New evidence reveals a Johnson County, Texas sheriff’s office initiated a ‘death investigation’ into a self-managed abortion, using Flock Safety’s vast license plate reader network to track the woman involved. This contradicts public statements from both the sheriff and Flock, who claimed the search was a welfare check for a ‘missing person.’ The case was, in fact, an attempt to investigate the woman for her abortion, though prosecutors advised they could not charge her. The incident exposes how law enforcement can exploit private surveillance systems, using vague justifications like ‘welfare checks’ as a pretext to investigate protected healthcare decisions. It highlights the severe privacy risks of cross-state data sharing and the cosmetic nature of ALPR vendors’ supposed safeguards, which are easily bypassed by police.