In a 5 -2 decision, the Colorado Supreme Court on Monday ruled the controversial reverse Google keyword search warrant utilized by the Denver Police Department to track down suspects involved in a house fire that killed a Senegalese family of five in Denver’s Green Valley Ranch neighborhood in 2020 could be admitted as evidence and remanded “the case to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
It’s a decision that could have broad implications in how investigators use digital technology to help crack cases beyond this case.
Full story: Colorado Supreme Court ruled in favor of reverse-keyword search Denver Police used to track arson suspects