| Scenario |
Houston, Texas patrol officers arrest a man, who identifies
himself as Ray Mitchell, on a charge of murder for killing another
man in a bar fight. Mitchell provides arresting officers with a date
of birth of June 6, 1976, an SSAN of 234-56-7777 and an address of
7 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas. During the booking process, arresting
officer runs an NCIC and III check on the name Ray Mitchell and finds
that Mitchell has an extensive criminal history. NCIC shows that there
are fingerprints on file, but the man does not have any active arrest
warrants.
Mitchell is booked and fingerprinted and detectives submit
his prints electronically to IAFIS. IAFIS responds that there are
no fingerprint
records on file for the person who is identifying himself as Mitchell.
Detectives search N DEx based on the data they have in an attempt to
learn the true identity of the man. They display a visualization of
Mitchell’s
past known relationships, and discover that on three occasions, officers
from the Dallas PD have responded to the Elm Street address in Dallas
on domestic disturbance calls. In two of those instances, police arrested
Mitchell’s stepfather for assaulting his wife. Responding officers
included witness statements from family members in their arrest reports.
One of the witnesses was Vincent Mitchell, Ray Mitchell’s brother.
Detectives obtain a drivers license photograph of Vincent, using standard
police procedures separate from any N DEx processes. The photograph reveals
the person in custody in Houston was actually Vincent Mitchell; not his
brother, Ray Mitchell. |
