I find it disturbing that a computer filled with child pornography was 'lost'. Sounds to me like someone in the DAs office or the Police department needs to answer some questions. It is quite possible that this computer is missing because someone that had access to it wanted the pornography that it contained. Has anyone asked about the missing computer???
The computer wasn't "full" of the stuff. The DA claimed to have found five alleged pieces of child porn, but never released copies or descriptions of what they were. The charges might have been thin even with the computer, who knows? Maybe they're taking the easy way out by "losing" it.
Oh, the problem has been discussed for weeks and weeks.
The ADA made the mistake of saying she and her team were looking into other evidence on the computer - when, in point of fact, no one knew where the computer was. She got in big trouble for saying that.
Still, she had the printouts of the child porn in question, just not the hard drive from which they were taken. I contended all along that somebody was looking for the wrong thing in custody - looking for a whole computer, when all they had was the HD, after the warehouse was cleaned out in 2002 for the move to the new courthouse.
They said over 40,000 items were thrown out.