scorpion 0 Posted May 31, 2007 This is a real shame! http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070531/NEWS01/705310338&template=palmbay Updated May 31, 2007 8:22 am Killer used GPS device to track wife, police say Orlando man followed woman to Palm Bay BY J.D. GALLOP FLORIDA TODAY ADVERTISEMENT PALM BAY - It was a chilling, high-tech twist to what investigators say was Carlos Acevedo's final, deadly grasp for control of his failed marriage. Palm Bay police detectives said Wednesday the estranged husband used a live-tracking Global Positioning System device to stalk his wife, Idelisa Morales, from her Orlando apartment to the home of a male friend on Salina Street last Thursday. Police said the 51-year-old Orlando accountant sat in his car, looking over a grid map and following the movements of his wife's red Sedona minivan as a homing device tucked beneath her car's bumper indicated her whereabouts to a satellite-supported tracking system. As Acevedo and Morales arrived at the house, Acevedo jumped out of his car, pulled out a .40-caliber handgun and chased the mother of his two children down the residential street before fatally shooting her and then turning the gun on himself, detectives said. Morales' male friend, meeting with Morales for the last time before she was to go to Puerto Rico, was shot at but not injured. Police learned about the GPS tracking system -- which pinpoints a target nearly anywhere across the globe using satellite technology -- after finding the device and laptop in Acevedo's car. Detectives located the small tracking node covered with a strip of rubber underneath the minivan's bumper. Similar devices, which can be found at shops like the Spy Source Warehouse in Melbourne, have been on the market for years and are often used for real-time tracking of shipments or rental cars. In the Morales case, police said, the device offered an unblinking eye into her whereabouts for a man she wanted to get away from. "(Acevedo) was very, very controlling in the past and controlled every aspect of her life," said Det. Mark Mynheir of the Palm Bay Police Department. "This guy was very savvy. The device was well-hidden and if we didn't know what we were looking for we wouldn't have found it." Contact Gallop at 409-1422 or jdgallop@floridatoday.com. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scorpion 0 Posted June 3, 2007 Wierd!! Sales have shot up on our tracking devices for Friday, and Saturday! I do not know if it is the interest in the product or having our named mentioned in the article!. Come to think of it May has been our most busiest month for TSCM services. I predict a lot of divorces in the coming months! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
