Cell phone data helped solve Egypt Covington’s murder, but experts say the tool will soon be off-limits

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Cell phone data helped solve Egypt Covington’s murder, but experts say the tool will soon be off-limits
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Tim Stelloh is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.

The homicide investigation was stalled. Police in the Michigan township of Van Buren had identified a person of interest in the 2017 killing of Egypt Covington, but by 2020, there had been no arrests. Frustrated, her brother and his now-wife began pushing local authorities to hand off the case to state investigators.

They’ve pointed to innocent bystanders who’ve mistakenly been swept up in that perimeter, including a man in Florida whose exercise app placed him near a burglary and a man in Arizona wrongfully accused of murder.

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