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GPS Devices and Probable Cause

By Corey Rayburnyung

EvidenceProf has the story of how the planting of a GPS device raised questions as to seizures of evidence in the case of the "wooded rapist":Tennessee authorities have apprehended Robert Jason Burdick, the man they suspect of being the "Wooded Rapist," who raped 13 women.  The method of apprehending him, however, may jeopardize their case against him.  The 38 year-old Burdick has been charged with four rapes and two attempted rapes and is suspected of committing 13 rapes between 1994 and 2008. Most of those crimes were committed in homes that were near wooded areas, leading to its perpetrator being dubbed the "Wooded Rapist." Burdick first became a suspect in these crimes on April 28th after police received a report of a masked man in a subdivision and an officer saw Burdick walking through the neighborhood and getting into a Jeep...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on May 21, 2008 (boomark / email).