An Arizona man killed in a road rage shooting in 2021 confronted his killer in court on Monday, or at least an AI version of him did. After gathering more than 40 victim impact statements from ...

Dead man's AI replica speaks to shooter in court: 'We probably could have been friends' Chris Pelkey, 37, was fatally shot in November 2021 during a road rage incident in Chandler, Arizona.

A man shot dead in a road rage incident nearly four years ago appeared in an Arizona courtroom Monday to forgive his killer from beyond the grave — through an eerie AI video played by his family.

Chris Pelkey, 37, was fatally shot in November 2021 during a road rage incident in Chandler, Arizona. On May 1, his AI replica spoke in court.

On May 8, 2025, at the sentencing hearing for his killer, an AI video reconstruction of Pelkey delivered ... and his work subject to endless interpretation: “the words of a dead man are modified in ...