A man who stabbed his mother and father to death was convicted of
murderpartly because he searched online for tips including: "how to
kill your parents and get away with it".
29-year-old Daniel Maoz wanted moneyfrom his inheritance in order to
pay heavy gambling debts, the Jerusalem District Court found. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment for the murders.
The case presented an unusual challenge to the prosecution: DNA
evidence linking Maoz to the killings was found at the murder scene,
his parents' apartment, and he tried to explain that away by accusing
his identical twin brother of the crime.
In its decision, the court cited other physical evidence and an
examination of the defendant's computer to refute that.
The incriminating Internet searches alsoincluded "can soap clean DNA
from a knife?" and "murder for inheritance", a transcript of the
ruling showed.
Maoz said he made the searches out of "academic curiosity".
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