Next in the investigative process is when intelligence
such as who is committing crimes, and where the crimes are being committed is
researched and analysed by the police. This stage logically has to come here as
intelligence may come from any leads obtained in the previous stage of the investigative
process. Within this stage, crime problems such as burglaries in the area will
be looked at as a whole in the area, or the police may focus at looking solely
at an individual. This stage is important as intelligence on a particular
person may lead the police to gathering more substantial evidence against a
suspect.
In the OJ Simpson case the research and analysis of
evidence mainly focused on OJ Simpson himself, the police used statements given
by witnesses to build up some intelligence about the possibility of Simpson
being in the area at the time of Nicole Brown’s and Ronald Goldman’s murders.
The police used the statement of Allan Park the limo driver and the statement
of Jill Shively a neighbour of Nicole Brown who claimed that she had seen a
Ford Bronco matching the description of Simpson’s car, almost collide with
another car at a crossroads, after the Bronco had gone through a red light.
Although this witness statement was able to place OJ
Simpson in the area at the time of the murders Shively was dismissed as a
witness as she was found to have lied about who she had discussed her statement
with – she claimed she had only told her family, however it turned out she had
spoken to the media. This therefore meant that the prosecution were unable to
use this key statement, which may have amongst other factors led to the acquittal
of Simpson.
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