Investigators served a search warrant at the home of Tyler Goodrich after his family retained an attorney, setting off a back-and-forth between the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and Goodrich's family.
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Sheriff's office serves search warrant at Lancaster County home of missing man
Investigators on Monday served a search warrant at the home of Tyler Goodrich after his family retained an attorney, setting off a back-and-forth between the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office and Goodrich's family that has played out publicly while few substantive updates have emerged about the investigation into the 35-year-old's disappearance, which
was reported to law enforcement Saturday.
Deputies had searched the home multiple times before the search warrant was issued, Chief Deputy Ben Houchin said at a news conference Tuesday morning. He said the sheriff's office was prompted to obtain the search warrant after Goodrich's husband, Marshall Vogel, informed investigators that neither he or his children would be talking to investigators anymore.
Vogel told the sheriff's office that they had hired an attorney after a meeting at the Hall of Justice on Monday, according to Houchin.
Houchin also did not specify what investigators were looking for in the search of the family's home.
Vogel hired attorney Sanford Pollack after the third search of his home, according to a statement Pollack sent to the Journal Star and other media outlets Tuesday afternoon. In an interview with the Journal Star later Tuesday, Pollack said the sheriff's office had taken Vogel's phone and two children's phones, as well as his personal laptop and work laptop.
In a letter he sent Monday afternoon to the sheriff's office — which Houchin released publicly in response to Pollack's public statement — Pollack said he had instructed Vogel to "give no more statements to law enforcement." Pollack further requested that the sheriff's office not interview either of the children without his consent.
But Pollack claimed in his public statement that "I did not state that Mr. Vogel would not cooperate with the investigation."
"To say they're being overly cooperative would be a stretch on his part," Houchin said in response.
In an email to Pollack Monday evening, which Houchin also sent to media in an unusual public airing of the dispute, Investigator Jeremy Schwarz said that Vogel was not under arrest or a suspect in any crime, but that he would continue to pursue investigative leads that could include interviews with Vogel and his family.
Even so, Pollack said that law enforcement actions have led the family to believe Vogel is being treated as a person of interest.
In his letter to the sheriff's office, Pollack made reference to a female "accuser" but did not specify who that person was or their accusation. He asked investigators to preserve all communication with people they interview or who give them statements.
"Our No. 1 goal at the Sheriff’s Office is to locate Mr. Tyler Goodrich and I would hope that is everyone’s," Houchin said.
Goodrich's phone was last pinged at 7:41 p.m. Friday at his home and has not been active since, Houchin said.
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