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Tue Aug 20, 2024, 07:08 AM Aug 2024

Jury hears ex-politician on trial for murder amassed photos, ID records about slain Vegas reporter [View all]

https://www.voanews.com/a/jury-hears-ex-politician-on-trial-for-murder-amassed-photos-id-records-about-slain-vegas-reporter/7749304.html

Jury hears ex-politician on trial for murder amassed photos, ID records about slain Vegas reporter

August 20, 2024 0:37 AM
By Associated Press

Las Vegas —
Hundreds of photos of a slain investigative journalist's home and neighborhood were found on the cellphone and computer of a local Democratic politician accused of "lying in wait" and killing the reporter, who had written several articles critical of the official, a Nevada jury was told Monday.

Other photos taken from Robert Telles' devices included an image of a single gray athletic shoe with a distinctive black pattern and a shot of Telles' work computer at the Clark County Public Administrator and Guardian office with results of internet searches through a password-protected site that retrieved slain reporter Jeff German's name, home address, vehicle registration and date of birth.

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German's killing in September 2022, at age 69, made him the only reporter killed in the U.S. among 69 news media workers killed worldwide that year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. German spent 44 years covering Las Vegas mobsters and public officials at the Las Vegas Sun and then at the rival Review-Journal.

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Jurors last week heard from forensic scientists who said Telles' DNA was found beneath German's fingernails and saw security video of the suspect driving through German's neighborhood.

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