Entity Correlation and Notification – Scenario 5
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| Scenario 5 |
Name Resolution to Identify Robbery
Suspect |
| Capability |
Entity Resolution; Search |
| Data |
Incident Report |
| Crime |
Property |
| Functional Areas |
Operational |
| Scenario |
Investigators with the Wichita, Kansas Police Department
question Robert McDonald in a stolen property case. The investigators
check NCIC and III but get no matches. They then perform an N DEx search,
but again find no matches with McDonald and the other identifiers provided
by the suspect, including the address 121 Main St., Wichita, Kansas
and an SSAN. However, N DEx does identify five references to the Main
Street
address, linked to variations on the suspect’s name as well as
variations of his SSAN and date of birth.
Address |
Name |
DOB |
SSN |
121 Main St., Wichita |
Rob McDonuld |
01/01/1980 |
123-44-4444 |
121 Main, Kansas City |
Bobby M. MacDonald |
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123-45-5555 |
121 North Main, Topeka |
Robert McDonnal |
12/12/1979 |
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121 Maine St, Wichita |
Mark R. MacDonald |
01/01/1980 |
123-45-5555 |
121 S Main St, Wichita |
Bob McDonnald |
12/12/1979 |
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| Outcome |
N-DEx returns potential leads suggesting McDonald’s
involvement/participation in other incidents. After further analysis,
investigators determine that McDonald is the same person in each incident,
despite his use of false information. |
| N DEx Process that Allows
Outcome |
See diagram below. |
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As depicted, N-DEx’s Entity Resolution capability alerted the investigating
officers of a consolidation of person entities. Based on the information
(names, address, phone number, etc.) about a person in multiple records,
N DEx correlated the data, resulting in the identification of candidates
for consolidation. In this case, the N DEx user decided that indeed three
of the potential candidates for consolidation presented by N DEx have a very
high likelihood of being the same person.
It should be noted that this scenario
is intended to show two functions of N DEx. First, that N DEx performs
entity resolution and identifies possible
candidates for consolidation. Second, that N DEx doesn’t necessarily
automatically consolidate entities, but presents this information to the
user for consolidation. This is similar to the process used for fingerprint
consolidation. The details of how this would function and how it would
be presented to the user needs further analysis.
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