(Tidwell, 2016) Once this was done, they were able to know who all were involved in the shooting by checking the call logs and establishing a timeline, which helped them to identify everyone involved in the drive-by shooting. Finding all the information on their cell phone and social media, it gave them everything they needed to solve the case and put everyone involved behind bars. Database Forensics dealing with a 30-year-old cold case, solved using the FBI's fingerprint and palmprint database. A police officer and a senior crime lab technician, in 2012, use the database to identify the brutal murder of the 30-year-old case. The case involved the stabbing of a 61-year-old man in 1978 in Illinois, where he was stabbed to death in his apartment. The evidence collected were latent fingerprints and palm prints from the bathroom. Investigators thought the killer was in the bathroom washing off blood before leaving the apartment. Someone also stole the victim's car. (FBI,
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