The Clark County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) launched a review into whether deputies misused the mute function on their body‑worn cameras during the investigation into the death of motorist Marc Fogle.
Attorneys for Fogle’s family, Mark Lindquist and Angus Lee, alleged deputies repeatedly and deliberately muted their body‑cam audio at critical moments in the hours after Fogle was killed, ensuring no record exists of key conversations.
Fogle died after Deputy Bryson Layton stabbed him 17 times with a dagger inside a breath‑test room during what began as a possible DUI investigation, according to the attorneys. They said Layton’s dagger was his personal weapon, not issued by the sheriff’s office.
Attorneys say no video captured the killing, making the later muting suspicious
At the time of the fatal encounter, Layton’s body camera, both video and audio, was turned off, the attorneys said. They also contended the security camera in the breath‑test observation room was not operating. In that context, they argued the decision by other deputies to mute their audio immediately afterward is especially suspicious…