Crime & Justice

After FitBit Proved Police Had Arrested the Wrong Man, Google Dashboard Data Led Them To the Real killer

High-Tech Whodunit

‘48 Hours’ will explore the high-tech whodunnit in an episode tonight featuring The Daily Beast’s Kate Briquelet.

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When a Wisconsin man’s girlfriend was found dead in a farm field, Brown County detectives believed he was the prime suspect.

Doug Detrie was arrested days after Nicole VanderHeyden, a 31-year-old substitute teacher, was bludgeoned to death in May 2015.

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