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Memory card of fatal fall in police hands
VANCOUVER -- Almost a week after a woman fell to her death while hang-gliding near Agassiz, B.C., police have recovered what they say could be a key piece of evidence.
Upper Fraser Valley RCMP allege William Jonathan Orders swallowed a memory card that could contain video or photos of the glider flight he piloted with Lenami Godinez Avila.
Godinez Avila, 27, fell 300 metres shortly after taking off from Mount Woodside Saturday. She was flying tandem with Orders. The flight was an anniversary gift from her boyfriend.
Orders, 50, is charged with obstructing justice and has been in custody since the incident.
He was scheduled to appear in B.C. provincial court in Chilliwack Friday for a bail hearing.
Orders is the owner and operator of Vancouver Hang Gliding and is a 16-year flying veteran.
He has been a certified tandem instructor since 2009.
The Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada has temporarily suspended his tandem instructor certification and started an investigation.
His lawyer confirmed before the appearance the memory card was out.
Whether any data on the ingested smart card can be salvaged will depend on how badly digestive acids have corroded the device, British Columbia Institute of Technology forensics expert Dave McKay explained.
"On a lot of the cards, the interface of the devices uses little copper strips, so there could be a concern based on the human body, how acidic it is, and how much salt there would be in their system, because that could corrode the card and cause a lot of damage," he said.
Even so, a damaged card could still likely yield some recorded data, he stressed.
-- Postmedia News
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 5, 2012 A18
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