Almost everyone who uses the Internet daily uses a search engine like Google. It is the fastest and easiest way to get information. But what if the information you’re accessing is about the best way to murder?
While covering the story of a Florida mother charged with the murder of her 3-year-old daughter, MSNBC revealed that prosecutors have discovered significant and chilling evidence on the suspect’s home computer. Apparently, someone had been using the computer to search for information on murder techniques, proper disposal of bodies, and more grisly information.
From the article:
Someone performed Internet searches for “neck breaking” and “household weapons” on the home computer of a Florida mother charged with killing her missing 3-year-old daughter, according to court documents released Wednesday.
The Orange County State Attorney’s office released almost 800 pages of discovery documents in the case of 22-year-old Casey Anthony, who has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in the June disappearance of her daughter Caylee.
On March 17, someone used the Anthonys’ home computer to do Google searches for peroxide, shovels, acetone, alcohol and how to make chloroform. Traces of chloroform, which is used to induce unconsciousness, were found in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s car during forensic testing by a Tennessee lab.
This issue provides an interesting, albeit unsettling look into how people use Google and other search engines. Increasingly we find that our digital life and offline reality are connected in the digital age.
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