Olive Branch kidnapping case reenacted for TV
Bill Cox, one of the officers who investigated the 2018 kidnapping, said computer forensics was an essential tool to solve the case. Cox, a parent who grew up with Atari games, said today’s youth are savvy about technology and, unfortunately, so are the world’s potential predators. “This generation has grown up their whole life with this,” said Cox, now a deputy chief with the Olive Branch Police Department. (Courtesy of the Olive Branch Police Department)
Olive Branch police were part of a television show production that will spotlight the kidnapping of a 14-year-old and how an Internet app contributed to the crime.
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Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian. The 34-year veteran of newspaper journalism is an award-winning essayist and covers a diversity of topics, always seeking to reveal the human story behind the news. Toni, who grew up in Cayce, Mississippi, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. To learn more, visit tonilepeska.com
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