The Cornell rape case is facing fresh scrutiny over an unresolved digital evidence trail after records showed university police drafted requests to Verizon and T-Mobile to preserve potentially relevant phone data following Jane Doe's 2024 report of an alleged sexual assault.
The proposed letters sought the preservation of texts, calls, photographs, and video messages associated with accounts that investigators believed could contain evidence. The records do not establish whether the requests were sent, whether the companies preserved or produced the material, or whether prosecutors were told about the proposed requests.
