WORCESTER — Prosecutors are seeking a court order requiring an Ashburnham woman charged with murdering a former high school classmate to turn over the pass code to her laptop computer.

The MacBook computer was seized by investigators from Julia R. Enright's car pursuant to a search warrant. Another warrant was later issued authorizing a search of the computer by state police investigators, according to court records.

Ms. Enright, 22, of 171 Packard Hill Road, Ashburnham is awaiting trial in Worcester Superior Court on a murder charge in the stabbing death of 20-year-old Brandon Chicklis of Westminster on or about June 23, 2018, in Ashburnham.

An affidavit by State Trooper Matthew Prescott that was filed in support of the motion provides many details of the investigation not previously made public.

According to the affidavit, police conducted a consent search of Ms. Enright's home on July 12, 2018, and observed a room next to Ms. Enright's bedroom that contained the skeletal remains of animals. Investigators also saw "numerous vials of blood in her bedroom, all labeled with individual names," a glass pitcher with a red substance in it that appeared to be blood and a glass beaker-type container with what appeared to be an animal's heart in it, the affidavit states.

"Also located were numerous documents, notebooks and business cards with Julia's picture on it which indicated that Julia was a 'dominatrix' and participated in activities related to 'BDSM' with persons that met her and paid for these services," Trooper Prescott wrote.

Notes detailing her relationship with Mr. Chicklis were also found in Ms. Enright's bedroom, according to the affidavit. Ms. Enright allegedly wrote that her relationship with Mr. Chicklis was "Damn near therapeutic" and "nearly a kismesis."

"I can be mean and rude to him or kind and he'll initiate a warm hug and invite me back soon after," one of the notes found allegedly stated.

When questioned by police on the day of the consent search, Ms. Enright said she dated and had a sexual relationship with Mr. Chicklis in high school and that the two had recently been communicating "off and on," according to the affidavit.

Ms. Enright also wrote in a notebook seen by police about her fantasy of killing someone, Trooper Prescott said in his affidavit.

"She wrote, 'I daydream about it on occasion. I just have this insatiable curiosity to kill a person.' The note indicated that she wanted to cure the world of overpopulation. Julia was asked about the notes and she acknowledged writing them, however she attributed them to a creative writing class," the affidavit states.

Mr. Chicklis left his Westminster home on June 23, 2018, and was reported missing the next day, when he did not arrive at his father's house in New Hampshire. His car was found on June 29, 2018, at a supermarket in Rindge, N.H. His body was discovered on July 10, 2018, on the side of the road several miles from where the car was located.

Mr. Chicklis had suffered multiple stab wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to prosecutors. Prosecutors said an analysis of the victim's cellphone led investigators to Ms. Enright's home and showed the phone was at that address on June 23, 2018.

They also said during prior court hearings that Mr. Chicklis' blood was found in a Toyota Prius belonging to Ms. Enright, as well as in a tree house adjacent to her family's property. When questioned by police, Ms. Enright allegedly made several conflicting statements concerning the events of June 23, 2018, eventually telling investigators that she and Mr. Chicklis spent time together after he came to her house, that he later left to buy cocaine and that he never returned, prosecutors said.

Assistant District Attorney Terry J. McLaughlin said in his motion for an order requiring Ms. Enright to disclose the pass code to the computer to police that investigators had been unable to search the device without it. He said there was probable cause to believe the laptop contained evidence of criminal conduct.

Ms. Enright's appointed lawyer, Louis M. Badwey, has filed written opposition to the motion, which has been taken under advisement by Judge Janet Kenton-Walker.

On July 14, 2018, police obtained a search warrant for the Enright home and Ms. Enright's car. A tree house referenced by Ms. Enright in her Facebook Messenger communications with Mr. Chicklis was also located on adjacent property, according to the trooper's affidavit.

The tree house appeared to have been recently cleaned, the trooper wrote.

"There appeared to be a new piece of carpeting on the floor and handles attached to the walls near all four corners low to the floor, presumably used to attach restraint devices," the affidavit states. Swabs were taken of what appeared to be blood stains in the tree house and those stains, as well as similar stains collected from Ms. Enright's car were later tested and determined to match Mr. Chicklis' DNA profile, according to the affidavit.

The neighbor who owned the property where the tree house was located told investigators she had been in the tree house in April. She said she planned to clean it out for use by her children and removed the carpeting that was present . She also said she saw no handles in the tree house at that time.

When questioned by police, Ms. Enright's boyfriend, John Lind, said he and Ms. Enright had spent time in the tree house in recent months and that they would cut each other there and smear blood over each other's bodies, according to the affidavit. Mr. Lind related that the tree house needed to be cleaned because he had defecated in it during sexual activity with Ms. Enright, the affidavit states.

Investigators found a receipt from Home Depot for a piece of carpeting purchased on June 26, 2018. "The video and transaction data was obtained from Home Depot and it shows Julia Enright purchasing the carpeting. She appeared to be alone," Trooper Prescott wrote.

As part of the investigation, a grand jury subpoena was obtained for phone calls made by Ms. Enright while she was being held at the Western Massachusetts Regional Women's Correctional Center in Chicopee, according to the affidavit.

In conversations with Mr. Lind and others, Ms. Enright expressed concern that the contents of her laptop would be examined, the affidavit states. "I have some creepy deep thoughts and stuff that I wrote in there if I'm having a bad day. Like that's what I write about when I am in that mood," she allegedly said during a Sept. 13, 2018, conversation with Mr. Lind.

Citing case law, Mr. McLaughlin said in his motion that his requested order should be granted because Ms. Enright's providing of her computer pass code "will not communicate facts of a testimonial nature to the Commonwealth beyond the facts already in the Commonwealth's possession."

In his written opposition, Mr. Badwey said the prosecution's reliance on the case it cited was misplaced.

"The instant motion is a 'fishing expedition' because of the 'creepy dark stories' it expects to find on the computer. The Commonwealth's motion should be denied," Mr. Badwey wrote.

Mr. Badwey's request for up to $3,750 in state Committee for Public Counsel Services funds to hire a psychiatrist to assist in Ms. Enright's defense was allowed by Judge Kenton-Walker Thursday.