The police had NO WARRANT !!
Here’s what the father said........
The Public Administrator (PA) gambit. On the day Erik was killed, the PA’s office called my other son, Kevin, within two hours, frantically trying to get “someone from the family” to give the PA permission to enter Erik’s condominium unit. Ostensibly, they were to (lawfully) secure valuables and any “weapons” prior to a family member arriving on-scene. Kevin spoke to the PA official once, explaining that he was in Dallas, Texas, and would be in Las Vegas the next morning, but would be airborne the next few hours, returning to Southern California.
While Kevin was in the air, unable to use his cell phone, the same PA official called again and again, leaving multiple voice-mails about the importance of obtaining family permission to break into Erik’s residence. A final message was to the effect that he really didn’t need permission to break the lock and go in, so he was doing so. No worries, though. He would be accompanied by a Metro police officer. That’s not unheard of, but it’s not typical for Metro to go with a PA, when entering the residence of a homicide victim, before a family member can be onsite. However, it’s also a convenient, quasi-legal way for police to paw through a victim’s belongings, without the inconvenience of obtaining a legal search warrant.
We’re not accusing the PA or Metro of taking anything, but these are the facts: Two items that we believe were in Erik’s condo are missing, but did not appear on the list of items the PA removed. One of those items is very important, and there’s currently no explanation for it “going missing” If it shows up as “evidence,” then we’ll know how Metro and the DA plan to virtually guarantee a “justified” verdict this week. That little gambit will never fly, though, if and when an unobstructed federal investigation into Erik’s death is conducted.
According to the father, they apparently didn't need one. BTW, did either of the two mystery objects show up at the inquest?