Case Study | Infidelity | Fit Philanderers |
 Infidelity cases are common in private investigations, because people often show their true colors when they believe no one is watching.
Infidelity | Fit Philanderers
Infidelity cases are common in private investigations, because people often show their true colors when they believe no one is watching.
Lauth was contacted by a Client who believed his wife was having an affair. The pair had grown distant over the years, and they had not shared a marital bed in over a year. While the Subject assured the Client that she took her vows seriously, the Client suspected her distant behavior was the result of something more illicit.
The Investigation
Lauth investigators spoke with the Client to gather information about the Subject’s daily habits and schedule. What was her daily routine like?
What were the stores and establishments she frequented in their community? Investigators then began surveillance of the Subject in order to identify any regularly recurring characters in her daily life that could be potential lovers. Investigators infiltrated a weekly fitness class the Subject regularly attended with her best friend, who is female. On more than one occasion the investigator overheard them discuss plans to meet up later in the evening or go on vacation together with their husbands. One day, during surveillance, the investigator observed the Subject meet an unidentified male in a shopping center parking lot. The Subject entered the vehicle and remained in the vehicle for an hour before reemerging. The investigator memorialized these events in the form of photographs and video. Subject continued these rendezvous on a weekly—sometimes daily—basis. Due to the fact that the unidentified male Subject had tinted windows in his truck, investigators were not able to capture what transpired inside the truck’s cab, even with a telephoto lens.
The Solution
Through additional surveillance, Lauth prepared a report that concluded that not only was the Subject involved in an extramarital affair…
…but that her lover was the husband of her best friend, with whom she regularly attended the fitness classes. Lauth’s report contained data regarding the time, location, and circumstances of these adulterous assignations, as well as photographs and video of those events.