A simple parking ticket may help establish part of a timeline in the case of a Russell man who kidnapped a Sheffield couple after allegedly killing a woman in Jamestown.

On May 11, Youngsville schools were put in a lockout in response to reports that an armed fugitive could be in the vicinity.

That same morning, City of Warren Police ticketed a vehicle at the Clark Street Garage.

A summary traffic citation has been issued to Michael C. Burham for an overdue parking ticket. The citation indicates that the vehicle was ticketed at 9:14 a.m. May 11 — the day Burham allegedly fled the scenes of crimes in Chautauqua County.

According to the citation, a red, 2018 Dodge Ram pick-up truck with New York license plates registered to Burham was ticketed in the Clark Street Parking Garage.

City of Warren Police said the person who rents the space encountered Burham’s truck and called the city to complain that someone was in his space.

City of Warren Police said the owner of the ticketed truck was not part of the initial ticketing.

“The ticket was unrelated to any of the developments,” Chief Joe Sproveri said. “A parking ticket was issued and it didn’t get a registered owner assigned until the time frame for it to go to a citation after being unpaid.”

The citation was for “over time limit — off-street attendant-controlled lot,” and was filed on Thursday, June 22. Costs and fees added to the $30-ticket brought the total to $106.50 as of Friday morning.

City of Warren Police have said the ticket will be withdrawn in light of the criminal charges.

According to reports, a woman was found dead in a Jamestown, N.Y., residence at about 4:30 a.m. Thursday, May 11. Burham, who had been on the Jamestown Police Department’s Top 10 Most Wanted List, was named as a person-of-interest in her death.

Police reported at the time that Burham’s cell phone had ‘pinged’ towers in Irvine, Pittsfield, and Youngsville between 9 and 10 a.m. — resulting in the belief that he was in the central and western areas of the county.

City police were aware of those reports and had no reason to believe Burham was in the city, Sproveri said.

In addition to lockouts at the schools, a Warren County School District field trip at the Warren County Fairgrounds was cut short.

Burham was returned to New York from South Carolina, where he had fled with two Sheffield residents he allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint.

He was brought from Chautauqua County to Warren County jail Monday by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office and will face prosecution here on two counts of kidnapping; one of burglary; two counts of aggravated assault; and one each of theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, and criminal trespass; 15 misdemeanors; and three summary counts.

He was arraigned Monday by District Judge Raymond Zydonik who set bail at $1 million.

A preliminary hearing for 11 a.m. Tuesday, June 27.