About some issues of investigation of murders using virtualization systems

Murder violates the natural human right to life, which is protected by the main law of the country – the Constitution. In Kazakhstan, against the background of a decrease in overall crime, the number of intentional criminal attacks on human life is decreasing. At the same time, 55 murders remain unsolved over the past 2 years, which cannot be ignored. Law enforcement agencies use all forces and means to catch the offender, including modern achievements in science and technology. The article describes the foreign experience of using advanced virtualization tools in clarifying the circumstances of an incident in such cases. Based on a SWOT-analysis of the implementation of virtualization systems, it is proposed to: apply digital reconstruction in conditions of non obviousness of death and to resume the investigation; introduce legal consolidation, standard procedures and rules for the use of digital reconstructions; digital reconstruction can replace a number of investigative actions if the safety of participants is necessary or a lot of time has passed since the deprivation of life; create a cloud storage system for verifying digital evidence; to settle international agreements on the investigation of facts when the killer and the victim are on the territory of different countries at the time of the incident.

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