A university employee charged with child porn will appear before a Coles County judge today to discuss recently submitted evidence related to the case.
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Eric Knuth, an Information Technology Services employee, and his attorney Ron Tulin filed a motion to allow a private investigator to examine the hard drive that the prosecution claims contains the unlawful material Knuth is charged with displaying, according to the case record at the circuit clerk’s office.
The private investigator is St. Louis-based company Forensic Computer Service, who has over 30 years experience in the computer, security and management fields, according to the defense’s motion.
Knuth is charged with displaying an image of child pornography on a laptop in December 2008.
The record states: “(Knuth) displayed on an Apple MacBook Air an image of two girls (Knuth) knew or reasonably should have known to be under the age of 18…depicting the unclothed genitals and partially developed breasts of the girls.”
Knuth is scheduled to appear before the judge at 9 a.m.
The hearing will be the 11th such proceeding in 16 months.
