Welcome to episode 332 of FBI Retired

Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does

through my books, my blog and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues.

Today we get to speak to retired agent, Bill Shoot, who served in the FBI for over 28 years, for as an investigative survey. the Bill reviews the investigation of the murder of Latoya Figueroa, a high-profile

crime case where Figueroa who was five months pregnant was killed by her boyfriend and her body disposed of in July 2005.

Bill had spent the previous two years before the murder investigation helping the Philadelphia Police Department find fugitives

using his project pinpoint data to conduct cellular analysis.

But this was the first time that police had asked Bill to historically track where a suspect was throughout the day to determine his level of culpability.

Bill worked with detectives from the Philly PD's homicide unit and helped them understand

the whereabouts of the boyfriend throughout the day as well as his journey to Chester, Pennsylvania later that evening.

Bill Schutz expert witness testimony was one of the first times the FBI presented

historical cellular data as evidence in court.

In the second part of this episode, Bill reviews the evolution of historical cellular data and the development of the FBI's cellular

analysis survey team also known as Cast. Bill Schut was assigned to the Philadelphia Division where he primarily worked violent crime matters.

Bill developed a program known as Project Pinpoint, a geospatial program used to map crime data for actively targeting and

tracking street criminals. The program became a nationwide initiative and for Bill's

efforts he was honored with the FBI

directors award in 2006 after using Southside Analysis in the

Latoya Figueroa investigation.

For the next five years, Bill split his time

between working violent crime and fugitive cases

in Philadelphia and traveling the country,

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