How Jamal Khashoggi's Apple Watch Could Solve His Disappearance

Depending on which model of Apple Watch Khashoggi had strapped to his wrist and his proximity to his phones, his wearable could have transmitted data about his location, his activity, or his heart rate to his devices-any and all of which could be used to help make clear what happened inside the consulate during the two hours in which Turkish officials say Khashoggi was assassinated Fitness trackers have recorded all three forms of data during instances of violent crime In 2015, Connecticut police used activity data from a murder victim's Fitbit to show that she had been walking around her house at the same time her husband claimed they were both being attacked-evidence that led investigators to question the husband's account of his wife's death and place him under arrest.

In other words: Data from Khashoggi's watch could very well shed light on what happened to him inside the consulate, corroborating the claims of Turkish officials-or contradicting them In 2015, investigators in Pennsylvania used data from an activity tracker to show that a woman, who claimed to have been sexually assaulted during a break-in, had been walking around when she told police she had been asleep Jones, who has since spoken at conferences on the use of fitness tracker data in criminal investigations, says he hears more and more about them factoring into detective work, but he's yet to hear of a case that hinged entirely on data from a wearable.

Smartwatch data alone might not be able to determine what really happened, but as more and more devices continue to accrue new and better tracking abilities, the day when it is could be fast approaching. . Source