A Cell Phone Forensic Examination To Locate A Missing Person

A Cell Phone Forensic Examination To Locate A Missing Person

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Any investigator that is working a missing persons case has to consider a cell phone forensic examination to recover deleted text messages from a cellular phone. A forensic examination can recover texts, pics, emails and call log data. This type of information can be extremely valuable in a missing persons investigation.In this article we are going to discuss the type of missing persons case where an abduction or kidnapping is suspected. Obviously the first step is a police report but often times in this kind of case the police will treat it as a run away and not investigate it any further. So the kind of case we are looking at here is one where a person has vanished. They have left their car or purse and cell phone behind and just disappeared. In this kind of investigation it's very important to have a forensic examination performed on the missing persons, computer and cellular telephone. This will give us valuable information about who the missing person has been communicating with before their disappearance

.A Forensic Examination of a Cell Phone Can Retrieve:

- Deleted Text Messages
- Deleted SMS Messages
- Detailed Call Records; Dialed/ Received/ Times/ Durations
- Deleted Pics & Graphics
- Deleted Video
- Contact Names & Phone Numbers
- Deleted Address Book
- Email Addresses
- Sext Messages
- Other Deleted Data

As you can see from the list above this information can be invaluable to the investigation. Not only providing a list of phone numbers and emails to follow up on but also a list of names and address of persons to interview about the subjects present whereabouts. We can't stress enough that the first step is a call to 911. Get the police involved immediate because time is of the essence in this kind of case but if the case has gone cold or they are not actively investigating then you can and must hire a private investigator that has the experience , tools and expertise to perform a forensic examination of the missing persons cellular phone.

Whether you are investigating a missing person, infidelity, sexting, employee theft or teenage misbehavior, undeleting deleted data from a cell phone is the best legal investigative tool available. A Cellular phone investigation is the cutting edge in legal high tech intelligence gathering. A professional forensic examination and data recovery process can be completed in under 24 hours in the case of an emergency or missing person case.


Copyright (c) 2011 Opperman Investigations Inc


About the Author:
Ed Opperman is President of Opperman Investigations Inc. He is considered an expert in computer and cellular phone forensics.To learn more about how to recover deleted text messages and images please click here now:===> http://www.emailrevealer.com



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