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Murdered Woman's Fitbit Nails Cheating Husband (nydailynews.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the fitness-tracking dept.

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."

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  1. Finally a good use for fitness trackers. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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    1. Re:Finally a good use for fitness trackers. by networkBoy · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Actually....
      Tie fitbit tracker "heartbeat" data with a deadman switch...

      Fitbit says you died, time to delete the crypto keys to the computer.

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    2. Re:Finally a good use for fitness trackers. by PopeRatzo · · Score: 4, Funny

      I have a friend who would wipe or destroy my digital media for me if I died

      I'm willing my collection of ASCII porn to the Smithsonian in the case of my death.

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  2. Re: First by TechyImmigrant · · Score: 3, Funny

    it's always the tall, obese man.

    That's what the short obese man wants you to think.

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  3. Re:Detectives? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful
    So you have never been in trouble with the law before. Despite what you see on TV it takes a while for a case to be made and I promise you its longer then a commercial break.

    Wow I swear some people just need to watch a little less CSI.

  4. Re:Kind of a pyrrhic victory, unfortunately. by quonset · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The wife is still dead, whether this story is true or not.

    So every time someone is murdered we shouldn't look for their killers because the person will still be dead? We should let criminals roam free?

  5. Re:DST? by EvilSS · · Score: 3, Informative

    Are DST adjustments automatic on a Fitbit? Asking as I don't own one.

    Very good question! Unfortunately for the husband they also have video of the woman leaving the gym at around the time she was supposed to have been murdered. So based on that it sounds like the time on the fitbit is correct. Well, unless the gym also didn't set their clock correctly on their video, but that would be easy to verify. The FitBit is just icing on the cake.

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  6. yup, sounds fishy to me too by FudRucker · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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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