YouTube in murder case
p2pnet.net News:- Police in Hamilton, Ontario, in Canada, needed help in a stabbing death. So they posted a 72-second surveillance clip on You Tube and two weeks later, made an arrest.
George Gallo was charged with second-degree murder and attempted murder of Ryan Milner, 22, who died after a fight with two men after a hip-hop concert at Club 77 in Hamilton, says Canadian Press.
“The video camera release came from a club attended at concert before he was stabbed to death in a nearby parking lot last month, a 24-year-old man turned himself in to police, accompanied by his lawyer,” says the story.
A spokeswoman for Hamilton police wouldn’t talk about the posting, “except to say that Det. Sgt. Jorge Lasso, the officer who posted the video, has been inundated with calls from around the world since a Canadian Press report on the case was published last week,” says the story.
But, “University of Ottawa criminologist Wade Deisman said police departments ought to give the idea a bit more thought before adding YouTube to their arsenal of investigative tools.”
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Also See:
Canadian Press – Hamilton police arrest man after video shown on You Tube, December 20, 2005
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