Using no new evidence, the photos, documents, diagrams, animations and videos were integrated into a seamless presentation allowing random access to all pertinent pieces of the investigation. After review by the prosecution, an indictment was finally issued on the suspect. In 1997, the case was brought before the courts. Chief Deputy Dan Zook of the Fourth Judicial District in Colorado Springs utilized this new technology throughout the trial from the opening arguments to the closing statements. This overwhelming and persuasive approach to presenting this double homicide resulted in the conviction of Timothy Kennedy on two counts of 1st degree murder.
Multimedia is the integration of any type of digitized audio, video, text, graphic, or animation.
Whether it is a 911 call, a video of the crime scene, police, lab, and coroner reports, photographs of the crime scene, or an animation depicting the event, all of these media components can be edited and made available through a multimedia application. The first thing needed to create a multimedia application are various media editing software programs and an authoring program. This diagram illustrates an interactive crime scene of the Staskewics and Carpenter homicide. Some of the software programs needed include but are not limited to Visual Basic, IconAuthor, Authorware, Quest, Adobe Photoshop, and Corel Draw. These editing and authoring software programs are available off the shelf and provide a much quicker prototype development than conventional programming languages.