Search warrants show investigators seeking video, messages tied to fatal Cass County pursuit

Search warrants show investigators seeking video, messages tied to fatal Cass County pursuit

Trooper says a video from the pursuit may have been shared on social media; Vasquez also pleaded guilty last week in four Grand Forks cases

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Search warrant documents show investigators are seeking video and messages from phones and a social media account tied to the night a Christine man was killed in a fatal Cass County crash.

The documents include sworn statements from a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper. The trooper wrote that the BMW driven by Cornelio Christian Vasquez IV, 19, was going 109 mph in a posted 55 mph zone and was coming from a car meet that law enforcement had broken up when the trooper tried to stop it. Vasquez is charged in the crash that killed 49-year-old Ian Frye of Christine early Aug. 23, as VNL reported.

Vasquez also pleaded guilty last week in four separate Grand Forks County cases, including a felony, according to court records.

What the trooper says happened

According to the declarations, the trooper turned on lights and sirens just after midnight to stop the BMW, which had no taillights and was turning its headlights on and off...