Josh Mankiewicz
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And for investigators, I think that was a big help. I mean, here in Los Angeles, you see a black Chevy Malibu. I mean, you go to DMV, there are going to be thousands of those, but not in that area. So, I mean, that kind of, that smallness definitely helped in the investigation.
And for investigators, I think that was a big help. I mean, here in Los Angeles, you see a black Chevy Malibu. I mean, you go to DMV, there are going to be thousands of those, but not in that area. So, I mean, that kind of, that smallness definitely helped in the investigation.
And it required... Endless, lengthy, repeated viewing of all the video that was available from people's houses, from Ring cameras and other security cameras around town, because they just got all the video, is what they did. And they just looked and looked. Now, the interesting thing about seeing the witness's van is that, you know...
And it required... Endless, lengthy, repeated viewing of all the video that was available from people's houses, from Ring cameras and other security cameras around town, because they just got all the video, is what they did. And they just looked and looked. Now, the interesting thing about seeing the witness's van is that, you know...
One of the things that we've learned and that detectives across the country know is that witness statements, particularly involving people who are trying to be helpful to law enforcement, aren't always correct. Sometimes something the investigator says will find its way accidentally into the witness statement. So it's great for investigators to be able to see that.
One of the things that we've learned and that detectives across the country know is that witness statements, particularly involving people who are trying to be helpful to law enforcement, aren't always correct. Sometimes something the investigator says will find its way accidentally into the witness statement. So it's great for investigators to be able to see that.
The hairstylist's fan, thus corroborating what she said. She did not embellish her statement trying to help police unconsciously, which people sometimes do. She actually saw what she said she saw, and there's the proof. I mean, that is a little tiny window into how... Investigating homicides have changed. I mean, 50 years ago, pretty much none of that existed.
The hairstylist's fan, thus corroborating what she said. She did not embellish her statement trying to help police unconsciously, which people sometimes do. She actually saw what she said she saw, and there's the proof. I mean, that is a little tiny window into how... Investigating homicides have changed. I mean, 50 years ago, pretty much none of that existed.
There was some security video, but it wasn't being recorded. You know, maybe it was a live camera that somebody was watching from another place. I mean, closed circuit TV has been around for a while, but not the kind of stuff that you have here and not people's doorbell cameras and not all the other...
There was some security video, but it wasn't being recorded. You know, maybe it was a live camera that somebody was watching from another place. I mean, closed circuit TV has been around for a while, but not the kind of stuff that you have here and not people's doorbell cameras and not all the other...
things that they have, not the ability to track a cell phone or to look up a car's license or registration, you know, like that. Those things didn't exist. And that made this case possible to break. Finding that little tiny snippet of her ponytail bobbing as she ran, that told you, we don't have to worry about everything before that on her run. No, not at all.
things that they have, not the ability to track a cell phone or to look up a car's license or registration, you know, like that. Those things didn't exist. And that made this case possible to break. Finding that little tiny snippet of her ponytail bobbing as she ran, that told you, we don't have to worry about everything before that on her run. No, not at all.
Every other place she was that we don't I don't need to go back there because it didn't happen there. It happened later. And that that's a huge help.
Every other place she was that we don't I don't need to go back there because it didn't happen there. It happened later. And that that's a huge help.
Yes, they go out and they buy a new phone and they connect it to her account.
Yes, they go out and they buy a new phone and they connect it to her account.
Thus being able to essentially clone it, I guess.
Thus being able to essentially clone it, I guess.
It depends on what kind of phone you have. It depends on what kind of first of all, whether they build the people know the password. That's that's a huge thing.
It depends on what kind of phone you have. It depends on what kind of first of all, whether they build the people know the password. That's that's a huge thing.