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12/05/2005
Search Terms as Murder Evidence...Interesting Rhuminations on an Emerging Legal Strategy from Robert Ambrogi
Via Legaline.com:
Search terms as evidence of murder
December 4, 2005

In the days leading up to his wife's murder, Robert James Petrick used Google to search the terms "body decomposition," "rigor mortis," "neck" and "break." He also went online to research the depth, currents and underwater topography of the lake in which his wife's body was found....

[T]he case illustrates how police and prosecutors now routinely hunt for evidence among a suspect's online searches. And it is a practice that is causing concern among privacy advocates...
Click through to Robert's blog for further details and a link to the article which propted his comments.

-- MDT
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