Cellphone technology takes center stage at Burke trial

A criminal analyst with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation showed jurors “maps” Wednesday – showing the movements of Austin Burke’s cellphone June 12, the day Burke is accused of killing Brandon Sample in a rural area of Bristol Township.

The testimony of Bill Moskal of the bureau and the 15 images he created for Burke’s trial were projected onto a screen in the courtroom of Judge Andrew Logan of Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.

The images mapped the locations of Burke’s phone. Some of the images showed miles-wide circles showing the cellphone tower that picked up Burke’s phone at various times.

The center of the circle indicated the cellphone tower, and the areas around the tower were probable areas where the phone was located.

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