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Murder Suspect Asked Siri Where To Hide a Dead Body

Posted by samzenpus on from the worst-laid-plans dept.

An anonymous reader writes A Florida man currently on trial for murder reportedly attempted to use Siri to garner ideas about where to bury the body of his dead roommate. According to police allegations, a University of Florida student named Pedro Bravo murdered his roommate via strangulation in late September of 2012 over a dispute involving Bravo's ex- girlfriend. According to a detective working the case, Bravo subsequently fired up Siri on his iPhone and asked it "I need to hide my roommate."

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  1. To be fair... by NotQuiteReal · · Score: 3, Informative

    It could have been Germany...

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    This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
  2. No, he didn't. by Tanlis · · Score: 5, Informative

    He didn't actually do this. Please do a little research.

    1. Re:No, he didn't. by Rosyna · · Score: 4, Informative

      GAINESVILLE- We're on day 7 of the Pedro Andres Bravo trial. Bravo is being accused of the premeditated murder of his high school friend and UF student, Christian Aguilar. Bravo's phone records were reviewed.

      "I need to hide my roommate," that is a picture found on Pedro Bravo's phone. In the picture you can see Siri responded, "Swamps? Dumps?"

      The image was most likely a screenshot Bravo took from Facebook not an actual search he made. That was actually addressed by the jury who asked how he could do a Siri search when he had an iPhone 4 not 4s.

      It was a screenshot (Shit Siri Says). His iPhone 4 was incapable of asking Siri anything.

      The Gainesville PD also said it never happened.

      https://twitter.com/gainesvill...

      Multiple reports of Bravo asking Siri to hide a roommate are incorrect... GPD Det. Goeckel certainly did not testify to that. #BravoTrial

    2. Re:No, he didn't. by exomondo · · Score: 4, Informative

      Alright, why don't you tell us what actually happened?

      Alrighty then:

      Under cross examination, however, Detective Matt Goeckel conceded that Bravo had an iPhone 4 which did not have Siri capability and there was no proof that Bravo had asked Siri for suggestions on disposing of a body. The detective said the image on Bravo's phone was a "cached photo."

      The defense also pointed out that Bravo and Aguilar were not roommates.

      http://abcnews.go.com/US/defense-denies-accused-killer-asked-siri/story?id=24958781

  3. It was a saved screenshot by Bodero · · Score: 5, Informative

    This story has already been debunked. It was a saved screenshot (different cell carrier and all).

    No, Pedro Bravo Didn't Ask Siri Where to Stash His Roommate's Body

  4. Well... by djupedal · · Score: 4, Informative

    Asking Siri where to hide a dead body was one of the first favorite phrases when that service came out. She would recommend bogs, swamps and landfills depending on what was nearest. These days she's not quite that helpful, tho...

  5. how the F does this make it to slashdot? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.wuft.org/news/2014/08/13/no-pedro-bravo-didnt-ask-siri-where-to-stash-his-roomates-body
    there. end. now somebody fire the submitter.

  6. Re:No matter where it is ... by Electricity+Likes+Me · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apparently you can't tell the difference between these two things?

  7. Re:No matter where it is ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    stupidity is still stupidity
    What is next ?

    Cupidity?

    In fact, the police have repeatedly stated that the story simply isn't true. The defendant's iPhone 4 does not have Siri, and the screenshots were fabricated.

    In fact it's looking very like the Apple connection is solely intended as a viral marketing stunt. Apple vendors are piggybacking a mundane murder trial with their astroturf in order to sell more iPhones.

    http://www.latimes.com/nation/...