A bystander's camshot helps in murder investigation

A fight between two out-of-state construction workers turned fatal Friday night in Vriginia, as one eventually ended up in a motel trash bin and the other in the local jail, according to The Free Lance-Star.

And a bystander's camshot helped in the investigation.

"A guest of the motel, Tracy Brown, 22, has seen enough episodes of television's "Law & Order" to know suspicious activity when she sees it. She got out her Sprint camera-phone and started taking photographs, of both the man and the license tags of the van.

Police downloaded her photos and later tracked down the vehicle. The suspect wasn't in it, but police were able to put together "some more pieces of the puzzle," and later arrest him".

emily | 3:34 PM | Citizens as Camera Phone Reporters |
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