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Archives for May 2010

Update Elizabeth Heath

May 28, 2010 By Alice

NaMus poster of Elizabeth Heath missing since 1984

Nearly three weeks since Elizabeth Heath‘s remains were found, the medical examiner still has not identified the cause of death, police said. “They’re still doing forensic testing,” Police Chief Michael Kehoe said of staff at the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Kehoe said the medical examiner’s office has more work to do before […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Missing Persons Tagged With: Autopsy, Connecticut, Dental Records, Elizabeth Heath, Forensics

Riley Fox case solved

May 28, 2010 By Alice

Riley Fox

An imprisoned sex offender will be charged with the 2004 murder of 3-year-old Riley Fox, a crime that Riley’s father originally confessed to committing. It’s been a terrible ordeal for the family because even with DNA clearing Kevin in 2005, many people persisted in the belief that he was guilty,” Kathleen Zellner, the Fox family’s […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Solved Tagged With: Autopsy, Child Abuse, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Illinois, Investigations Division, Rape kits, Riley Fox, Unsolved Homicide

Update Quang Lu

May 28, 2010 By Alice

Police believed millionaire loan shark Quang Lu was murdered shortly after he disappeared in October 2007. The discovery of a body in a barrel last week on Sunday proved the prediction by police specializing in Asian organized crime was correct. Homicide detectives said Tuesday the well-preserved body of Quang Lu known on the streets as […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Missing Persons Tagged With: Canada, Cruelty, Finger Printing, Forensics, Missing Person, Quang Lu, Toronto

Update Toronto’s Quang Lu

May 25, 2010 By Alice

Police have identified the body found encrusted in cement, inside a barrel that was pulled from Lake Ontario, as that of Quang Lu. The 47-year-old man went missing from Markham in October 2007 after returning from a trip to China. Police told 680News Lu was known to them and had ties to Asian organized crime. The barrel […]

Filed Under: Help the Cops!, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, Forensics, Quang Lu, Toronto, Unsolved Homicide

Michael Leo Resk

May 25, 2010 By Alice

Michael Leo Resk

On December 9, 1955, around 2am in the morning, police received a call from a taxi driver. He had seen a delivery van parked on Acadia Street, at the corner with Roome, in an unusual way. Police found the body of Michael Leo Resk inside the Chevrolet delivery truck.  This is the oldest case on HRP’s Unsolved Major Crimes […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Ballistics, Canada, Evidence, Gun Fire, Halifax, Michael Leo Resk, Unsolved Homicide

Halifax Unsolved Crimes

May 25, 2010 By Alice

Lady Justice

The Halifax Regional Police has a website with links dedicated to their unsolved crimes and they are asking for your help. You see the names of the victims involved, incident date, and file number (or incident number). Click on any of the names and a small file pops up with dates, facts and pictures. Please […]

Filed Under: Help the Cops! Tagged With: Canada, Halifax, Unsolved Homicide

Update Toronto’s grisly discoveries

May 24, 2010 By Alice

Human remains found in two separate locations in cottage country ­almost a two-hour drive apart – belong to the same man, the OPP said Monday. Post-mortem conducted on the remains found north of Barrie and near Huntsville Saturday revealed they belonged to the same person, a still unknown male victim, police said. “We have confirmed, […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Help the Cops!, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, Toronto

Murdered: Moira “Holly” Branagan

May 24, 2010 By Alice

Moira "Holly" Branagan

Moira “Holly” Branagan (Dec 8, 1962 – March 28, 1979) was a senior at Freedom High School. She had a part-time job at a local deli. Her father worked as a sales executive for Lone Star. He was away on a business trip the night she died. Her mother, who’d suffered from leukemia, had passed […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Bethlehem, DNA, Forensics, Knife Attack, Moira "Holly" Branagan, Pennsylvania

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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 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.
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