Cell Phone Pings Lead Investigators to Buried Bodies

Slashdot reader rufey writes: Earlier this month, the bodies of two children were discovered buried in the backyard of Chad Daybell, the current husband of the childrens’ mother, Lori. In the recently released probable cause document released this week, it was revealed that location data obtained from cell phone GPS and tower pings from persons of interest played a large role in both identifying who was probably involved, and at what times that activity occurred. The location accuracy was apparently sufficient enough to identify two areas of interest in the large backyard… More information about the case of Lori Daybell’s two children can be found here.