WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — An iPhone recovered in last year’s at-sea disappearance of two Tequesta teenagers will be sent to Apple in hopes that the company can recover vital information from it, a judge agreed Friday afternoon.
“Good luck,” Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Gregory Keyser told the families of Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos after finalizing a court order under which the phone will be shipped overnight to Apple.
The chances of Apple being able to recover data, including any photographs that might be stored in the device, remain unclear. A lawyer described the phone as rusted and deteriorating because of its exposure to saltwater.
The boys, both 14, vanished while on a fishing trip off the Jupiter Inlet on July 24. Their families went to court to settle a disagreement over what should be done with Austin’s phone after its recovery.
Apple has agreed to analyze it.
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