A woman from Indianapolis was charged with murder after running over her boyfriend, Andre Smith, outside a pub on the city's northeast side on Friday, June 3.
Woman Tracks Cheating Boyfriend with Apple AirTag
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police arrested 26-year-old Gaylyn Morris at the parking lot of Tilly's Pub in the 3900 Block of East 82nd Street.
The 26-year-old man, Smith, was found dead in the parking lot underneath a vehicle. The Marion County Coroner's Office determined Smith died from being deliberately hit by a car multiple times, according to Apple Insider.
According to a witness, Morris told them she tracked Smith using an Apple AirTag and GPS. Morris confirmed that she was Smith's girlfriend, and she believed that he was cheating on her.
Morris tracked down her beau and saw him talking to a woman at the bar. She then picked up an empty bottle and threatened the woman.
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Smith intervened and took the bottle from Morris' hand before she struck the other woman. Because of the commotion, a bar staff asked the three to leave.
The witness added that Morris got in her car and pulled forward, intentionally knocking Smith over. When he was on the ground, she reversed her car and ran the car over her boyfriend. She then pulled forward again to hit him for the third time.
Morris exited the car to attack the woman, but the officers arrived and immediately arrested her.
Morris was charged with murder, but the final charges were not revealed.
Apple AirTag Controversy
Apple's AirTag was created to help iPhone users track their belongings, but some people misused the device. Most of the reports authorities got were from stalking victims using AirTags.
This prompted Apple to include several anti-stalking measures and pushed lawmakers to look into the device to create a law that would prevent its use.
A recent victim of stalking via Apple AirTag was a 17-year-old girl from Tennessee. According to Meaww, Jennifer Gaston and her daughter Madison were at Walt Disney World in Florida when the teenager received a notification on her iPhone saying that they were being tracked for hours.
Madison received the alert. The two were on their way to their vehicle on the Magic Kingdom's monorail. The message says that she was tracked for four hours.
Jennifer told Fox News Orlando that they immediately called the police to report the incident. The authorities searched their car for the AirTag, but nothing was found. They believe that someone slipped an AirTag on the teenager while they were in line for a ride.
A Call to Discontinue AirTags
AirTags are coin-sized Apple devices that people put on things so they can be easily located using their iPhones. Some criminals have been using these devices to stalk their victims.
Because of the growing concern over the increasing criminal cases involving the device, some privacy groups have demanded that Apple pull the AirTags from store shelves permanently, according to BBC.
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Written by Sophie Webster
