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Yep. That's what Watkins said - that they were in DW's house, Youngflesh found the CDs, and they decided to look at them because of the way they were labelled. Alldredge says this happened sometime prior to 1 am, 2/5 (the time the warrant was issued, per his affidavit), Watkins testified that he wasn't in the house until "after midnight", meaning the 5th.

My best guess is that Watkins lied on the stand about the timeline - that he, Youngflesh and Alldredge were in the house on the evening of the 4th, copying DW's hard drives, and looking at the CDs. Note that he (Watkins) had to be corrected by the Prosecution as to the actual day he was in the house, doing the imaging. He starts off by saying it was the 4th, and then corrects it to the 5th. Why? Wasn't it legal for them to be copying the contents of some guy's computer without a proper warrant?

Wasn't it legal for them to be copying the contents of some guy's computer without a proper warrant?

Gee, NG, they had to copy some GOOD STUFF they had with them onto DW's disks, to make sure they had something for evidence. "Gee, we got this one where the star looks JUST LIKE Danielle. Kinda a rape scene. Make sure we get that copied onto his files. Tomorrow we come back and load all this stuff off as if it were there all the time."

Youngflesh found the CDs

Who is this guy AND why was he in the house?

I thought that he was FBI, why would the FBI be called into this case after just one day?

While you're asking yourself some questions about the timeline with Watkins et al, ask this one: is it possible they were the ones at the house surfing the porn sites, and not Neal at all? Sort of padding their case, perhaps?