Vibration measurement as a tool to solve a murder

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dc.contributor.author	Eager, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1926-7867	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Chapman, C	en_US
dc.date	2017-06-19	en_US
dc.date.available	2016-12-28	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-06-24	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2017	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/106207
dc.description.abstract	This paper will discuss a novel use of vibration measurement used to assist the NSW Police Force to solve the ‘pogo stick’ murder. The authors were approached by the Homicide Squad regarding a suspicious death of a 7-year boy at Oatley in May 2013. The child had reportedly fallen from a pogo stick and suffered significant head injuries. The child had not been provided with medical attention after the fall and died some 24 hours later. The incident occurred inside a small unit which was used as a music recording studio. The studio is on the first level of a larger business complex. The studio consisted of a recording room, a lounge room, and a kitchenette. The child fell in the lounge room. At the time of the alleged incident the mother was in the kitchenette, and the accused was in the recording room. According to the accused, he had headphones on and was listening to loud music when he 'felt' the vibration of the thud. Kodi Maybir was found guilty of murder in November 2015.	en_US
dc.publisher	Organizers Switzerland Ltd.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	ICBEN	en_US
dc.title	Vibration measurement as a tool to solve a murder	en_US
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
utslib.location	Zurich	en_US
utslib.location.activity	Zurich, Switzerland	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/e-Press
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.consider-herdc	false	en_US
pubs.finish-date	2017-06-22	en_US
pubs.place-of-publication	Zurich	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.start-date	2017-06-19	en_US

Abstract:

This paper will discuss a novel use of vibration measurement used to assist the NSW Police Force to solve the ‘pogo stick’ murder. The authors were approached by the Homicide Squad regarding a suspicious death of a 7-year boy at Oatley in May 2013. The child had reportedly fallen from a pogo stick and suffered significant head injuries. The child had not been provided with medical attention after the fall and died some 24 hours later. The incident occurred inside a small unit which was used as a music recording studio. The studio is on the first level of a larger business complex. The studio consisted of a recording room, a lounge room, and a kitchenette. The child fell in the lounge room. At the time of the alleged incident the mother was in the kitchenette, and the accused was in the recording room. According to the accused, he had headphones on and was listening to loud music when he 'felt' the vibration of the thud. Kodi Maybir was found guilty of murder in November 2015.

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