CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A newly unsealed court affidavit is laying out a chilling, high-tech forensic trail in the case of a missing Charlotte woman. It details why prosecutors are holding Derrick Randall, Junior without bond for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, Brandi Merrick.
According to court records, the breakthrough came after a search warrant for Randall’s Abercromby Street home in Charlotte revealed splattered blood in his garage. DNA testing confirmed it was 37-year-old Merrick’s.
Detectives then used Ring cameras, Flock cameras, and cell phone logs to track 36-year-old Randall’s truck to a wooded area on Hudson Chapel Road in Catawba County. Records show Randall’s phone pinged there for 21 minutes on June 10. Then it disconnects from service…