• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About the author and her website
  • References
  • Archives
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Contact Page

Defrosting Cold Cases

Research website by Alice de Sturler

  • My Research Method
  • How to search for cases
  • Cold Case Database
  • Case of the Month: The Unclaimed
  • Book Reviews
You are here: Home / 2010 / Archives for March 2010

Archives for March 2010

Update Yolanda Baker Trial

March 25, 2010 By Alice

Yolanda Baker

Closing arguments have began in the Yolanda Baker trial. She went missing about 11 years ago and was legally declared dead in 2009. She was the mother to twins, a boy and a girl. This is only the third time that a “no body” murder case was tried in D.C. according to a U.S. attorney’s […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: bodiless trials, District of Columbia, DNA, Missing Person, Yolanda Baker

The order to stay the Skinner execution

March 25, 2010 By Alice

hank skinner

(ORDER LIST: 559 U.S.) WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 2010 ORDER IN PENDING CASE 09-9000 SKINNER, HENRY W. V. SWITZER, LYNN (O9A743) “The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Scalia and by him referred to the Court is granted pending disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari. Should the […]

Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Capital Punishment, Henry Skinner, Texas

Hank Johnson to be exhumed

March 25, 2010 By Alice

Hank Johnson / Photography Texas Wine Snob

Hank Johnson was murdered more than 100 miles away from home almost two years ago and a key clue may be buried with him. His mother, Sandi Johnson will be at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery to watch what she thinks should have been done a long time ago. She believes he was buried with crucial […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Solved Tagged With: DNA, Exhumation, Forensics, Hank Johnson, Houston, Texas, Unsolved Homicide

Zeigler, Part III

March 24, 2010 By Alice

Tommy & Eunice Zeigler, 1973 (Beulah Zeigler Collection)

The Unusual Crime Scene, Zeigler (part 3): Despite that this large, dark furniture store was a crime scene with multiple bodies inside, police did not hesitate to enter it several times. Orange County Sheriff’s Office deputies and other officers violated basic rules of procedure by entering a dark crime scene knowing they will disturb evidence. […]

Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: Ballistics, Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, DNA, Florida, Forensics, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Execution halted for Hank Skinner!

March 24, 2010 By Alice

The U.S. Supreme Court stopped the Hank Skinner execution about an hour before he could have been taken to the Texas death chamber. The brief order grants him the delay but does not ensure he will get such testing. The court order came as relatives of Busby were climbing the steps of the Huntsville prison […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, Death Row, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Henry Skinner, Police, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Texas, Victim, Witnesses, Wrongful Convictions

Hagy, presenting no defense, guilty of 1984 slaying

March 24, 2010 By Alice

William Ray Hagy Jr. on Tuesday denied killing a Roanoke woman in 1984, speaking not from the witness stand in his murder trial but in a 2-year-old recorded interview played by prosecutors. “I have a feeling you’re going to charge me with this,” Hagy said in the conversation with the Roanoke police detective who reopened […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Solved Tagged With: Crime Scene, DNA, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Victim, Virginia

Uncovering The Mystery Of The ‘Clinton Avenue Five’

March 23, 2010 By Alice

Uncovering The Mystery Of The ‘Clinton Avenue Five’ is not an easy task. Police have cracked a major cold case that’s gone unsolved for more than 30 years. Five teenagers vanished on a summer day in 1978. But now, the family members of those missing have new reason for hope. For justice, because the boys are […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Clinton Avenue Five, Evidence, Investigations Division, New York, Newark, Police

Update Cynthia Denise McCray

March 22, 2010 By Alice

leaning angel

Willam Hagy Jr. just pleaded not guilty in the  cold case murder of Cynthia Denise McCray from 1984, see my post “Hagy goes on trial today in 1984 slaying.” Hagy’s defense attorney argued for and won a bench trial, meaning there will not be a jury to decide Hagy’s guilty or innocence. The judge delayed a […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Solved Tagged With: Audrey West, Cynthia Denise McCray, DNA, Virginia, Willam Hagy Jr.

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Dina Fort

Author Notes

On this website, I write about old, unsolved cases. Most are from the pre-DNA era and are in need of renewed media attention. I only do research and leave the active investigation of these cases to the professionals.

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

On book reviews: I only review select works of true crime, crime fiction, and historical fiction/mysteries. The stories have to fit my website's theme and research. It remains my prerogative to not review a book.

My database has over 325 cases listed by the victim’s last name. You will find a brief description there as well. The database will always be free to the public to use. You cannot buy ad space on my website, ever.

All writing suggestions that come in by email are added to my to-do list in the order in which they were received. Please be patient. My to-do list is very long but no case gets dropped and I will get back in touch.

Defrosting Cold Cases is NOT an organization. It is my brainchild.

If you have any questions about my website please check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, the about page, and the tabs in both menu bars. If you still cannot find the answer there, please contact me.

Thank you,

Alice de Sturler

Copyright

If you use my work, please add a link back. Let your readers know where you found your information. I do the same for you. Thank you!

Protected by Copyscape

Categories

Top Posts & Pages

  • Cold Case Database
  • How to search for cases
  • Gina Renee Hall partial remains found
  • Missing: Norvel Robert Nelson III
  • Archive

Subscribe to DCC by email

Enter your email address to get new posts notifications in your inbox

RSS Defrosting Cold Cases

  • Missing: Norvel Robert Nelson III
  • Gun Violence
  • Emily Johanne Carmela Starkloff
  • Donald Ray Watson (1953 – 1978)
  • DeAngelo moves to Corcoran State Prison

William Thomas Zeigler

Category: ALL POSTS

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

Category: ALL POSTS

In March 2015, the Connecticut State Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard lapointe. On Oct 2, 2015, International Wrongful Conviction Day, Richard was set free. The judge ruled that he cannot be retried for the 1987 rape-murder of Mrs. Bernice Martin. Richard Lapointe died on Aug 4, 2020 of Covid19 complications.

In 1987, someone killed Bernice Martin. I hope that she will not become a forgotten file.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Copyright: Please add a link back if you use my work. Let your readers know where you found your information. I do the same for you. If you need help with this, just contact me. Thank you, Alice de Sturler

[footer_backtotop]

Copyright © 2009–2021 - Defrosting Cold Cases - All rights reserved · Hosting & WordPress: 3J WordPress Write Data

wordpress counter