AFFIDAVIT OF PROBABLE CASE ARREST OF KESHAUN SHEFFIELD On Thursday, April 14, 2022, the Montgomery County Detective Bureau received a request from a Private Investigator to investigate the circumstances surrounding a missing person, Rashid Young, out of Pottstown Borough, Montgomery County, from August 2019. In August 2019, Rashid Daquan Young, age 22 at the time, was residing at 213 E. High Street, Apartment 301, Pottstown. Rashid Young was intimately involved with a male named Keshaun SHEFFIELD, age 17 at that time. Interviews conducted with friends and family members revealed that Young and SHEFFIELD had known each other for over two years and had a relationship that was volatile and at times, violent. On Monday, August 19, 2019, Pottstown Police Officer Timothy Coffland responded to 213 E. High Street, Apartment 301 (Young’s apartment) for a flooded apartment. A resident of the building reported water coming from the apartment. No one was present when Officer Coffland responded and after he forced entry, he observed that the bathroom sink appeared to have been intentionally clogged and the faucet left on. The apartment was found in disarray and was heavily damaged with holes in walls, broken doors and trash strewn throughout. Officer Coffland learned that Keshaun SHEFFIELD also resided at the apartment and reached him by phone at the cell phone number 267-398-3935. Keshaun informed Officer Coffland that he had a domestic dispute with Rashid on Monday, August 19, 2019 because SHEFFIELD told Rashid he was leaving him. According to SHEFFIELD, Rashid did not take the news well and Keshaun left the apartment. On Wednesday, August 25, 2019, the property owner of Young’s apartment reported to the Pottstown Police Department the damage sustained to Young's apartment was in excess of twenty-thousand dollars. The property owner stated she attempted to contact Young on his cellular phone number of 267-338-7685. The property owner did not speak to Young but received a text from that number stating, “I am responsible and will pay for the damages”. ‘The Pottstown Police Department filed charges against Young for felony criminal mischief and an arrest warrant was issued. Young was the recipient of a trust fund in excess of two-million dollars managed by the Arden Trust Company, herein referred to as ‘The Trust.’ The ‘Trust would deposit $800.00 into Young's Wells Fargo checking account (XXXXXX9364) bi-weekly. Young was also the sole owner of a 2018 Honda Pilot, Pennsylvania registration KSS-6783, VIN SFNYF6HS5XJB048063. 1On December 16, 2019 at 1:25 PM, Keshaun SHEFFIELD contacted the Pottstown Police Department to report Young missing. SHEFFIELD informed Pottstown Police Officer Craig Johnson that he and Young had been involved in a domestic altercation in August 2019, and that was the last time that SHEFFIELD had any contact with Young. SHEFFIELD stated to Officer Johnson that he had been trying to contact Young but had been unsuccessful It would be determined that phone and Facebook messaging records contradicted this claim. On December 16, 2019 at 8:21 PM, Tobe Cyrus reported, by phone, that his stepson, Rashid Young, has been missing since August of 2019. This report was made to Officer Andrea Sovari. On December 19, 2019 at 10:22 AM, Antonio Dill-Word, Rashid Young's brother, reported Young missing to the Pottstown Police Department. Detectives learned that SHEFFIELD had possession of Young's Honda Pilot after the self-reported altercation he had with Young in August 2019 as records indicated the Whitemarsh Township Police Department conducted a traffic stop on Young's vehicle on November 21, 2019 at 10:43 PM and SHEFFIELD was the operator and sole occupant of the vehicle at that time. ‘A review of Rashid Young’s Wells Fargo checking account (KXXXXX9364) demonstrated the following transactions surrounding the time of Young's disappearance: 7/30/19: 7/30/19: 7/30/19: 8/13/19: 8/13/19: 8/27/19: 8/27/19: 8/29/19 8/29/19: 9/4/19: 9/5/19 9/10/19: ‘Trust deposit - $800.00 ‘Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $239.02 ‘Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $300.00 Trust deposit - $800.00 ‘Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $731.91 ‘Trust deposit - $800.00 Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $660.00 Mobile deposit - $385.25 Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $315.26 Credit to Account - $54.35 ‘Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $54.35 Trust deposit - $800.009/10/19: Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $800.00 9/24/19: Trust deposit - $800.00 9/24/19: ‘Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $800.00 9/24/19: ‘Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $730.00 10/8/19: Trust deposit - $800.00 10/8/19: Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $730.00 10/22/19: Trust deposit - $800.00 10/22/19: Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $765.00 11/5/19: Trust deposit - $800.00 11/12/19: Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $690.34 11/19/19: Trust deposit - $800.00 11/19/19: Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $800.00 