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Research website by Alice de Sturler

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Susan Jessica Morey (Aug 13, 1962 – June 18, 1990)  

December 1, 2019 By Alice

Susan Jessica Morey (Aug 13, 1962 - June 18, 1990)  

I was browsing through newspapers when I stumbled onto this piece. It is from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri. The date is June 22, 1990. Check this out on page 18:   “Murdered Woman Identified: St. Clair County Coroner Rick Stone said Thursday that a woman found stabbed to death Monday In […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Knife Attack, Missouri, Susan Jessica Morey

Defrosting Cold Cases 2009-2019

November 22, 2019 By Alice

Dina Fort/DCC

On November 24th, 2009 Defrosting Cold Cases (DCC) finally went live. It had been living in my head for quite some time. Then it migrated to notebooks before I dipped my toes into the waters of WordPress. It started when I was law faculty in the US and worked with a police department. When I […]

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Filed Under: Vidocq Unscripted Tagged With: DCC, writing anniversary

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

November 15, 2019 By Alice

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris

The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris covers the life of Joseph Lister and the evolution of forensic sciences in Victorian times. Fitzharris Lindsey Fitzharris received her Ph.D in the history of science and medicine from Oxford University. Her blog is called the Chirurgeon’s Apprentice and it is worth exploring. Joseph Lister Joseph Lister (April 5, […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Joseph Lister, Lindsey Fitzharris

Sonia Carmen Herok Stone

November 8, 2019 By Alice

Sonia Carmen Herok Stone, courtesy of her family

What happened to Sonia Carmen Herok Stone (May 27, 1951 – October 15, 1981), that is what her family wants to know. Sonia was found murdered in her house in Carmel, California, in 1981. She left behind one daughter. Her case remains unsolved. Sonia Sonia Carmen Herok Stone moved from Quebec, Canada to Carmel, California […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: California, DNA, sexual assault, Sonia Carmen Herok Stone, Strangulation

Janet Eva Roberson Gregston

November 1, 2019 By Alice

Janet Eva Roberson Gregston

On August 21, 1984 around 415pm, police found Janet Eva Roberson Gregston (Dec 20, 1955 – Aug 21, 1984) murdered about two miles east of US 385 (Andrews Highway) on the North East Loop 338, Ector County, Texas. She had been stabbed twenty times and her throat was slashed. She was also pregnant. Her case […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Case of the Month, Janet Eva Roberson Gregston, Knife Attack, Odessa, Texas

Casanova and the Faceless Woman by Olivier Barde-Cabuçon

October 22, 2019 By Alice

book cover Casanova and the Faceless Woman

Olivier Barde-Cabuçon wrote the book Casanova and the Faceless Woman, a case for the Inspector of Strange and Unexplained Deaths in French. It was expertly translated from French to English by Louise Lalaurie Rogers. Translations I usually shy away from translated works. One of my favorite German books is Das Parfum by Patrick Süskind. Years […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Louise Lalaurie Rogers, Olivier Barde-Cabuçon

Zeigler: moral right denied

October 19, 2019 By Alice

William Thomas Zeigler/Grid AdS

The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala has rejected the appeal made on behalf of William Thomas Zeigler to have his pre-trial evidence from the 70s tested with modern DNA technology. Ayala denied this request “even though her conviction integrity unit urged her in April to grant it, saying it […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Zeigler Tagged With: DNA, Florida, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Kristina S. Hickey (1969 – 1984)

October 15, 2019 By Alice

Kristine S. Hickey

Introduction Kristina S. Hickey (1969 – 1984) was murdered in Park Forest, Illinois, 1984. She was 15 years old and still in high school. On January 15, 1987, Christopher Abernathy was convicted for Kristina’s murder. On February 11, 2015, after 30 years of incarceration, Abernathy was exonerated by DNA and set free. But who killed […]

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved Tagged With: DNA, Illinois, Knife Attack, Kristina S. Hickey, Park Forest, Wrongful Convictions

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I am a true crime writer raising awareness for old unsolved cases from the pre-DNA era that are in need of renewed media attention. I do not actively investigate these cases. I leave that to the professionals.

My posts are about homicides, missing and unidentified people, wrongful convictions, and forensics as related to old cases.

I review books but only select works of true crime, crime fiction, and historical fiction and/or mysteries.

My database has more than 289 cases listed by the victim’s last name. You will find a brief description there as well.

All case suggestions that come in by email for writing considerations are added to my to-do list in the order in which they were received. Please be patient as my to-do list is very long.

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William Thomas Zeigler

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On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held to request touch DNA testing. On July 18, 2016, Judge Whitehead denied that request.

On November 23, 2016, an appeal was filed with the Florida Supreme Court. On April 21, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court denied the request for touch DNA analysis.

On May 8, 2017 a motion for a rehearing with the US Supreme Court was filed. It was denied November 13, 2017.

In the summer of 2019, the appeal for DNA testing to the Florida Conviction Integrity Unit was denied.

Richard Lapointe

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In March 2015, the Connecticut State Supreme Court ordered a new trial. On Oct 2, 2015, International Wrongful Conviction Day, Richard Lapointe was set free. The judge ruled that he cannot be retried.

We close this wrongful conviction aspect of the file but now we must work on it as a unsolved murder case. In 1987, someone killed Bernice Martin. I hope that she will not become a forgotten file.
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