Dallas Police Confirm Digital Murder Evidence Has Been Removed

DALLAS (CBSNewsTexas.com) The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office ordered police to conduct a comprehensive review of all murder cases after it was discovered that several digital evidence had been deleted.

Dallas County District Attorney John Crusoe said in a statement Wednesday that police notified his office on March 1 that several video files had been taken down between 2016 and 2021. The videos were allegedly removed as part of the department’s “normal retention cycle”. took place at the time.

In response, the Dallas police were ordered to review all murder cases filed with their office. The department has already investigated several cases involving the former detective, who raised questions about the handling of evidence and the review of some 52,000 untagged files.

On February 21, police notified the district attorney’s office that body camera footage from at least one murder case had been deleted. Four days later, on Feb. 25, the department reported that of 20 murder cases with upcoming trial dates, 13 had been cleared, two had found new evidence, and five had been completed. The process of reviewing these cases is ongoing.

So far, according to Creso, his office has not been notified of the exclusion of evidence in any fully rendered decisions. .

“As you might expect, in an office that receives over 56,000 cases a year, this will drain our resources,” Creusot said, “and distract us from the cases we have from all other law enforcement agencies.” Dallas County agencies.

“But by working with the Dallas police, we will do everything we can to resolve this issue.”

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