Using Technology to Track Down Fugitives: The Story of a Skip Tracer

TLDR A skip tracer demonstrates the power of technology by using facial recognition software to locate a fugitive. Michelle Gomez, a legendary skip tracer, helps Chris in her five-year search for her brother's killer, using advanced investigative techniques and databases to track down the fugitive.

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00:00 Skip tracers are highly skilled at using technology to track down fugitives, as demonstrated by a story of a skip tracer who used facial recognition software to locate a fugitive known for his love of 7-Eleven Slurpees.
04:27 Chris has been searching for her brother's killer, Luis Rodriguez, for five years, and finally gets help from a legendary skip tracer named Michelle Gomez.
08:21 Michelle Gomez plans to find Luis Rodriguez, an undocumented person, by locating his "shelter," or someone close to him who has the financial means to help him, and she starts by investigating a person named Tomas who runs a company that Luis's car is registered to.
12:11 Michelle Gomez investigates a woman named Blanca who she believes may be the "shelter" for Luis and his friend, and spends hours searching through databases to confirm her theory.
16:19 Michelle discovers that Blanca, the woman she has been investigating, owns two houses and a car, leading her to believe that Blanca may be providing shelter for multiple people, including her subject, Luis Rodriguez. Michelle contacts a bounty hunter in North Carolina to gather more information, including checking the mail at Blanca's house, and plans her trip to North Carolina to catch Luis. Michelle's client is the Remembrance Project, run by Maria Espinosa, who was seen standing behind Trump during the signing of the executive order to build a wall.
20:47 Maria Espinosa and her husband Tim started the Remembrance Project after being awakened by news stories about undocumented immigrants committing crimes, and they began documenting these stories on a spreadsheet.
24:23 Maria Espinosa and her husband Tim started calling the people on their spreadsheet of undocumented immigrant crimes, meeting with them and even attending murder trials, because they believed that this issue is permanent and they wanted to listen and support the families affected by these crimes.
28:23 Maria and Tim decide to find an undocumented immigrant who committed a crime and got away, specifically Luis Rodriguez, in order to help Chris find justice and as part of their larger mission to catch criminals who have escaped justice.

Using Technology to Track Down Fugitives: The Story of a Skip Tracer

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