Evidence rarely explains itself. Investigative interviewing gives physical, digital, and testimonial evidence context, meaning, and investigative value. Through open-ended questions, corroboration, strategic questioning, and careful testing of competing explanations, investigators can strengthen evidence, uncover new leads, challenge assumptions, and distinguish meaningful connections from coincidence. Evidence guides the interview—and the interview gives meaning to the evide

AI in criminal investigations is only as good as the interviews feeding it. Science-based interviewing produces detailed, corroborable accounts an algorithm can actually use — accusatorial methods contaminate the dataset before analysis ever begins.