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COLUMBUS — Calls from Jenny Nelson's cell phone and a stolen Oldsmobile Alero led authorities to the home of her alleged killer, according to an FBI search warrant affidavit.

The Alero was stolen from Nelson's Harrison Twp. home shortly after she was fatally shot inside the home at 80 Redder Ave. Friday evening. The car was found on Broad Street in Columbus on Sunday.

Authorities discovered her body after her 4-year-old son turned up alone at a Interstate 70 rest stop in Madison County. The boy said a man had shot his mother.

FBI agents tracked Nelson's cell phone number and determined her cell phone was used twice in Columbus after her death, according to a search warrant affidavit filed Monday in Franklin County Municipal Court. One of those calls, made late Sunday morning, was made to the cell phone of Charlie W. Myers, 22, of Columbus.

FBI agents and Franklin County sheriff's detectives went to Myers' apartment at 70 McMillen Ave., Columbus, to determine who called him with the dead woman's cell phone.

Once inside Myers' home on 70 McMillen Ave., investigator's found a cell phone, a blue Dell laptop computer, and a Playstation 2 video game system "consistent with" items stolen from the Nelson's home the night of the slaying, the affidavit said.

Detectives also found four shotgun shells and printed directions to the Nelson's home on a table inside Myers' apartment, according to the affidavit. Detectives also found the keys from the Nelsons' Honda, which they reported as stolen in Columbus on Dec. 17.

Detectives and agents returned with a search warrant. Among the items they sought were the laptop, cell phone and written directions to Nelson home, as well as a vibrator, a sexual enhancement device, personal lubricant and any clothing bearing blood or other bodily fluids.

Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer declined Monday to explain why authorities sought those items.

During the search, authorities confiscated a Dell laptop, another laptop, various pieces of computer equipment, the written directions to Nelson's home, a shotgun and shells, a weekly planner with a child's photo, two cell phones, an Aldi bag containing Honda keys and dog tags for the Nelsons' dog, a vibrator, and underwear with blood on it.

Authorities took Myers into custody at 8:30 p.m. Sunday. He confessed to Nelson's slaying and the kidnapping of her 4-year-old son at about 4 a.m. Monday, Plummer said.

Myers is being held in Franklin County jail on a charge of aggravated murder. He is awaiting extradition to Montgomery County.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2494 or lsullivan@DaytonDailyNews.com.