12/3/19: Trust deposit - $800.00 12/3/19: Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD ~ $730.01 12/17/19: Trust deposit - $800.00 12/17/19: Transfer to Keshaun SHEFFIELD - $730.00 ‘The Trust froze Young’s assets after the deposit on December 17, 2019, as the Trust had no contact with Rashid Young since August 2019. A review of Young's Wells Fargo Bank Statements from January 1, 2019 until his disappearance demonstrated transfers to Keshaun SHEFFIELD. These transfer amounts were significantly less than the pattern outlined above. Of significance, the transactional history for Rashid Young from January 2019 to the beginning of August 2019 reflected a pattern that one would expect from a person’s normal life. That pattern significantly changed mid-August 2019 where the statements only reflected deposits, electronic transfers to Keshaun SHEFFIELD and debits from items returned unpaid. Detectives suspected Keshaun SHEFFIELD had access to Rashid Young’s Wells Fargo account and transferred monies into his own account following Young’s disappearance. On May 14, 2021 Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, Judge Lois E Murphy, appointed Rashid Young's brother, Antonio Dill-Word as the Power of Attorney for Rashid Young due to Young’s disappearance since August of 2019. oeOn Friday, April 15, 2022, Montgomery County Detective John Wittenberger interviewed Kimberly Cyrus, Rashid Young’s mother. Ms. Cyrus stated the last time she spoke with her son on the phone was on August 19, 2019. Ms. Cyrus stated that Rashid told her that he had an argument with Keshaun SHEFFIELD. Ms. Cyrus stated that she had knowledge her son’s relationship with SHEFFIELD was volatile, Following August 19, 2019, Ms. Cyrus and other family members received text messages or social media messages from Rashid Young that he was ceasing contact with his family and friends. According to Ms. Cyrus, the sentence structure of the messages were uncharacteristic of Young and Ms. Cyrus and other family members were suspect that Young was not the person sending the messages. Detectives suspected SHEFFIELD maintained possession of Young’s phone following his disappearance and had access to Young’s social media accounts On Monday, April 19, 2022, Antonio Dill-Word, reported Rashid Young’s Honda Pilot stolen to the Pottstown Police Department. As a result, the vehicle was entered into NCIC as stolen. On Tuesday, April 20, 2022, Montgomery County Detectives Wittenberger and Caso located Young’s Honda Pilot on the 3900 block of Cambridge Street, Philadelphia. This was an area where private investigators had previously seen Keshaun SHEFFIELD with Young's vehicle. Young’s Honda Pilot was seized and securely stored. Detectives learned that Rashid Young had a history of mental health diagnoses as well as prior suicidal ideations/attempts. A check with surrounding Coroner's offices by private investigators were negative for locating Young’s remains. Credit checks were also performed by private investigators indicating no new accounts under Young’s social security number. Young had been entered as a missing person in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NaMUS). Considering the circumstances surrounding Rashid Young's disappearance, investigators suspected foul play On Wednesday, April 20, 2022, Montgomery County Detectives Wittenberger and Anthony Caso interviewed Ijah Ortiz. Ms. Ortiz considered herself Rashid Young’s best friend. Ms. Ortiz stated Rashid Young and SHEFFIELD were in a volatile relationship and stated that SHEFFIELD misrepresented his age to Young when they began their relationship, claiming to be 18-years-old but he was actually a minor, Following Young’s disappearance, Ms, Ortiz attempted to contact Young and received only messages back that she did not believe were from Young. Ms. Ortiz stated she was involved in a three-way call with SHEFFIELD in late August 2019 where SHEFFIELD told her and a friend that Young had stabbed SHEFFIELD and “walked away from the car”, During this call, SHEFFIELD told Ms. Ortiz and a friend that he had not seen nor spoken to Young since Young “walked away from the car.”Detectives learned that Rashid Young’s Facebook account was https:/ /www.facebook.com/rashid.young.98. Rashid’s mother had received Facebook messages from her son's Facebook account on the following dates after he was purportedly missing: August 28, 2019 at 9:17 PM October 31, 2019 at 4:26 PM ‘The content of these messages was stating to “leave me alone” and “I don’t want nothing to do with you or anybody”. On May 6, 2022, investigators received data from Facebook from Rashid Young’s Facebook account that contained the above messages as well as location data, specifically GPS coordinates and Internet Protocol addresses. A review of those messages and GPS data suggest that the device used to access Rashid Young’s Facebook account, during the time where he was missing, was in the area of the 6700 block of Musgrave Street, Philadelphia. Keshaun Sheffield’s mother resided on this block. This information supports investigators’ suspicions that Keshaun Sheffield was the person accessing and responding to Facebook