Documents: Suspect viewed porn after killings

TAMPA, Fla. — Newly released public records in the case of a man accused of terrorizing a Tampa neighborhood by randomly slaying four people show he visited porn sites on his cellphone after three of the shootings.

Suspect Howell Donaldson’s iPhone data showed a “significant amount of Internet activity” close to the deaths in fall 2017, the Tampa Bay Times reported .

That detail emerged from more than 1,500 pages of investigative reports and audio recordings released late Friday by prosecutors in response to the paper’s public records request. The records also described behavioral changes that troubled Donaldson’s on-again, off-again girlfriend.

Police previously have acknowledged they used Donaldson’s cellphone to establish his location at the time of the killings, which began Oct. 9 and ended Nov. 14. Donaldson has been charged with four counts of firstdegree murder, and prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty.

In a discussion of the adult site, police noted 269 “Internet activities” between Oct. 5 and Nov. 4. The website name is redacted. Donaldson’s defense attorneys had objected to publicly releasing some investigative materials, including the website name.

In a warrant, a Tampa police sergeant described the site as a place where customers could view others in sexually themed situations and interact with models privately.