GPS Data From LandAirSea Tracking Device Aids Murder Investigation of 12-Year Old...

GPS Data From LandAirSea Tracking Device Aids Murder Investigation of 12-Year
Old Girl

CARY, Ill., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- The following press release is being
issued by LandAirSea:
What appeared to be a tragic accident in the early hours of July 8th,
2007, turned into possible murder as the LandAirSea GPS Tracking Key provided
unprecedented evidence for the Chenango County Sheriff's Department. George
Ford Jr., 42, of Piscataway, N.J., told police he was taking their babysitter,
12-year old Shyanne Somers, home the night of July 7th but took a detour to
show her some horses. He then claimed that he accidentally ran her over as he
turned his truck around on a rural road in central New York.
Chenango County Sheriff Thomas Loughren said that Ford's routes of travel,
times and speed were all recorded by the LandAirSea
(http://www.landairsea.com) GPS Tracking Key that Ford's wife had installed a
few days earlier because she suspected he was having an affair. "Wherever he
drove; the locations, the roads, the times, the speed -- it's all in there,"
Loughren said in an interview.
Without the GPS Tracking Key evidence, George Ford Jr. would have been
charged with only reckless endangerment. Once the Sheriff's Department
detectives found the tracking device, a different story emerged.
The sheriff said the GPS tracking data proves that Ford was with the girl
for three hours before he killed her. George Ford claimed that the accident
occurred around midnight. Investigators said the GPS Tracking Key shows the
truck was not at the location where she was killed until 3:20 a.m. They said
Ford didn't take the girl to see horses, but instead drove around other roads
and spent more than three hours with her behind an abandoned house.
Police said Ford told them he didn't take Shyanne to a hospital for nearly
six hours because he was in shock, then he got lost. The GPS Tracking Key
showed Ford drove around with the girl's body for a while, passing the
hospital and traveling around the city before taking her there.
"This evidence is really unusual in a homicide case," Loughren said. "But
in this particular case, it's crucial. Without this evidence from the GPS
Tracking Key, we would have no case."
About LandAirSea:
Headquartered in Cary, IL, LandAirSea has been a pioneer in GPS-based
surveillance technology since 1994. Government, consumer, and businesses have
selected LandAirSea as the product of choice based upon superior design, ease
of use, and quality customer service.
CONTACT: Steve Moehling, Vice President of LandAirSea, +1-847-462-8100,
sales@landairsea.com
SOURCE LandAirSea

Steve Moehling, Vice President of LandAirSea, +1-847-462-8100,
sales@landairsea.com