Apparently Neil Entwistle searched the web shortly before his wife and baby were found shot to death for "quick suicide methods" (or the like) and "knife in neck kill." It sent shivers down my spine to hear this, but not for the usual reason. My primary method of research for my mystery stories is to use Google. Any computer forensics expert examining my hard drive would find the following searches from the past few weeks: fast-acting poison, polypropylene glycol, how long does it take to bleed to death from a head wound, derringers, bullet caliber, murder statistics, homocide statistics, and much, much more. So, if someone near and dear to me (or not so dear, but certainly near) were to be found dead, would I be the prime suspect?

I have a great deal to say about computer forensics analysis of search records, but I need some spare time to write it. I know a fair amount about computers (I've written two technology books), and I truly believe this is a junk science as it is practiced in murder prosecutions.