As investigation into the
death of Botham Jean, a 26-year old staff of PriceWaterhouseCooper in Dallas
continues, police obtained a warrant to search Jean’s apartment where they
claimed they found two bullet casings, a police backpack and vest, 10.4 grams
of marijuana, and metal marijuana grinder, according to WFAA.
Jean was murdered by a
Dallas police officer Amber Guyger in his apartment Guyger mistook for hers and
thought he was a burglar.
Jean’s lawyer Lee Merritt,
according to USA Today, said the search “highlights just sort of the nefarious
nature of their investigation.”
Merrittt, who only learned
of the search warrant details shortly after Jean’s funeral on Thursday, said:
“They went in with the
intent to look for some sort of criminal justification for the victim. It’s a
pattern that we’ve seen before … we have a cop who clearly did something wrong.
And instead of investigating the homicide — instead of going into her apartment
and seeing what they can find, instead of collecting evidence relevant for the
homicide investigation — they went out specifically looking for ways to tarnish
the image of this young man.”
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