Deandre Booker is charged with murder, other offenses in the Jan. 2 disappearance and presumed death of his ex-girlfriend, Ashley Elkins, a Warren mother.

Testimony indicated police found Google searches on Booker's phone that included queries about silencers and "what happens to trash after its picked up."

Deandre Booker watched and listened to the second day of his preliminary exam on murder and other charges in the disappearance and presumed death of his ex-girlfriend from a courthouse holding cell via an iPad.

Roseville District Court Judge Joseph Boedeker allowed the exam to continue Friday Aug. 8 without Booker in the courtroom. He indicated the exam was delayed because Booker was being a "very disruptive defendant" and "some threats were made earlier," though Boedeker did not e

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