Fact Finder: Digital footprints lead cops to criminals

Shelby County, Ala. - You may not realize it, but every day you leave “digital footprints,“ showing where you’ve been and what you’ve done.

Whenever you use a phone, PDA, computer, digital camera, even the microwave, you create a trail of digital evidence.

That evidence is now used to solve crimes and convict people who otherwise, may have walked free.

One of the world’s most advanced digital evidence labs, is in Shelby County, Alabama.

We take a look inside this fascinating, high-tech training facility which is funded by Homeland Security.