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Murdered Woman's Fitbit Nails Cheating Husband (nydailynews.com)
BarbaraHudson writes: A murdered woman's Fitbit data shows she was still alive an hour after her husband claims she was murdered and he was tied up, contradicting her husband's description of events. New York Daily News reports: "Richard Dabate, 40, was charged this month with felony murder, tampering with physical evidence and making false statements following his wife Connie's December 2015 death at their home in Ellington, Tolland County. Dabate called 911 reporting that his wife was the victim of a home invasion, alleging that she was shot dead by a 'tall, obese man' with a deep voice like actor Vin Diesel's, sporting 'camouflage and a mask,' according to an arrest warrant. Dabate alleged her death took place more than an hour before her Fitbit-tracked movements revealed."
We've heard all about doctors not knowing what to do with fitness tracker data but now we're finally seeing a valid use case: recording your time of death! The police must be thrilled. ;)
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Are DST adjustments automatic on a Fitbit? Asking as I don't own one.
it's always the tall, obese man.
That's what the short obese man wants you to think.
I should use this sig to advertise my book ISBN-13 : 978-1501515132.
The wife is still dead, whether this story is true or not.
Wow I swear some people just need to watch a little less CSI.
The tall obese man was Barbara Hudson. Barbara submitted the article in an attempt to deflect guilt. There's even photographic proof clearly identifying the suspect.
https://d3qvyul2tp4j8.cloudfront.net/i/Ws0-S1Zysrt.jpg
Notice the "B" is for Barbara.
In all earnest, without any trace of cocked brow or wry grin, I submit that they have done more for our fear culture than most terrorists ever will.
Not that pointing it out helps much.
why would the home invader shoot the wife dead but only tie the husband up, when it would be just as easy to shoot him too which also eliminates him as a witness to the intruders identity and crimes
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It took 15 months to figure this out and now the guy is out on bail? His gun matches, he had major insurance, and the husband is always the prime suspect. This investigation should have taken weeks. Ellington seems to have had 4 murders in the past 12 years, including this one. Must have been a high priority case. I'll bet the crime scene had over a dozen cops onsite eating donuts. The next day they went back to their speed traps.
If you see at least some real investigation shows, you would have an idea that often times a murder case takes months to years to collect enough evidence in order to charge someone. I am sure that the husband was in their suspect list, but they did not charge him until now because they wanted to have as much evidence as they could to fight in the court. They might have asked their DA (or someone who has the authority to make the decision) whether they should charge him, and the person said NO and told them to look for more evidence. Circumstantial evidence is easy to collect (or make up -- logical sense), but that could easily fail to convince (to juries if it is a jury court) in court because the evidence, often times, would be struck down with doubt. You have to prove beyond reasonable doubt in order to convict on a murder crime.