The King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has hired an outside firm to review the case involving an SPD officer that caused the death of Jaahnavi Kandula.
A photo of the Seattle graduate student, Jaahnavi Kandula, that was struck and killed by a police car in South Lake Union. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has hired an outside firm to review all material in the case involving a
KCPAO Director of Communications Casey McNerthney said this case is regarding SPD Officer Kevin Dave, the officer who struck and killed Kandula.McNerthney said by law an investigation into Auderer's conduct on the body-worn video is not completed by the KCPAO, but instead by the Office of Police Accountability .Regarding Dave's case, McNerthney said in addition to reviewing that video and applicable state laws, ACES may do measurements and dynamic scene reconstruction.
McNerthney said his office sent ACES the materials Sept. 21 and that there is no specific timeline for the review, although he said he expects it will take several weeks."ACES is a firm that has worked on other felony traffic cases its work is well respected by prosecutors and defense attorneys and civil attorneys alike," McNerthney said.
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