California police banking on phone-hacking tool to solve cold case murder


The California State University Fullerton student identification of San Bernardino mass murder suspect Syed Farook sits on a desk inside Farook's home, Dec 4, 2015 in Redlands, California. — AFP via Getty Images/TNS

LOS ANGELES: For years, a locked cellphone belonging to the suspect in a Pasadena, California, homicide sat in an evidence room as investigators sought a way to get around the device's security measures.

Police might have finally caught a break.

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