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Phone may have tracked route killers took to dump body

Using cellphone data that allowed the telephone’s path to be tracked from cell tower connections, prosecutors and an FBI agent on Friday morning detailed a possible route from Rideout’s Penfield home to the woods in Yates County where his corpse was dumped. Read more at the Democrat & Chronicle

Ever wonder how CDRs are used outside the United States?

In South Africa,  a Vodacom forensic liaison manager has testified that cell phone data billing captured by the service provider was 99.9 percent accurate, the Port Elizabeth High Court heard on Monday in the ongoing murder trial against Christopher Panayiotou. Read more at eNews Channel Africa

Cell Phone Evidence Presented, Questioned in Baby Doe Trial

The defense worked to poke holes Thursday in the testimony of a State Police Sergeant, who said that cell phone call records put Michael McCarthy in the area of Boston Harbor. Sgt. David Crouse, an expert for the prosecution, was questioned about calls made by McCarthy’s phone on June 26, 2015. He said those calls […]