A person in police custody is suspected of running an illegal gambling business. It is believed that the suspect used his computer to manage the business and he has bragged that he deleted the entire file system so that there is no evidence to convict him. Is the suspect free and clear of the crime because he has deleted the evidence from his computer? Yes, once the files have been deleted, it is impossible to get them back. No, deleting files does not remove them from computer; it tells the computer's operating system that the space used by the deleted files is now free to be overwritten. Forensics investigators should be able to find and collect the deleted files as evidence. Maybe; however, investigators should look to see if the suspect has any e-mail accounts. He may have forgotten to delete evidence of the illegal business there. No, there may be additional witness testimony that could be used to prosecute him