messages meant for Rashid Young, Additional review of the Facebook data from Rashid Young’s account reveals messaging between Rashid Young and Keshaun Sheffield between September 10, 2019 and September 12, 2019. A review of GPS data during this timeframe also placed Rashid Young’s device in the 6700 block of Musgrave Street, Philadelphia. Again, investigators suspect Keshaun Sheffield was using Rashid Young’s device to access Young's Facebook. The data also provided the username of Keshaun Sheffield’s Facebook user identification, https:/ / www.facebook.com/ profile. php?id=100010052956883, username Shaun Shaun, Further review of Rashid Young’s Facebook messages demonstrated the following message conversion between Young’s account and Young’s brother, Antonio Dill-Word: Author Rashid Young Sent 2019-09-05 18:01:25 UTC Body and dont check on me I'm good and dont need yall fake love Author Jazeer Dill Sent 2019-09-05 18:08:19 UTCBody Fake love? Fuck is you talking about? Author Rashid Young Sent 2019-09-06 02:36:07 UTC Body just leave me alone I dont need none of yall Author Jazcer Dill Sent 2019-09-06 02:45:02 UTC Body What made it come to that? Author Jazeer Dill Sent 2019-09-06 02:46:56 UTC Body And of course you don't lol. Niggas want you aroind Author Rashid Young Sent 2019-09-07 13:45:55 UTC Body yall all fake, I lost shaun because of yall and mom Author Jazeer Dill Sent 2019-09-07 16:15:56 UTC Body You and Shaun broke up? And how so? What makes it our fault? Author Rashid Young Sent 2019-09-07 16:34:20 UTC Body mom kept disrespecting him and then said he was cheating on me which he wasnt and I snapped on him and fought him and almost killed him, and every time I tried to talk to mom she would cry and you and every body else would get on me about it and make me 6feel bad A review of the Facebook GPS coordinates in and around the time these | messages were sent placed the device that accessed Young’s Facebook account in the area of the 6700 block of Musgrave Street, Sheifield’s mothers residence. | On Monday, May 7, 2022, Detective Wittenberger spoke with Keisha Sheffield, Keshaun SHEFFIELD’s mother. Ms. Sheffield informed detectives that Rashid Young has never lived at her residence in the 6700 block of Musgrave Street. In August 2019, Rashid Young was employed by Papa John’s Pizza, Shoemaker Road, Pottstown. On Wednesday, May 18, 2022, Detective | Wittenberger interviewed James Thomas, manager of Papa John’s. Mr. ‘Thomas also managed Rashid Young in 2019. Mr. Thomas stated that Rashid Young last worked the evening shift on Sunday, August 18, 2019. A review of Young’s Facebook GPS coordinates placed Young at the restaurant during this time. Mr. Thomas stated Young failed to show for work on Monday, August 19, 2019 for evening shift. Mr. Thomas attempted to contact Young by call and text when he failed to show for work without making contact. Mr. Thomas recalled that sometime after this, he had a text conversation with Young's phone and the content of the messages was someone identifying himself as being Young's boyfriend communicating that Young was in the hospital and would not be returning to work. On May 6, 2022, Detective Wittenberger obtained appeared before the Honorable Judge Virgil B. Walker in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. Detective Wittenberger presented Judge Walker with an Application for Search Warrant, Exhibit A and Affidavit of Probable Cause seeking the Court’s authorization to obtain Google account information/records pertaining to email addresses and cellular telephone numbers associated with Young and SHEFFIELD. Judge Walker found there was sufficient Probable Cause and signed the Search Warrant, which is indexed as DA-851-2022. At 1:29 PM, this Search Warrant was served on Google via their law enforcement portal On Wednesday, May 25, 2022, Detective Wittenberger received the requested information detailed within Exhibit A of the Search Warrant from Google, LLC. On Thursday, May 26, 2022, Montgomery County Detective Mark Minzola conducted an analysis of Google, LLC records, specifically subscriber location history, belonging to Young's cellular telephone number (267) 338- 7685. Detective Minzola has received specialized training and on numerous occasions has been recognized as an Expert in the field of Cellular Telephone Record Analysis in Court. In an attempt to ascertain the location(s) of Young's 7cellular telephone during the time period encompassing Young’s disappearance, Detective Minzola concentrated on the records related to August 18, 19, 20 & 21%, 2019. After his analysis, Detective Minzola found Young's cellular telephone’s movements on August 20, 2019, were of particular interest. During the early morning hours of August 20, 2019, Young’s cell phone left the area of his home (213 B. High Street) and traveled to the area of SHEFFIELD’s mother's residence in the 6700 block of Musgrave Street. Young’s cell phone was in the area of SHEFFIELD’s mother's residence from 3:15 AM to 4:02 AM. Then from 4:08 AM to 5:49 AM, a period of one (1) hour and forty-six (46) minutes, Young's cellular telephone was located in the 7300 block of