From cold case to arrest: How cellphone data helped crack Michelle Parker's disappearance

Nearly 15 years after Michelle Parker disappeared, Orlando police say newly analyzed cellphone records helped lead to the arrest of Dale Smith, 55, in connection with her murder. Smith was arrested Oct. 14. He has entered a plea of not guilty to a second-degree murder charge. Parker, an Orlando mother, vanished in 2011 — hours after she and Smith appeared on the TV program The People’s Court. Her body has not been found. According to an arrest affidavit, detectives this year reviewed the original cellular data records obtained in 2011 and discovered additional data that had not been analyzed. “It is likely this data was not readable to detectives in 2011,” the report stated, “This data revealed more precise location and user data, to include messages, for the suspect’s and victims’ phones.” [WATCH: Discrepancies, phone data led to Dale Smith’s arrest in Michelle Parker case, new documents show]Smith told investigators Parker only stayed at his home for 10 minutes after dropping off the