Prosecutor asks for Facebook data in Raylee Browning case

FAYETTEVILLE — Raleigh County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Brian Parsons on Friday asked Fayette County Circuit Court Judge Paul Blake to order Facebook to hand over account data from two Oak Hill sisters who are among those charged with causing the death of 8-year-old Raylee Browning in December 2018.Parsons, who was appointed special prosecutor in the case on Jan. 8, made the request at a pre-trial motions hearing for Marty Browning Jr., Julie Titchenell Browning and Sherie Titchenell. All defendants are on trial for Raylee’s death. They were each charged by Oak Hill Police Department in December 2019 with one count each of death of a child by parent and child neglect causing death.Marty was the victim’s father. He was in an intimate relationship with Julie when Raylee died. Sherie lived with the couple and cared for Raylee and Julie’s three children, who also lived in the house, according to court documents. Although police have obtained Marty’s Facebook data, Parsons said, the California-based company will not give Fayette investigators the sisters’ Facebook activity without an order from Blake. He said that the company has, so far, ignored a Fayette magistrate’s order dated June 21, 2019.“I filed this motion after having had…
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