A man who got out of jail last year just days before his murder trial was set to start because the city accidentally lost millions of Dallas police files...
The technician told investigators he deleted archive files without making sure copies of the evidence were saved elsewhere. More than 20 terabytes were lost, meaning more than 8 million archive police photos, videos, audio, case notes and other files.
Jonathan Pitts leaves after visiting the pre-trial services office on Monday, Aug. 16, 2021, at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas. Pitts, a murder suspect scheduled to go, was released from Dallas County jail after it was revealed that the city may have lost evidence in his case. a memo to defense lawyers Aug. 11 informing them of the evidence loss. The news caused upheaval at City Hall because the mayor, City Council and general public had not previously been told.
Prosecutors were also not given a heads up from the police department or city employees. They made the discovery on their own when they noticed missing evidence and inquired with police, Creuzot said. City manager T.C. Broadnax said city officials did not publicize the deletion because employees were trying to retrieve all the evidence.. Krista Torralva first joined The Dallas Morning News as an intern on the business desk in 2013. She returned to The Morning News in 2021 as a reporter covering primarily Dallas County criminal courts. Krista graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a major in journalism and a minor in criminal justice.
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