Finding Apple Id Used on Device

Recently my iphone 5 was stolen. I reported it to police, blacklisted it under my carrier, and tried find my iphone which did not work because it was turned off.
I know all these methods are inefficient to track down a stolen phone because also recently, I unfortunately purchased an iphone off kijiji that was stolen.
It was wiped, I put my SIM card in, and was not blacklisted or I wouldn't have been able to activate it.
Yet, the police gained my home address and knew specifically I was in possession of the phone. This was a surprise to me as I didn't know it was stolen
and had to return it. Now that I have had my replacement phone stolen, I would like to know the specific mechanism that enabled police to find the
previous phone- it wasn't find my iphone, a blacklisted serial number, etc. It was suggested to me that the owner/police saw my apple id used on the device
and through that were able to find my specific information.
My questions:
Was this the method they used to track my phone?
If so, how do I see the apple id that has been used on my stolen phone?

If you don't get an email to that effect (you won't), that information is not available to you. I can't imagine any product or manufacturer that would help a private citizen conduct an investigation of an item that is no longer in their posession. Also yeah, when it comes to methods of investigation, law enforcement agencies are kinda like that.

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IF he can't remember his infomation he sold you a brick, get your money back and buy it from a retail store.

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You'll want a separate iCloud account for each user in addition to the main Apple ID used for purchases.
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Can I use the same Apple ID for multiple devices?

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Find My iPhone Activation Lock: Removing a device from a previous owner’s account
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4515
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