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Adam Reechard Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo has been charged in the murder of his girlfriend, Com /person/silvia-whois.html'>Silvia Galva

Florida police investigating the bizarre death of a woman during a domestic row have obtained audio from two Com /person/amazon-whois.html'>Amazon Echo devices.

Com /person/silvia-whois.html'>Silvia Galva, 32, was impaled by a spear-tipped bed post in a struggle with her boyfriend, Adam Reechard Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo , at their Com /person/hallandale_beach-whois.html'>Hallandale Beach home.

Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo , 43, has pleaded Com /person/not_guilty-whois.html'>Not Guilty to second-degree murder. He says her death was a tragic accident.

Police want to establish if the smart-speaker, Alexa, recorded the dispute.

According to Com /person/the_police-whois.html'>The Police report, Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo said he was trying to pull Ms Galvo off their bed during an argument in the bedroom of their Com /person/hallandale_beach-whois.html'>Hallandale Beach apartment Com /person/in_july-whois.html'>In July when he heard a snap.

Com /person/the_police-whois.html'>The Police report says: "[Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo ] pulled the blade out of Com /person/the_victim-whois.html'>The Victim 's chest 'hoping it was not too Bad . '"

But Ms Galva died with a 12in (30cm) double-sided blade through her chest following the altercation at Com /person/the_flat-whois.html'>The Flat in a seaside city 20 miles (32km) north of Miami.

A lawyer for Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo , Christopher O'Toole, told the BBC that Ms Galva's death was unintentional.

Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo was sleeping when "Com /person/silvia-whois.html'>Silvia came into the bedroom, knocked the door down".

Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo has plead Com /person/not_guilty-whois.html'>Not Guilty

Ms Galva broke off one of the pointy bedposts and "it ended up inside of her", Mr O'Toole said.

Hallandale Police did not return a request for comment.

According to Com /person/the_police-whois.html'>The Police report, when Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo saw Ms Galva had been stabbed he called for a female friend who was in Com /person/the_apartment-whois.html'>The Apartment to call emergency services.

"He tried to save Com /person/silvia-whois.html'>Silvia 's life," Mr O'Toole said, "this was Com /person/the_woman-whois.html'>The Woman he Com /person/loved-whois.html'>Loved . "

A police warrant obtained by US media says "audio recordings capturing Com /person/the_attack-whois.html'>The Attack on victim Com /person/silvia-whois.html'>Silvia Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo . . Com /person/may-whois.html'>May be found on the server[s] maintained by or for Com /person/amazon-whois.html'>Amazon . Com ".

Com /person/silvia-whois.html'>Silvia Galva was impaled by a 12in double-sided blade

Authorities said Com /person/amazon-whois.html'>Amazon provided multiple recordings, But did not disclose their contents.

Mr O'Toole said he supports the use of the audio in court.

"Ordinarily, I'd be jumping up and down objecting, But we believe the recordings could help us," he said. "If Com /person/the_truth-whois.html'>The Truth comes out, it could help us. "

Mr Com /person/crespo-whois.html'>Crespo was bailed from custody on a $65,000 (£50,000) Com /person/bond-whois.html'>Bond .

Florida police believe two Com /person/amazon_alexa-whois.html'>Amazon Alexa devices Com /person/may-whois.html'>May have recorded the dispute Do smart speakers always record conversations?

While smart speakers do always "hear", they do not typically "listen" to conversations.

Com /person/the_major-whois.html'>The Major brands record and analyse snippets of audio internally to detect words like "Alexa", "Ok Com /person/google-whois.html'>Google " or "Hey Siri", But if those words are not detected, the audio is discarded.

If Com /person/the_wake-whois.html'>The Wake word is said, however, then the audio is recorded and sent to Com /person/the_voice-whois.html'>The Voice recognition service at Com /person/the_company-whois.html'>The Company .

The big smart speaker companies - Com /person/amazon-whois.html'>Amazon , Apple and Com /person/google-whois.html'>Google - All employ staff who listen in to customer voice recordings.

But security researchers have found no evidence that speakers continuously send entire conversations back to a remote server.

florida, artificial intelligence, united states

Source of news: bbc.com