A woman from Indianapolis, United States was charged with murder after hitting her lover with a car to death. According to eyewitnesses, the woman tracked her boyfriend using AirTag on suspicion of having an affair with another woman.
Gaylyn Morris (26) found her boyfriend Andre Smith (26) at Tilly's Pub in Indianapolis with the help of AirTag in the early hours of Friday (3/6) morning. A witness said Morris had asked if Smith was at the pub and said he was tracking his girlfriend using AirTag.
Morris claims that she is Smith's lover, and suspects that her boyfriend has been cheating on her. After entering the pub, Morris who saw Smith talking to another woman immediately took an empty bottle and threatened to hit the woman.
Smith then stopped Morris from hitting the woman, and tried to separate the two. The three were then kicked out by the pub owner.
After being kicked out, Morris got into his car and drove off. As soon as he saw Smith, Morris immediately steered his car onto the pavement where Smith was standing and hit him multiple times.
One of the witnesses tried to stop Morris by standing in front of his car. But Morris instead grazed an eye witness who claimed he was hit in the waist by the car's rearview mirror. Morris then hit Smith again and dragged him, as quoted from The Register, Wednesday (15/6/2022).
A nurse who tried to save Smith with CPR said it was difficult because his body was right under the car. Once police arrived at the scene, they found Smith under the car, dead.
During questioning by police, Morris initially denied using AirTag to track his girlfriend. But he later admitted to having placed the AirTag in the back seat of Smith's car.
This isn't the first time AirTag has been used as a tool to track and stalk someone without their knowledge. In fact, when it was launched by Apple last year, this tiny gadget was designed to help users find easily lost objects such as wallets, keys, cellphones, and others.
In the face of this abuse, Apple pledged to work with law enforcement to prevent AirTags from being used as a stalking tool. The iPhone maker will also display a warning that people who misuse AirTag to track someone without permission will be prosecuted.