Don't Google "How To Commit Murder" Before Killing

An anonymous reader alerts us to a murder trial in New Jersey in which Google and MSN searches were used against a woman accused of killing her husband. In the days before the murder, prosecutors say the defendant searched for "How To Commit Murder," "instant poisons," "undetectable poisons," "fatal digoxin doses," and gun laws in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Her husband was killed with a gun procured in Pennsylvania. The crime occurred in 2004; of course, people now know to be careful about their searches.

Will googling for "ReiserFS" make me a suspect?

[Tillmann]

Hi,

if my wife gets murdered, will it make me a suspect if I've googled for "ReiserFS"?

bye,
Till

Re:Huh?

[Cristofori42]

IANAL, but.. why not?

Cost of murder

[MattSparkes]

It says she bought the prescription at Walgreens, it would have been much cheaper if she had bought them elsewhere [freakonomics.com]. She got caught, and she didn't get the best deal, what a fool.

Mmm'k - so it's AskSlashdot next time?

[sbaker]

Mmm'k - so it's AskSlashdot next time?

Re:Google fulfilling prophecy...

[Skidge]

Now your employer will use that against you in your next performance review. :)

Ten Other Subjects Not to Google For

[Cr0w T. Trollbot]

1. "Steve Ballmer" + Zune + squirt + Naked
2. Walrus Porn
3. enriched uranium for sale
4. "girl" + "myspace" + "16 and under" + "sex" + "I am not an FBI agent"
5. Latex frog fetish
6. "How can I keep the feds from discovering my vast marijuana growing operation?"
7. "genital warts" + "cures" + "sandpaper"
8. "nitroglycerin" + "subway schedule" + "best escape routes"
9. anthrax + "crop dusting license"
10. "Cowboy Neal in Bondage"

- Crow T. Trollbot

Her last search ....

[Anonymous Coward]

should have been 'Just Kidding'

Re:Ludicrous

[Cro Magnon]

Sure you can. But you might be in trouble when your ex-wife is found tied up in a grave with an ether smell coming from the box.

Re:Huh?

[Drantin]

IAALS? I am a lawyer's sidekick?

Re:Heh

[mrchaotica]

I often search for things on wikipedia and google just out of personal interest and curiosity. Every time I search for something related to weaponry or toxic substances etc. I can't help but think to myself "will this ever come back to haunt me?"

No kidding -- I just googled "man shred" (as in, looking up the man page for the "shred" secure deletion program) while replying to another post in this thread. I'd be screwed if somebody accused me of murdering somebody with a wood chipper!

ask jeeves instead

[teh_chrizzle]

i know he can keep a secret. he helped me out that time i woke up in a strange hotel room in denver next to a dead hooker.

as luck would have it, getting rid of dead hookers is a common problem and there are many useful articles on wikihow. i can tell you from experience that your company's helpdesk is NOT very cooperative in a situation like that.

Re:Will googling for "ReiserFS" make me a suspect?

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes. Because ReiserFS puts the "stab" is "fstab". It truly is a killer filesystem.

Pro-tip for murdering

[SydBarrett]

Before you shoot someone, do a bunch of searches for "poisons". That way the cops will expect you to poison someone and when they find the body they will be all like "Welp, he wasn't poisoned, so I guess you didn't do it".

Re:Huh?

[Andrewkov]

As a regular watcher of "Law and Order" and "CSI: Miami", I can assure you that the law does not work that way.

Re:Huh?

[Anonymous Coward]

Same thing. ;)

Re:Will googling for "ReiserFS" make me a suspect?

[donnyspi]

"I routinely get searches that hit on my site where people are looking for "15 year old vagina", or something along those lines"

I do too and I redirect all traffic with stuff like that in it's querystring to the pedophilia article on wikipedia.

Re:Huh?

[rtaylor]

It's the tights and cape you're wearing that made us think sidekick.

Re:ask jeeves instead

[Anonymous Coward]

I know when that happened to me I immediately regretted picking up a dead hooker the night before.

There's a way around this...

[raehl]

Just search for 'border guard fetish'. They should wave you right through...

But you may also want to read up on 'personal lubricant', just in case you get an agent who stops you anyway - then you might REALLY be in trouble.

Re:Pro-tip for murdering

[nine-times]

Or better yet, try Googling for "how NOT to shoot someone". That will throw the cops off your tracks.

Re:Huh?

[b100dian]

Careful what you're clicking! [google.com]

Re:Huh?

[networkBoy]

About halfway down:

How to Commit War Crimes With a Straight Face

um.....
wow, didn't know you needed a guide to do that.

Re:Huh?

[CrimsonScythe]

I was kinda expecting this [red-bean.com] to be the first link...