New evidence in Chris Lane US murder
AAP
October 19, 2013, 1:34 pm
A teenager accused of murdering Australian man Chris Lane accidentally handed over evidence. AP
One of the Oklahoma teenagers accused of murdering Australian baseball player Chris Lane may have accidentally downloaded evidence from his mobile phone to a prosecutor's computer.
James Edwards, 16, attended the Duncan, Oklahoma, courthouse for a scheduled appointment just 30 minutes after the Lane was shot dead while jogging on August 16.
According to new search warrants obtained by Oklahoma TV station News9, during the courthouse appointment Edwards allegedly used a USB cord attached to a prosecutor's computer to charge his phone.
Photos from the phone were allegedly backed up on the computer.
A search warrant shows a state computer containing a folder labelled "James Edwards Pics" has since been taken into evidence.
During that August 16 court appointment, Edwards spoke to a juvenile affairs representative and told him "there was a shooting" and that he was "getting text messages from people asking if he done it".
Edwards, who was 15 at the time of Lane's killing, and Chancey Luna, 16, are charged with Lane's murder.
Michael Jones, 17, was charged with accessory to first-degree murder after the fact and use of a vehicle in discharge of a weapon.
Jones allegedly told police Lane was shot because the boys were bored.
Investigators believe the suspects talked about the crime via text messages, emails and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter.
In the last two months, search warrants were also issued for the suspects' cell phones, a video recorder and media storage card found in the alleged getaway car.
An investigator, according to warrants, indicated video evidence could be found on the devices.
Search warrants show investigators collectively pulled more than five MB of electronic data from the twitter accounts belonging to alleged shooter Luna and Edwards.
