Someone torched an SUV parked outside the home of a government witness in the federal racketeering case against singer R. Kelly in June. Here's how the feds responded...

The fire happened outside a home in Kissimmee, Florida. So federal agents got a search warrant requiring Google to identify "users who had searched the address of the Residence close in time to the arson," according to a newly unsealed search warrant affidavit

The warrant revealed a search from one IP address in Georgia in the days and hours before the arson fire.

The IP address belonged to a phone number linked to a Georgia man.

That Georgia man is a relative of singer R. Kelly's publicist, according to the search warrant...

Next, agents analyzed phone numbers that used cell towers near the home where the SUV was set on fire last summer.

The phone linked to a relative of R. Kelly's publicist used one of those towers at the time of the arson fire, according to the search warrant.

Agents then got a search warrant for the phone.

The warrant showed that the phone took quite a road trip, with one stop being near site of the arson fire

Here is the unsealed search warrant affidavit detailing other steps taken by federal agents https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7222789-Another-R-Kelly-Search-Warrant.html