LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Lexington police are searching the digital
files of former state Rep. Steve Nunn as part of their
investigation into the slaying of his former fiancee.
Police are checking to see if Nunn kept a naked photo of Amanda
Ross on his cell phone as witnesses have alleged, the Lexington
Herald-Leader reported, citing court documents. A judge had barred
Nunn in July from having any nude photos of Ross as part of a
domestic violence order against him.
Police have charged Nunn in the shooting death of Ross, 29,
outside her Lexington townhouse on Sept. 11. The case is pending
before a grand jury in Fayette County.
Shortly after her death, police collecting evidence in Barren
County found fliers depicting Ross naked along with "insulting
verbiage," the newspaper reported, citing an affidavit on a search
warrant.
Investigators said in another affidavit that those fliers, found
in Barren County, where Nunn had a home, "appeared to be designed
for distribution," the newspaper reported. The document didn't
give the address of the house where the photos were found.
Those documents in the criminal case against Nunn offer new
insight into the scope of the investigation. For example, the
documents describe how police have sought e-mail and phone records
not only to learn more about Nunn and Ross's troubled relationship
but also to see if cell phone tower data could track Nunn's
whereabouts on the day of Ross's slaying.