Investigations
The Investigations topic area furnishes cops with the latest news, information and strategies used in closing a case and putting bad guys behind bars. This touches on everything that happens between the suspect’s crimes to the final conviction.
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In U.S. v. Jackson, a priest questions the validity of a search warrant based on insufficient “place to be searched”
An FBI surveillance team tracked Bryan Kohberger and his father on a cross-country road trip from Washington State to Pennsylvania
The officer’s decision to open fire in the direction of a crowd was “reckless, unreasonable and unnecessary,” according to the indictment
“This officer resorted to using pepper spray during a confrontation with a civilian in a manner that was unnecessary and contrary to his training,” AG Matthew Platkin said
Police ran DNA left at the scene through a public database, then used genetic genealogy techniques to connect the DNA to Bryan Kohberger through his family members
The suspect “specifically traveled to New York from Maine in order to begin carrying out his crimes of murder of government officials”
“CHP investigators worked throughout the night interviewing witnesses and gathering evidence from the scene,” police said
The court order gives authorities 10 days to extradite, and he is currently being held at a jail in Pa. until transport
The deputy was found dead in the driver’s seat of his wrecked vehicle after “some type of argument that escalated to the gunfire”
“I would not be surprised if we increase the department by doubling it in the next five years. I think the data is telling us that we’re moving that quickly.”
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Bryan Christopher Kohberger is being held for extradition to Idaho on a warrant for first degree murder
The video detective squads take advantage of the more than 56,000 public and private surveillance cameras in the city
As paramedics were treating the suspect, he can be heard on video yelling, “I shot that b***h in her face”
Paperwork, computers, fingerprint machines, printers, weapons, ballistic vests and gun belts for the department’s officers were destroyed
Virginia’s governor has asked the state’s IG to investigate the hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, who killed the grandparents and mother of a girl he “catfished” online
The suspect was shooting into an occupied dwelling before aiming his gun at officers and threatening to shoot them, forcing police to open fire
“I have video of you drinking and getting into your county car. We are watching you closely,” said one message sent to the investigator
Officers had recovered a “high capacity handgun” during the suspect’s initial arrest, but he was in possession of a second hidden gun on his body
The officer, who responded to a call about a woman being stabbed, heard screams before encountering a man armed with a knife
Evidence shows the teen fired at officers first after shooting six people, fatally wounding five; the suspect later died due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound
BWC video shows the suspect pull a handgun from his waist and shoot an officer twice, hitting him in the body before another officer returned fire
A death report did reveal “concerning issues with the culture” of the training facility, including “hazing” and a “lack of helpful cooperation in the investigation”
Body cam footage shows one officer was still interacting with the woman when she shot him once in the head from her driver’s seat
The charges range from negligent homicide to malfeasance in the fatal arrest of Ronald Greene
True investigations are concluded primarily upon tried and true methods that have been in use for decades
Once the fire is under control, police property specialists will go inside and see what has been destroyed and what can be salvaged
It’s unclear if Virginia State Police asked any follow-up questions once Austin Lee Edwards disclosed his past mental health difficulties
Witness-relocation efforts have previously relied on homicide detectives pulling cash out of their own pockets and pooling together funds
At the time of the incident, Austin Lee Edwards had been employed with the Washington County Sheriff’s Department for less than 2 weeks
DNA from a bullet casing recovered from a homicide scene matched a DNA profile that had been mistakenly entered into the database
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