Investigators have taken on a new rule, digital forensics has assisted investigators in closing cases and sometimes reopening old ones. Digital forensics has many tools to bring a crime into light and possibly get a conviction faster than the old fashion detective work. I will discuss in this paper how technology is taking the role as an investigator, some tools that they use to solve these crimes. I will dive into two cases well just the digital forensics portion of the investigation and explain how they assisted in solving the cases.
The first case will be the BTK killer Dennis Rader and was probably one of the first cases digital forensics started taking place. For years this killer was on the loose, since 1974 he has been out and taunting investigators until he made the biggest mistake he could ever do; under estimate digital forensics. With a quick tool that I will describe in my report I can accurately describe how they caught this killer. I will also discuss other crimes that can use another digital forensic tool that can exploit child predators.
This will be a brief paper and here is the brake down for this paper:
I. Introduction on cybercrimes and digital forensics
a. Define cybercrimes, and digital forensics
b. How was it done before.
II. BTK killer
a. Small introduction of his case
b. How was he caught
c. Explanation of the tool used
III. Exploiting child predators
a. Introduction to the problem
b. How to trap a predator
c. Explanation of possible tools used.
IV. Future of cybercrime and how to stop it
a. Looking ahead on possible cybercrimes
b. Tools that are being used to help stop it
c. Outlook
V. Concluding summary of the research provided
a. Recap part II
b. Recap part III
c. Recap part IV
d. Conclusion statement
VI. References
VII. BTK serial killer: Power of computer forensics. (2019, december 23). Retrieved from advanced micro resource digital forensics: https://bakersfieldforensics.com/btk-serial-killer-power-of-computer-forensics/
EC-Council. (https://blog.eccouncil.org/5-cases-solved-using-extensive-digital-forensic-evidence/, March 24). 5 Cases Solved Using Extensive Digital Forensic Evidence. Retrieved from EC-Council.
Famous Cases Involving Digital Forensics . (n.d.). Retrieved from Legal evidence corp.Mobile Fact Sheet. (2019, June 12). Retrieved from Pew Research Center: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/
