LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville Attorney Nick Mudd, who has been following the Crystal Rogers case closely, said a certain piece of technology could be key evidence in the investigation.
In an interview with WHAS11 News on Thursday, Mudd said cell phone triangulation technology could show approximately where the suspects were when Crystal Rogers went missing.
"There's this big thing about cell phone records and a big thing now and in cases the past five to 10 years has been cell phone triangulation," Mudd said. "We all carry them. You got one, I've got one, and it's little dots that can tell you where you've been, where you were at and how long you were there."
Mudd said he's confident that technology existed nine years ago when Crystal Rogers disappeared from Bardstown.
"I do think given the size of the record dump from the phones that that could become the key to this case," he said.
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Nelson County Judge Charles Simms delayed a decision Thursday pertaining to one of the suspects in the disappearance of Crystal Rogers.
Joseph Lawson appeared in court via Zoom. His attorney is asking for Lawson to be tried separately from his father, Steve Lawson, and primary suspect Brooks Houck.
The judge hasn't made a ruling on splitting up the trial yet. Attorney Mudd said a defense lawyer on this case would want to go third, so you have the benefit of two other statements under oath by witnesses. This would create a "minefield" for a witness testifying.
"No one under any circumstances can say the same thing three times and get their story straight," Mudd said.
Mudd went on to say going last would give a defense attorney "plenty of ammo to say, 'hey, last time you said this, you other time you said this and now you said this,' even over trivial matters it could totally undermine someone's credibility."
Another key ruling is currently pending. All attorneys have agreed for the trial to be held in Hopkinsville in western Kentucky. However, the judge has not yet approved that.
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