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."

Comments

Re:Finally a good use for fitness trackers.

[networkBoy]

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

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

Re:Detectives?

[Anonymous Coward]

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.

Re:Kind of a pyrrhic victory, unfortunately.

[quonset]

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?

Re:Finally a good use for fitness trackers.

[PopeRatzo]

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.