Patrick Evans v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided February 12, 2015·No. 02-15-00019-CV·Published

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1. THERE IS INFORT WORTH, TARIUNT COUNTY, TEXAS, A SUSPECTED ^fflCLE DESCRIBED AND LOCATED AS FOLLOWS:

A black 2001 Dodge Intrepid, Texas licens

2. THERE IS IN SAID SUSPECTED VEHICLE PROPERTY CONCEALED AND KEPT IN VIOLATION OF THE LAWS OF TEXAS AND DESCRIBE!) AS FOLLOWS;

Blood, hair,fibers, or any other bodily fluids that maylink Melvyn Williams (deceased) to thisvehicle Firearms, ammunition or any other firearm related material Any narcotics, narcotics paraphernalia or other narcotics related material Currency Cellphone(s) Any items or property that might be construed as evidence in this case

SAID SUSPECTED VEHICLE IS IN CHARGE OF AND CONTROLLED >BY:

Patrick Evans, a black male, date of birth 04/29/79

4. IT IS THE BELIEF OF AFFIANT, AND THE HEREBY CHARGES AND ACCUSES THAT:

Patrick Evans committed the offense ofCapitalMurder by shootingMelvyn Williams multiple times during the commission ofa robbery in theHouston,Texas vicinity. Evans then transported the body of Melvyn Williams to Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas and concealed his bodyin a storageshed behind a residence in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.

5. AFFIANT HAS PROBABLE CAUSE FOR SAID BELIEF BY REASON OF THE FOLLOWING FACTS:

That on 8-5-05, your affiant was a Fort Worth Police Detective assigned to the Homicide Unit. Your affiant received a telephone callfrom Cityof FortWorth Marshall DevonDavis. Marshall Davis toldyour affiant that he hacTbeen contacted byapersonal acquaintance who related tofilm thata deceasecThuman b^yhacfbeenstored ina storage building behind her residence by a person known to her only as **Pat".

That your affiant asked Marshall Davis ifhewould beinaposition to transportanypersons with knowledge ofthis to the Homicide Office to speak with your affiant. Marshall Davis transported Wanda Faye Williams and Shirley Toliver to theHomicide Office. Your affiant briefly spoke with Wanda Williams who related that her nephew, Joseph Toliver, toldherthat thesubjectknownto her as*Tat"had brought a bodyto FortWorthfromHouston and Jhd put the body in the shed behind the residence that she owns at5416 Purington. COUNTY OF TARRANT )( Page2 of4 STATEQF TEXAS )(

That Wanda* Williamssigned a consent tosearch forh^ granting youraffiantand anyotherpolicepersonnel tosearch her property in an attempt to determine if a human bodywaspresent or not.

That your affiant established contact with personnel from the Fort Worth Police SWAT Unit and requested assistance. Asaresult, Officers J. A; Ferguson, ID #1882 and D. J. Nelson,:lb#2208 responded tothe 540Gblock of Purington and /took up a position of surveillance. Your affiant and CSSTJ Officer W;•"&, Walles >left police headquarters arid proceeded towards the 5400 block of Purington. Williams had provided your affiant with information that "Pat" drove a dark Dodge Intrepid with Texas license plate I I. This information was provided to SWAT Officers. ^^^•; That while en route to the 5400 block ofPurington, your affiant was contacted by SWAT CorporalD. J. Bruce,ID #1818 and advised that the Dodge in question had pulled up to the residence. Your affiant obtained registration information that the vehicleregistered to a Patrick Evans from Spring, Texas. A photographofPatrick Evans, a black male, date ofbirth 4-24-79, was placed in a photo spread consisting ofthat photo and photos of five other black males of similarphysical characteristics. Wanda Williams positively identifiedthe photograph of Patrick Evans as the personto whom she was referringto as "Pat". According to Williams, she wentto the storage shed behind the home she owns and observed what she believed to be a human body wrapped tip in material..

That SWAT OfficersFerguson andNelsonobtaineda photographofEvans and were ableto positivelyidentifyhim asexitingtheDodgeintrepid at5416 Purington. Evans hadaboxthatcontained a Ryobi chainsaw that appeared to have been recently purchased. Evans stayed at the residence for a shortwhile* while mothersubject leftin the Jodge.

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