Cell Phone Lookup Makes Fighting Crime Easier

A man from Bronx, NY has killed and robbed a man from Forest Hills, NY. After he was done, he hailed a cab, which took him back to the Bronx. Once there, the killer told the driver he had no cash, and offered to pay with the victim's cell phone, and got out.

The cabbie found the cell phone in the back seat of his taxi. He saw the owner's name on the screen, but couldn't find the phone's number. He didn't want to alarm the phone company just yet, so he did a cell phone lookup, and found the phone's owner's number and address. Then the cell phone received an incoming text message. It was from the dead man's sister, and she was obviously worried about him. The cabbie went to the police.

The driver's cell phone lookup report helped the police to go straight to the apartment of the cell phone owner, where they found him dead of multiple stab wounds, all electronics gone from the home.

Then police found phone numbers on the victim's phone no one recognized. The time of he calls indicated the murderer made the calls. By then, the owner had died. The area code of the number indicated a location outside New York State. A quick cell phone lookup led them to the home of the murderer's mother in Holyoke, MA, where the suspect was arrested rather uneventfully and handed over to the NYPD. He's been charged with second-degree murder, and is being held without bail.

No question, detective work is so much easier in the 21st Century. Criminals lose cell phones, and a smart tool like cell phone lookup leads the police straight to the them.