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‘Deleted' clues help solve crimes

 
By Augie Frost   
Published: August 5, 2008

You may think you deleted that file from your computer. You might think emptying the recycle bin will erase it forever.

But deep in the recesses of your hard drive, the file remains intact and can be found — by someone who knows how to look.

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High-profile cases
Muskogee
Danny Brian Giacomo was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to 16 charges of lewd molestation, rape and sodomy. Giacomo, the band director at Hilldale High School, was convicted of having sex with two students, ages 14 and 15. OSBI investigators confiscated a work computer, a personal computer and other devices, on which they found evidence linking him to the crimes.

Oklahoma City
Paul O'Leary, former spokesman for the Emergency Medical Services Authority, was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2005. Investigators found hundreds of explicit images on his work computer and were able to track purchases of the images in two e-mail addresses he used.

Grove
Longtime police Capt. Danny O'Daniel pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in 2004 after investigators found images on his computer. He was sentenced to six years in prison after being on the run for a year but died of cancer before serving his term.

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