Case falls apart after police use facial recognition in murder case arrest

Less than a year after Phoenix police touted an arrest in a cold case murder, prosecutors quietly dropped charges against a Mexican man who defense attorneys claim was the victim of a botched investigation driven by facial recognition technology.

The court officially dismissed the first-degree murder charge against Javier Lorenzano-Nunez on August 5, 2025.

The case fell apart just 10 months after his high-profile arrest…

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