UPDATE: the Kistemaker Family has given me permission to use Ben’s Death Certificate online which answers two important questions. Please scroll down as there are also mistakes in this certificate of death. ___ In May 1979, Gijsbert Simon “Ben” Kistemaker (26), traveled from the Netherlands to the United States of America. In New York, he […]
M-Vac, a cold case murder, and a true crime show
Please welcome back to DCC, guest blogger Jared Bradley. As you know, Jared is the President and CEO of M-Vac Systems, Inc. What you may not know is that he served 14 years with the US Army and Army Reserves, achieving the rank of Captain. Since leading M-Vac Systems into the forensic market, Jared had […]
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Chesterfield County Jane Doe
I received the tip to look into the Chesterfield County Jane Doe from my friend Michele who grew up near this area in Virginia. What do we know? From WSLS: “On Aug. 7, 1986, workers were unloading trash from the School Street transfer station in Richmond at a Chesterfield landfill when they noticed what appeared […]
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Maria Daanen (Dec 9, 1945 – missing Dec 11, 1971)
In 1971, Maria Daanen aka Ria, went missing from Koudekerk aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. She is white, about 5’8″ (1 m 78 cm), was around 176 lbs (80 kg), with brown hair and eyes. In the photographs, notice the position of her upper teeth. The Case At some point in the night of December […]
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Barbara Blatnik: finally an arrest!
Cuyahoga Falls Police announced the arrest of James Zastawnik (67) for the December 1987 murder of Barbara Ann Blatnik. Zastawnik has been charged with first degree murder. Falls Lt. Chris Norfolk will not say if Zastawnik was a suspect in the early stages of the investigation. He did say that Zastawnik was “arrested in Akron in […]
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Coe Caroline Paisley (1965 – 1994)
From the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau Cold Case Squad: Location: 1223 Wallace Street, Coral Gables, Florida. Date & Time: 3:29 pm on Wednesday, August 3, 1994. “At the above time, date, and location the victim was discovered unconscious inside of a duplex apartment that she owned and was renovating. It was revealed that two […]
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Justice for John Anthony Muncy
Today, we learned the name of the person suspected of murdering John Anthony Muncy (Dec. 7, 1967 – Oct. 15, 1983). “Detectives named Daniel Alan Anderson as the suspect in the murder. He was 30 years old at the time of the crime. Anderson died in 2013.” I found another detail: “Anderson had ties to the […]
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Murder By The Book by Claire Harman
Murder By The Book by Claire Harman tells the story of Lord William Russell‘s murder in 1840, Great Britain. As this is a true crime, you can easily do an online search, find the family tree, and learn all there is about his case, and the person convicted and executed for this murder. Claire Harman […]
