[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/fitbit-fitness-tracker-solves-a-crime-dallas-criminal-defense-lawyer\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/fitbit-fitness-tracker-solves-a-crime-dallas-criminal-defense-lawyer\/","headline":"Fitbit \u2013 Fitness Tracker Solves a Crime \u2013 Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer","name":"Fitbit \u2013 Fitness Tracker Solves a Crime \u2013 Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer","description":"This is not the first time investigators have used technology to discredit a suspect\u2019s story. Fitness trackers like the Fitbit have become popular in recent years. People use them to monitor their heart rate, keep track of how many steps they take, and help them get more restful sleep. Recently, a woman\u2019s Fitbit may have...","datePublished":"2017-09-22","dateModified":"2022-11-29","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/broden-mickelsen\/#Person","name":"Mick Mickelsen","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/author\/broden-mickelsen\/","identifier":16,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30690d9f76c45bf5d61434169e78762d673b1ac9b949489cf69f1c78d567fc27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/30690d9f76c45bf5d61434169e78762d673b1ac9b949489cf69f1c78d567fc27?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Broden, Mickelsen LLP","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Broden-and-Mickelsen-Logo.png","width":378,"height":77}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fitbit-Fitness-Tracker-Solves-a-Crime-Dallas-Criminal-Defense-Lawyer.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Fitbit-Fitness-Tracker-Solves-a-Crime-Dallas-Criminal-Defense-Lawyer.jpg","height":2560,"width":2560},"url":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/fitbit-fitness-tracker-solves-a-crime-dallas-criminal-defense-lawyer\/","about":["Criminal Defense"],"wordCount":475,"keywords":["Dallas criminal defense lawyer","Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Fitbit Fitness Tracker","Fitbit Fitness Tracker","Fitness Tracker Solves a Crime"],"articleBody":"This is not the first time investigators have used technology to discredit a suspect\u2019s story.Fitness trackers like the Fitbit have become popular in recent years. People use them to monitor their heart rate, keep track of how many steps they take, and help them get more restful sleep.Recently, a woman\u2019s Fitbit may have helped the police bring her killer to justice.According to a CNN report, the woman\u2019s husband called 911 in December 2015, claiming that an intruder had tied him up and tortured him, then shot his wife when she returned home from a yoga class. However, when investigators analyzed her Fitbit, the husband\u2019s story didn\u2019t match up with the device\u2019s data.Pedometer Feature Pokes Holes in Husband\u2019s StoryOne of the Fitbit\u2019s main features is its pedometer, which tracks how many steps a person takes in a 24-hour period. Fitbit users can set daily step count goals to ensure they are getting enough exercise during the day.The husband claimed that he left for work but had to return home to retrieve his forgotten laptop. He told police that he heard noises upstairs and knew it couldn\u2019t be his wife, as she\u2019d left the house for a yoga class. He claimed he investigated the sound and found an intruder. The intruder allegedly tied him up. Minutes later, the husband said his wife came home, and the intruder shot her. She died from her injuries.However, police analyzed the Fitbit device the wife was wearing. Based on where her body was when she died, police determined there were just 125 feet between the garage and the spot where she died. However, her Fitbit showed that she had walked a distance of 1,217 feet between the time she entered the house and the time she was killed.The police also used the husband\u2019s computer activities to piece together evidence about the case. Although the husband claimed he pressed his home\u2019s alarm in response to seeing the intruder, he sent his supervisor at work an email saying he would be late to the office due to an alarm going off. Obviously, this is an unusual and suspicious move, as most people wouldn\u2019t stop to send an email to their boss in the middle of a home invasion \u2014 especially after their wife had just been shot.Tech Helps Police Solve CrimesThis is not the first time investigators have used technology to discredit a suspect\u2019s story. In a separate case, a judge has given prosecutors the okay to introduce recordings from an Amazon Echo device. Prosecutors claim the Echo recorded a murder as it occurred.Sources:http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/04\/25\/us\/fitbit-womans-death-investigation-trnd\/index.htmlhttp:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/03\/07\/tech\/amazon-echo-alexa-bentonville-arkansas-murder-case\/Dallas Criminal Defense LawyerBroden & Mickelsen, LLP2600 State St Dallas, Texas 75204Main Phone: (214) 720-9552"},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fitbit \u2013 Fitness Tracker Solves a Crime \u2013 Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer","item":"https:\/\/www.brodenmickelsen.com\/blog\/fitbit-fitness-tracker-solves-a-crime-dallas-criminal-defense-lawyer\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]