{"id":48863,"date":"2017-10-26T06:18:05","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=48863"},"modified":"2017-10-26T06:18:05","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T06:18:05","slug":"las-vegas-shooters-laptop-missing-its-hard-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/las-vegas-shooters-laptop-missing-its-hard-drive.html","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas shooter’s laptop missing its hard drive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Las Vegas shooter’s laptop missing its hard drive<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Las Vegas shooter’s laptop missing its hard drive:- A laptop computer recovered from the Las Vegas hotel room where Stephen Paddock launched the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was missing its hard drive, depriving investigators of a potential key source of information on why he killed and maimed so many people, ABC News has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paddock is believed to have removed the hard drive before fatally shooting himself, and the missing device has not yet been recovered, sources told ABC News.<\/span><\/p>\n

Investigators digging into Paddock\u2019s background also learned he purchased software designed to erase files from a hard drive, but without the hard drive to examine it is impossible to know if he ever used the software, one source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The absence of substantial digital clues has left investigators struggling to piece together what triggered Paddock to kill 58 innocent concertgoers and injure more than 500 others on Oct. 1.<\/span><\/p>\n

Authorities are examining every aspect of Paddock\u2019s life \u2014 from his family, friends and associates to his travel patterns, health and finances. So far, a motive has been elusive to investigators.<\/span><\/p>\n

The frequent gambler, described as a loner, spent months amassing his arsenal, staying under the radar with no one suspecting he would turn to extreme violence.<\/span><\/p>\n

His finances did not appear to be a problem and Paddock had settled any debts he had with casinos shortly before the attack, a source said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Other mass shooters in the United States have left behind writings or manifestos explaining their actions \u2014 however deranged those explanations may have been.<\/span><\/p>\n

Paddock, however, left behind no such writings or evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

He is not the first mass shooter to destroy or hide digital clues.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2007, Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung Hui removed the hard drive of his computer and disposed of his cell phone shortly before the massacre. Authorities even searched a pond for the missing digital media, but the devices were never recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2008 Northern Illinois shooter, Steven Kazmierczak, removed the SIM card from his phone and the hard drive from his laptop, and neither was recovered.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012, Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza had removed the hard drive from his computer and smashed it with a hammer or screwdriver.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/las-vegas-shooters-laptop-missing-hard-drive\/story?id=50709285<\/span><\/p>\n

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