Rural Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. From 5:49 AM to 7:09:01 AM, there was no data collected from Young’s cell phone. However, from 7:09:02 AM to 7:12:23 AM, Young's cell phone traveled back to the area of SHEFFIELD’s mother's residence in the 6700 block of Musgrave Street. On Friday, May 27, 2022 Detective Wittenberger contacted the Philadelphia Homicide Unit in order to collaborate with the Philadelphia Police Department to inquire about the location on Rural Lane. Detective Wittenberger made contact with Philadelphia Police Detective Robert Hesser. Detective Hesser researched the information and provided the following details to a case he was investigating: On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 8:52 AM, Officers from the 14 District responded to a radio call of buried remains on the grounds of the Awbury Arboretum at 1 Awbury Drive, Philadelphia. Detectives from the Northwest Detective Division, Crime Scene Unit and personnel from the Office of the Medical Examiner responded and unearthed human remains from a shallow hole dug in the ground. The remains were transported to the Office of the Medical Examiner. Philadelphia Police Detectives learned that an Arboretum landscaper discovered a hole dug in one of the trails on Monday, August 26, 2019. The landscaper planned on filling the hole the next day and found on Tuesday, August 27, 2019, the hole had been filled in. Located approximately 8-10 feet from where the hole had been filled, the landscaper located a full-size trash/recyclable container. The landscaper described this container as having a foul odor and contained within it a “slime” and maggots. Furthermore, the landscaper informed detectives the hole was not on the property on Friday, August 23, 2019. Philadelphia Detectives examined the blue, full sized trash/recyclable container from the scene. The container was marked, “Property of Pottstown Borough” and contained a fading identifying number on the front of the container.On October 1, 2019, Philadelphia Associate Medical Examiner Khalil Wardak, a Forensic Pathologist, conducted an autopsy on the skeletal and decomposed remains. Dr. Wardak identified multiple stab wounds to include the left upper back, right mid back, left lateral chest wall and posterior neck. Dr. Wardak opined the cause of death was multiple stab wounds and the manner of death was homicide. On Tuesday, October 8, 2019, Philadelphia Detectives contacted the Pottstown Police Department to research the identifying number from the trash/recyclable container and learned the container was assigned to an apartment building in the 200 block of E. High Street, Pottstown Borough. On Saturday, May 28, 2022, Montgomery County Detective Lieutenant Todd Richard and Detective Wittenberger interviewed Commonwealth Witness #1, herein known as CW1. CWI stated had been involved in an intimate relationship with Keshaun SHEFFIELD during a time that SHEFFIELD was residing with Young in Pottstown. CW1 stated sometime in August 2019, CW1 received a call from SHEFFIELD telling CW1 to come outside his house in Philadelphia and meet with SHEFFIELD. SHEFFIELD was operating Young's black Honda Pilot and told CW1 that he stabbed and killed Young, because he “had to.” CW1 stated SHEFFIELD told him that SHEFFIELD and Young were fighting, both had knives and SHEFFIELD made the first move. SHEFFIELD told CWI this happened in the living room of Young’s Pottstown apartment. CWI stated he did not believe SHEFFIELD at first but later “saw the evidence.” CW1 stated at a later date, he was with SHEFFIELD at SHEFFIELD’s mother’s residence in the 6700 block of Musgrave Street. SHEFFIELD took CW1 outside to the rear of the house where CW1 smelled a foul-odor. ‘The residence of SHEFFIELD’S mother is located at 6775 Musgrave Street, Philadelphia which is less than one mile from 1 Awbury Drive where Rashid Young's remains were located, On another date in August 2019, CW1 stated he helped SHEFFIELD “bury the body.” CW1 described how SHEFFIELD picked him up in the Honda Pilot. In the rear of the Pilot was the trash/recyclable container that emitted a foul odor. SHEFFIELD drove to different Walmart locations and purchased shovels. CW1 stated that he and SHEFFIELD spent hours digging a hole at “Awbury” during nighttime hours. CWI stated that they departed the area before burying the body because either it started raining or SHEFFIELD heard something. SHEFFIELD told CW1 that SHEFFIELD and someone else help SHEFFIELD bury Young’s body in the hole dug by SHEFFIELD and CW1. CW1 stated SHEFFIELD did not tell him who that person was On Saturday, May 28, 2022, Detective Wittenberger provided Philadelphia Homicide Detective Robert Hesser dental records belonging to 9Rashid Young and familial buccal swabs to be used for comparison purposes on the remains recovered from the Awbury Arboretum on September 30, 2019. On Sunday, May 29, 2022, Dr. John Nase, a Forensic Odonatologist, positively identified the remains as being the body of Rashid Young. “i Mads vi. Detective John Wittenberger Detective Sgt. Ed Kropp Jr. Montgomery County Detectives Pottstown Police Department ISSUING AUTHORITY DATE 10