R. McAfee
Yoknapatawpha County Court Judge


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