rag; CHEBOYGAN COUNTY: STATE OF MICHIGAN: DISTRICT COURT: APPLICATION FOR AFFIDAVIT SEARCH WARRANT 1' id THOMAS BAUDHUIN, being first duly sworn on_oath, states that on day of 20 in said County, in and upon certain premises located at 8856 Raspberry Lane, in the Development known as Cordwood Point, Cheboygan, Michigan, County of Cheboygan, occupied by Richard Gale Pierce, and more particularly described as follows: The home, garage, outbuildings and land at 8856 Raspberry Lane, in the Development known as Cordwood Point, Cheboygan, Michigan, County of Cheboygan. I there are now located and concealed certain things, to-wit: The remains or partial remains of Carol ]ean Pierce, by means of property search through use of trained cadaver dog(s). Said search to involve only a Walk-through of property and buildings, with no destruction of or damage to any real or personal property beyond light digging and/ or boring in soil to assist in the use of said dogs and/ or ground penetrating radar. which things: may constitute evidence of a crimes, to--wit: 15* Degree Murder or 2nd Degree Murder, committed in violation of Sections 940.01 or 940.02, of the Wisconsin Statutes (1975), Mutilation of Dead Bodies, or Burial in Unauthorized Place, contrary to Michigan Law. The facts tending to establish the grounds for issuing a Search Warrant are as 3 follows: The Affiant, Lieutenant Thomas Baudhuin, is a sworn Law Enforcement Officer in the State of Wisconsin, now appears before the undersigned ]udge/ Magistrate who is 'authorized to issue search warrants in criminal cases, and makes this affidavit in support of the issuance of a search warrant and on oath deposes and says: Affiant is a police officer with the Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin Police Department currently investigating a missing person and suspected homicide incident. Affiant has over 35 years Law Enforcement experience (8 with the U.S. Coast Guard and 27 with the Sturgeon Bay Police Department). As a police officer Affiant has 19 years patrol experience (16 as a Patrol Sergeant), and 2 years as a Sgt. Investigator and 6 years as a Lt. Investigator. Affiant has received' training in criminal investigations specific to missing persons/ death investigations having attended the Death Investigation School sponsored by the Wisconsin department of Criminal Investigations. "Affiant has attended training in investigating missing adults sponsored bythe National Center for Missing Adults, training in Major Case Management sponsored by the University of North Florida Public Safety Institute, training in Homicide Investigations sponsored by the Public Agency Training Council and Cold Case Investigations sponsored by the Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators. Affiant is a member of the Wisconsin Association of Homicide Investigators. (WAHI). Affiant has supervised homicide investigations and numerous death investigations of multiple natures and types. In Affiant's past assignments/ investigations involving missing persons he has become knowledgeable in the methods and tactics used by Law Enforcement to locate missing persons. Affiant has invested in excess of 3000 hours investigating this incident and has found no indication whatsoever that this missing person may still_be alive. Affiant believes that Carol Iean Pierce, the missing person in this report, was a homicide victim in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin and that her remains were transported by Richard Gale Pierce to Cheboygan, Michigan for clandestine burial at his Cordwood Point property. Affiant believes that the investigation of this incident reveals that in the Summer of 1975 Carol Jean Pierce was happy, content and looking forward-to her husband's retirement from the U.S. Coast Guard and their planned move to Cheboygan, Michigan, and that she had no intentions whatsoever of leaving Richard Pierce. This is evidenced by the fact that: a) Carol Jean Pierce was in the process, during the summer of 1975, of secretly purchasing a U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer's retirement ring for 4 Richard Gale Pierce to present to him as a gift at his retirement party. b) Carol Jean Pierce wrote in letters to her mother during the summer of 1975 about their planned move back to Cheboygan following Richard's retirement from "the Coast Guard. c) In a July, 1975 letter to her mother, Carol Jean Pierce tells her mother that they plan to put their Cordwood Point property up for sale next spring (spring of 1976). d) Letters written by Carol Jean Pierce to family and friends during the summer of 1975 are signed "LoVe, Carol and Gale". e) In a letter dated August 1975 (27 days before her disappearance) Carol Jean Pierce writes to her mother and states that she had adopted a stray kitten and that she planned to take that kitten with her when they move to Cheboygan. Carol Jean Pierce also makes reference to doing the bridge Walk that they never had a chance to do, stating that they may try to do it next year. This appears to be a direct reference to the annual Labor Day pedestrian walk of the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, approximately 25 miles west of their Cordwood. Point property. Affiant states that he relies upon City of Sturgeon Bay Incident Reports prepared by Chief H. Larson (deceased), Chief Michael Nordin (deceased) and Lt. Thomas Baudhuin. Affiant further relies upon the statements of Pauline E. Fillion (deceased), Betty Jean Cefalu, Jerry Mercer, Ruth Mary Royer, Rose Marlene Pierce (deceased) and John C. Conn. Affiant also relies upon the records located at Transunion, Equifax, and Experian, all consumer reporting agencies regarding credit checks pertaining to Carol Jean Pierce. On or about September 15, 1975, Richard (3. Pierce of the United States Coast Guard Vessel Mesquite reported to the Sturgeon Bay Police Department that his wife, Carol Jean Pierce had "tal