Recovering erased digital evidence from CD-RW discs in a child exploitation investigation

The paper describes an innovative method used to recover digital images and videos from an evidentiary CD-RW disc that had been erased. The digital evidence had been erased by the subject of the investigation in an attempt destroy incriminating evidence of the crime. Without the recovery of the digital evidence, there would have been no conviction in the child exploitation case as there was no physical or testimonial evidence.