“It gives us some insight to what Google is capable of,” former prosecutor and current criminal defense lawyer John W. Day told The Post.
“Even without paid subscription, there is a way to go to some data center and spend a lot of time and effort to try to find that particular camera, at that particular time without a subscription,” Day said. “You can only imagine how difficult that was if it took 10 days to get there.”
He explained that investigators could have gotten the video from Google in one of three main ways: The feds could have gotten a search warrant from a judge to issue to Google; the family could have authorized the tech giant to conduct the search; or Google could have voluntarily opted to track it down.
“Everyone has the same incentive, which is to find this sweet woman before too long,” Day said. “Google had every reason to cooperate. The family has got to be grateful, law enforcement has to be grateful.”
“It’s a miraculous turn of events because this could be the thing that leads to a break in the case,” the attorney added.
