I have to disagree with destorying them.  I think the correct course of
action would be to contact someone with a background in criminal law.  They
would know the statue of limitations for the area and what the museum's
legal obligations would be to contact the authorities.  Just because this
man is dead does not mean:
A) that there are not any non-dead people involved (i.e. there may be living
accomplices that need to be brought to justice)
or B) that the victims cannot find some other way of obtaining justice for
themselves.

I don't think a museum should even think of destorying evidence of a crime
without consulting  legal advice first.  I mean couldn't that open the
museum/staff up to charges of obstruction of justice, accomplice to a crime,
and I think there are actually destruction of evidence charges too.

Heather Marie Wells


>From: Richard Fields <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Dilemma
>Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:48:46 -0700
>
>I am going to eccho the destroy opinion here. I can think of no good coming
>from releasing the images to authorities. I do not know what they portray,
>but I am assuming they are not what used to be euphemisticly called
>artistic nudes. You may want to follow the military model. If a military
>member is killed, any personal possessions that may embarras the family are
>destroyed. Good luck.
>
>R. Fields
>
>
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