Mobile forensic teams and police agencies have recognized the value of smart technology to solve crimes and even prevent criminal activity. These experts suspected that the wealth of data smart devices collect would be a powerful crime-fighting tool, and now they have been proven right in a spectacular manner. (View Highlight)

In a recent murder case, smartwatch data proved pivotal, not only in identifying what happened but in bringing the guilty person to justice. Using mobile forensic data, police were able to identify the murder victim, narrow down the search for suspects and ultimately make an arrest in the case. (View Highlight)

In this case, it was the victim of the crime who was wearing the smartwatch, and the data collected on the device helped police get a picture of what took place in the minutes before her death. The murder took place in Australia, and the victim was a grandmother from Adelaide. (View Highlight)

When investigating the case, mobile forensic experts were able to narrow the time frame of the killing to a seven-minute window. Once investigators estimated the time of the murder, they were able to piece together the events leading up to the killing more accurately, ultimately identifying the woman’s daughter-in-law as the killer and making an arrest. (View Highlight)