Law Enforcement Case Study - Rape - Computer Analysis

The following is an anonymised case study based on a real assignment conducted by CCL-Forensics for a Law Enforcement Agency

The victim reported a serious incident to the Police alleging that she was raped on several occasions by the suspect, both as a child and as an adult. During interview, the victim recalled that the suspect had, on at least one occasion, loaded images of her taken after the assault onto his computer. However, she could not recall if these images were saved or what format they were in. Police arrested the suspect and seized the computer and removable media from his premises.

CCL-Forensics was asked to forensically examine the removable media, in this case a number of floppy disks, to identify if any indecent images of children existed and if any of these were the victim.

The floppy disks were imaged and the imaged files subsequently examined. Several notable graphic image files were found. These were extracted and recorded to CD. The CD was then sealed and securely returned, together with a forensic report, to the investigating authority for review.