{"id":2954,"date":"2018-10-06T10:49:53","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T10:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/fitbit-data-used-to-charge-us-man-with-murder\/"},"modified":"2018-10-06T10:49:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T10:49:53","slug":"fitbit-data-used-to-charge-us-man-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/fitbit-data-used-to-charge-us-man-with-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Fitbit data used to charge US man with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div property=\"articleBody\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape has-caption full-width lead\"><span class=\"image-and-copyright-container\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" alt=\"Woman wearing fitness tracker\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/B216\/production\/_103709554_fitbit.gif\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\"\/><span class=\"off-screen\">Image copyright<\/span><br \/>\n                 <span class=\"story-image-copyright\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>            <\/span><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Image caption<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"media-caption__text\"><br \/>\n                    Data from fitness trackers is increasingly being used by law enforcement as evidence<br \/>\n                <\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Fitbit data has been used by US police investigating whether a 90-year-old murdered his stepdaughter.<\/p>\n<p>The victim, Karen Navarra, 67, was found with a kitchen knife in her hand, suggesting she killed herself.<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Aiello, who denies murder, told police he had visited her for 15 minutes to drop off pizza.<\/p>\n<p>But police say a fitness tracker she was wearing showed a significant spike in heart rate followed by a rapid slowdown at the time he was there.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Aiello was arrested in San Jose, California, in September and is due in court later on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation-now\/2018\/10\/03\/fitbit-data-used-murder-case-against-san-jose-man-90\/1510555002\/\" class=\"story-body__link-external\">According to a police statement obtained by USA Today<\/a>, Ms Navarra&#8217;s Fitbit Alta device showed a raised heart rate at about 15:20 local time, when video evidence suggested Mr Aiello&#8217;s car was at her house.<\/p>\n<p>It then recorded her heart rate slowing rapidly and stopping at 15:28, five minutes before he left.<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time Fitbit data has been used in a murder case.<\/p>\n<p>Last year in the US, Richard Dabate was charged with murdering his wife after data from her Fitbit discredited his version of events, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Dabate had said he had seen his wife, Connie, shot by an intruder more than an hour before her fitness tracker had recorded her last movements, they said.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-45745366\">Source<\/a> by <a href=\"\">[author_name]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Data from fitness trackers is increasingly being used by law enforcement as evidence Fitbit data has been used by US police investigating whether a 90-year-old murdered his stepdaughter. The victim, Karen Navarra, 67, was found with a kitchen knife in her hand, suggesting she killed herself. 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