TRUTH HUNTER
INVESTIGATIONS
DeKalb County, Georgia
Not Guilty
Investigation
Criminal Defense, Expert Testimony & Evidence Analysis
Year
2026
Location
DeKalb County, Georgia
Retained By
Brian Steel and Colette Steel, Steel Law Firm
Objective
Conduct a comprehensive investigation. Analyze cell phone extractions and social media records. Prepare demonstrative aids. Testify at trial as an expert in criminal investigations and digital evidence analysis.
The Work
Behind the
Record.
How Did Truth Hunter Investigations Play a Part?
A sexual assault prosecution lives or dies on consistency: what was reported, when it was reported, what the phones show, and whether the original investigation collected the evidence that should have been collected. The State’s theory in this case did not sit cleanly on top of the digital record, and the investigative file left questions about method.
Cell phone extractions were analyzed for communications, timing, deleted or overlooked material, and whether the devices corroborated or contradicted the accusation as charged. Social media records were reviewed the same way. Demonstrative aids were built so a jury could see the timeline instead of hearing it described in fragments.
Expert testimony at trial addressed two things the jury needed: what a competent criminal investigation requires, and how digital evidence should be read when it is being offered as proof of a sexual offense.
Jury trial charges: Rape, Aggravated Sexual Battery.
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