Social Media Scans for Murder Private Investigations

Murders are never happy or morally justifiable events, unless one is in the military or acting in self-defense. When a serial killer or other person commits homicide, there are many things that a murder private investigator must do to help solve the crime. Part of these things include conducting a criminal and civil background check on the person, as well as a global social media scan. Why are these so important during homicide private investigations? Glad you asked!

When trying to locate a murderer or needing to solve the crime itself and decide who the murderer is, a social media scan for murder investigations can come in extremely handy. Many people post photos of themselves and their locations online, so our legal services can help make the locations and whereabouts of suspected mass murderers more findable. This is why so many people choose to hire a murder private detective at our private investigation agency, because they know we can help locate missing people who are under investigation for homicide or other unlawful criminal or civil acts. Indeed, many people will give up so much personal information about themselves online, and when they do not others often do via websites, social media, posts, and comments.

A homicide social media scan is also extremely useful when trying to find out who a killer is. Chances are this is not the first time the individual who tried to kill you or a loved one has done this, so there may be information about similar murders or criminal acts by someone with the same characteristics and techniques. Has this individual you are looking for murdered others under similar circumstances? Who saw and when? Where? Our homicide private investigators can help you locate all kinds of vital information with social media scans for serial killer private investigations.

Techniques Homicide Private Investigators Use to Locate Serial Killers & Mass Murderers:

DNA Collection & Analysis 

DNA can be extremely useful in helping to find murderers, rapists, serial killers, and other criminals. Indeed, police detectives and prosecutors located the Idaho four murderer, Bryan Kohberger, from checking both the DNA on the knife sheath he killer left at the crime scene and then by digging through the trash at his dad’s home and checking it as well.

DNA can come from blood, semen, hairs, vaginal fluids, skin cells, and more. Private investigators can find DNA at the scene of a crime, on weapons, bloody clothing, and more. Proper collection and preservation of DNA is essential, if law enforcement officials wish to have a judge allow it into evidence during a criminal trial. DNA is something that most serial killer private investigators use as one part of a comprehensive homicide investigation.

Some experts call DNA junk science though, pointing out terrible instances where experts have sent innocent people to death chambers. Indeed, there have been countless examples of this in courts. Nowhere is this truer than with the misdeeds of Joyce Gilchrist, the terrible Black lady in Oklahoma who helped sent countless people to the execution chambers by helping prosecutors lie to judges and juries with false DNA “data” she proffered.

Surveillance of Possible Suspects, Witnesses, & Accusers 

To fully ascertain what happened during the commission of a crime, it is imperative for a murder private investigator from the best private investigation agency to interview those involved. Find out what the accusers, witnesses, and alleged perpetrators/suspects have to say.

To do homicide private investigations correctly, it is vital to interview these people separately to maintain the integrity of the interviews/statements themselves. Never give people the chance to “get their stories straight” or otherwise compromise the integrity of their statements/testimony. The best murder private detective will also need to be sure to record video and audio record all statements, with law enforcement officers needing to be sure to read suspects their Miranda Rights. Otherwise, judges might throw out entire confessions, leaving accused criminal defendants to walk free.

Nationwide Civil & Criminal Background Checks 

Nationwide civil and criminal background checks are something that a murder private investigator near me can conduct either as a standalone investigative report or to complement a social media scan. It really helps to have a thorough, well-researched insight into the full background of suspects in murder private investigations. These reports can tell you not just about a person’s criminal background and charges on a national level in the USA, but also where they live, information on their known associates, family members, and neighbors, bankruptcies, liens, judgements, professional licenses, voter registration, whether the government has placed them onto any watchlists, and more! A nationwide civil and criminal background check is also easy to run and inexpensive, making them one of many preferred initial tools of any proper homicide private investigation.

Social Media Scans/Deep Internet Searches 

A social media scan, also known as a deep Internet search, has immense potential. This hidden gem can help transform a murder investigation by letting death private investigators know more about the suspects and murder. Indeed, sometimes criminals brag about their crimes online, or they may have told someone else they know about how they committed the crime. Social media scans can also outline other similar murders, serial killings, etc., that may have happened in the area or in a comparable manner. A social media scans for death private investigations can also help provide better criminal profiling of suspected murders, rapists, and other criminals.

Skip Tracing to Locate Missing People 

During a homicide investigation, nothing is more infuriating than when the witnesses, alleged victim, and accused perpetrators go missing. Whether they are absconding from justice, have fled out of fear, or disappear from a kidnapping, a skip trace can often help show where they are most likely living. By tapping things like utilities, vehicle registrations, tax records, and more, our skip tracers can help locate missing people with their best skip trace service. This legal technique is inexpensive and super quick to do. Our PI agency can often complete them the same day for clients who need the information ASAP.

Interviewing Accused Defendants, Witnesses, & Alleged Victims 

It is understood that police and cold case private investigators must interview witnesses to crimes, accused perpetrators, and alleged victims of crimes, to find out what really happened. It is still crucial to interview them separately and to pursue all other types of evidence, to strengthen the criminal case. Unsolved private investigators must record everything, in case the witness, victim, or perpetrator changes the storyline and to refute lies later during the interviewing/interrogation process.

