‘It was admitted’: DeSoto employee deletes evidence of inmate escape, DA says
DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton (at microphone) claims a county official deleted evidence from his office’s server related to the recent escape of an inmate who is still at large. (Courtesy DeSoto County District Attorney’s office)
“It did not take long for us to uncover a conspiracy to cover up and suppress certain evidence regarding the escape of Joshua Zimmerman,” DeSoto County District Attorney Matthew Barton said during a press conference Thursday, June 20.
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Rob Moore
Rob Moore covers North Mississippi for The Daily Memphian. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. in English from The University of Memphis.
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