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The High-Tech Hunt For James Foley's Killer

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The Evolution of Voice Recognition Over the recent years, voice recognition has gained acclaim in the world of forensics and has been a key factor in the resolution of many crimes. In the article, “The high-tech hunt for James Foley’s killer” (Rutkin, 2014) the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Scotland Yard used the advancing technology to seek and pursue the man that executed the renowned journalist. James Foley was an American journalist who was murdered by the group commonly known as ISIS. A video recording was released by these Islamic State radical activists who showed a masked man committing the crime. The technology of voice recognition that was responsible for sending the FBI and the Scotland Yard on the right direction has been there for years. It has significantly evolved because of the presence of digital analysis that offers more accuracy. Though there was little evidence to prove that each human voice had a unique fingerprint, past voice analysts analyzed the pattern of the words used. This method faced some opposition because there was no proof of the accuracy within a measurable scale. It was considered more artistic than scientific (Doddington, 1985). Research has led to significant …show more content…

The killer cannot be identified by just running the software and comparing voices in the data bank. It is only logical to assume that the likelihood that the criminal is very high. The role of the FBI, the Scotland Yard and other law enforcement agencies has not been rendered obsolete by forensic measures. Effective use of voice recognition is finding the likely suspects and then finding the perfect match to the crime scene audio clips. The field of forensic science is still growing and it is likely that with time and technological advances, voice biometrics shall be an even bigger part of biometric security and criminal investigation

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