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Junella Uadan

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Junella Uadan is a digital forensic examiner with the Orange County Sheriff's Office. She previously worked in crime scene investigations and trained to recover and examine data from digital devices.

Appeared2024 Criminal Trial
121 lines·13 proceedings·9 mentions

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Junella Uadan authenticated evidence extracted from Sarah Boone's phone for both the prosecution and defense. On Day 6, the digital forensics examiner explained an on-scene user-data extraction and a later full-file-system extraction. The court admitted the phone as State's 16 and an extraction excerpt as State's 17 without objection. Uadan read selected outgoing messages and confirmed that two videos were captured at 11:12:45 p.m. and 11:23:03 p.m. on February 23, 2020. The State played both videos.

Her testimony distinguished what the extraction recorded from what it could establish about a person's actions. Uadan said deleted-data recovery was not guaranteed, and her observations about camera activity were limited to the displayed excerpts. On cross-examination, Tony Henderson questioned account information listing Brian Boone. Uadan explained that names and originating numbers did not establish who physically typed a message. She also acknowledged uncertainty about who supplied or reconfirmed the passcode. On redirect, she said sound and visuals could help identify a phone user, without identifying a particular user in that exchange.

On Day 8, Uadan returned for the defense and identified two videos as files extracted from Boone's phone. She confirmed that the video marked AA fairly and accurately depicted an extracted video. Without State objection, the court admitted AA as Defendant's 17 and Z as Defendant's 18, and the defense played both. The reporter expressly warned that Exhibit 17's audio transcription was not verbatim because of recording and speaker-identification difficulties. The State declined cross-examination, and Uadan was excused.

Trial Record (13)

2024 Trial2024 Criminal TrialOct 14, 2024 – Oct 25, 2024Called by prosecution and defense

Junella Uadan authenticated messages and videos extracted from Sarah Boone's phone for both sides. Her testimony established video timestamps while clarifying that phone records alone did not identify who physically typed a message.

Day 1: Jury Selection

Day 2: Jury Selection

Day 3: Jury Selection

Day 5

Day 6

DirectJunella Uadan — DirectJunella UadanWilliam R. Jay3highlights75lines spoken

Summary

Junella Uadan explained the phone extractions, authenticated materials admitted as State's 16 and 17, and reviewed selected messages and video timestamps. The State then played two extracted videos.

Highlights (3)

testimony highlightUadan distinguished the on-scene extraction of user data from the full-file-system extraction performed at the office and cautioned that deleted-data recovery is not guaranteed.Open in transcript →Watch this moment ▶
Quote“Yes. It is sometimes a possibility. It's not always guaranteed, but we sometimes have more advanced tools that can pull -- potentially pull that data from the device.”— Junella UadanUadan qualified the ability to recover deleted data rather than presenting recovery as certain.Open in transcript →Watch this moment ▶
testimony highlightUadan confirmed video capture times of 11:12:45 p.m. and 11:23:03 p.m. on February 23, 2020. She said she did not see an intervening camera-application closure in the displayed portion.Open in transcript →Watch this moment ▶
CrossJunella Uadan — CrossJunella UadanTony Henderson2highlights35lines spoken

Summary

Uadan explained that phone-account names and originating numbers do not identify who physically typed a message. Henderson reviewed an admitted entry listing Brian Boone.

Highlights (2)

admissionUadan explained that the extraction identifies message direction and originating phone numbers, not the individual physically typing a message.Open in transcript →
Quote“No. I'm not a fly on the wall and I can't see who's physically typing out messages.”— Junella UadanUadan stated the limit on identifying the individual author from the extracted information when counsel proposed shared access to a phone.Open in transcript →

Day 8