11/03/07 (CA):
How To Murder Your Husband? Try Google, Say Prosecutors.
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At the continuing Larissa Schuster trial, prosecutors have called a computer expert who has given potentially damning evidence that the accused had previously 'Googled' various phrases that would help her murder her husband and dispose of the body.
Timothy Schuster was killed in July 2003 and his remains were subsequently found -four days after he had initially disappeared - in a barrel filled with acid.
Sgt. Matt McFadden subsequently searched the hard drive on computers used by Mrs Schuster and discovered over 100 references to 'acid' in the caches, including evidence that someone had used it to search the Internet for items relating to 'acid, digestion, tissues', 'acid, digestion, animal tissues' and 'sulphuric acid'.
Web sites later viewed included sites with information about 'acid digestion of organic samples' and detailed information about the effects of sulphuric acid. The expert also concluded that these searches must have taken place between September 2002 and July 2003 when they were seized by the police.
Observers feel that this must - at least on the face of it - bolster the case for the Prosecution that has already called evidence showing that the Defendant had bought large quantities of hydrochloric and sulphuric acid from a chemical supply company.
Mrs Schuster denies murder and the trial continues.
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