An Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman has confirmed investigators found evidence that someone searched the Web for "foolproof suffocation" on a computer at Casey Anthony's home.
Capt. Angelo Nieves confirmed the evidence was found and released to prosecutors after Anthony was acquitted in 2011 of murdering her daughter, Caylee.
The computer search was mentioned by Casey's attorney, Jose Baez, in his book released in July.
The book, titled "Presumed Guilty – Casey Anthony: The Inside Story," goes into detail about the trial and investigation. Baez suggested it was George Anthony who made the online search.
"Baez has always thought of computer evidence as 'junk science,'" Michael Wright, a spokesman for Baez based out of a Los Angeles public relations firm, said Wednesday. "He would not do anything to compromise a client, which is why he had no worries writing about this computer search in his book."
"Prosecutors had the chance to look at the evidence," Wright added. "They didn't think it was relevant at the time."
Capt. Nieves said a records request was made by state prosecutor Linda Drane Burdick after the release of Baez's book. The Sheriff's Office then confirmed a search for "foolproof suffocation" was made on the Anthony family's computer, and that information was then released to prosecutors.
Nieves said the Sheriff's Office learned a lot from the case against Casey Anthony, and they have since changed the way they look at computer crime investigations.