Collecting & Reviewing Video Camera/CCTV Footage 

With the exception of artificial intelligence/AI that can now create videos of things that never happened, video/CCTV and audio recordings can prove invaluable during unsolved murder private investigations. Judges and juries like to see accused perpetrators committing the rape, murder, etc., with their own eyes. This type of evidence can prove very damning to a criminal defendant’s legal case, leaving even the best criminal defense attorneys struggling to explain such evidence away.

1. Reconstructing Facial Profiles of Possible Criminals from DNA  If a cold case private detective is fortunate enough to get possession of the DNA of a suspect, it can really help a legal case. Not only can the wrongful death private detective use it to tie suspects to a murder, rape, or other crime, but law enforcement officers can also enter it into databases to see if it matches that of any other convicted felons whom the state or federal government has required to enter their DNA into the database. Even voluntary, public DNA database websites like GedMatch, Ancestry, and 23andMe can help both inquiring civilians wanting to find their DNA relatives and law enforcement officials identify suspects in criminal cases. But wait, because there is more.

There are also special companies like Parabon Nanolabs that exist that can take an unknown individual’s DNA and put it into a machine that can construct a likely face that depicts what the suspect the DNA came from looks like. This can help identify unknown suspects and help solve murder, rape, and other crimes much faster.

2. Fingerprint/Shoeprint Matching – No two sets of fingerprints are ever alike. As such, whenever someone touches something and is not wearing protective gloves, it can leave the person’s fingerprints. Our wrongful death private detective at our PI agency near me can help compare fingerprints they find to those of criminal suspects. Law enforcement officials can even enter them into their special police databases and see if an identifiable match occurs between the fingerprints they have and those of documented felons or other people who have previously given their fingerprints over to law enforcement personnel for examinations.

3. Confessions – It is not wise for police and wrongful death private investigators to rest their whole cases on a suspect’s confession. This is because if anything happens to the confession during the legal process, such as if the accused criminal recants it and/or a judge throws it out/excludes it from evidence, it can and will completely decimate the legal case. Nevertheless, homicide private investigators and police alike should seek out confessions as one of many crucial pieces of evidence in a criminal private investigation such as a murder, sexual assault, etc. Combine it with DNA, video/audio footage, weapons, etc.,  

4. Publicity to the Masses Via the Media – When a crime happens or police arrest a suspect, they often send news and other press releases to members of the media to help them spread the word. News stations are often grateful for free content to get more viewers to watch them, and the people who work there no doubt want to see law enforcement officers bring dangerous criminals in their community brought to justice. Indeed, viewers might have seen the crime occur or might be able to proffer additional information and tips to members of law enforcement.

There may also be other victims that the perpetrator has harmed, but the victims of rape, child molestation, robbery, etc., where unable to previously identify. They knew who the person was but found themselves too afraid to speak out. When they see how other victims have come forward and that the police are seeking to locate any additional victims of the accused criminal, these additional victims may now feel safer and more comfortable with coming forward.

5. Comparing Similar Attacks/Types of Crimes to One Another – By comparing similar types of crimes to the present one, a homicide private detective at the best private investigation agency can help connect the dots and tie them together. This is especially helpful in serial killings, serial rapes, and cold case private investigations. Social media scans can also help in bringing several similar crimes and/or victim/perpetrator types together.

6. Jailhouse/Prison Snitches – Jailhouse and prison snitches, while it is true they often lack serious credibility and usually receive a reduction in their sentencing in exchange for testimony and tips, can nonetheless remain a viable part of the criminal investigation process. They can obtain information that killers, kidnappers, bank robbers, child molesters, and others tell them when they become too mouthy and brag. By obtaining information that only the perpetrator of a crime would know, it can fuel further investigations and criminal charges against the alleged criminal. Snitches should remember though that in jails and prisons, snitches get stitches and end up in ditches.

7. Polygraph Examinations – Lie detector tests can help a murder private investigator near me determine whether certain statements she/he/they made are true. The best polygraph examiner can run polygraph tests for all kinds of civil and criminal matters, such as adultery/cheating spouses, murder, rapes, child pornography, kidnapping, and more. Polygraph examiners can be civilians or members of law enforcement, and these diagnostic investigative tools can great complement other sources of information like nationwide criminal background checks and social media scans.

8. Weapons Used in Commission of the Criminal Acts – A serial killer private detective loves finding weapons that a killer, rapist, bank robber, or other criminal has used during the commission of a crime. Weapons are even better when they have DNA, fingerprints, or something else on them that also helps tie them to the killer, child molester, etc. Prosecutors and law enforcement personnel love to show confirmed murder weapons to judges and juries as part of trials. They also use them as one piece of mountains of evidence to convince criminal defendants to take plea deals.

One thing that prosecutors wish they had in convicted mass murderer Bryan Christopher Kohberger’s criminal case wish they had but could never find was the knife and any other weapons he used to kill Maidson Mogen, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, and Kaylee Goncalves. They had Kohberger’s DNA, a witness, video footage of his vehicle, and more, but Bryan would never reveal what he did with the murder weapons, so it remains a true crime murder mystery that online crime sleuths and law enforcement agencies alike want to locate.

As you can see, social media scans can be a powerful addition to other investigative techniques during criminal private investigations. From murders to rapes, kidnappings, and more, you need to hire the best private detective to help you and use everything in her arsenal to solve the crime. Call us today for more information about how a social media scan can help you solve a crime!