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Archives for May 2011

No external review in Caughlin murder

May 31, 2011 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

The Observer reports that “The Ontario Provincial Police won’t be handing over its investigation of the Karen Caughlin murder to another police agency for external review. Commissioner Chris Lewis is confident OPP detectives have conducted a “thorough and professional” investigation and will not ask for an independent review of the cold case file, Insp. Dave […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, DNA, Forensics, Karen Caughlin, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

Recap #cclivechat May 27, 2011

May 27, 2011 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

A very fast cclivechat  but it produced a plan and a strategy. The general plan is to examine some famous cold cases together in a themed chat. Then, we discuss the case together where each participant reports according to their area of expertise. And then we jointly blog about it! We practise with famous cold cases first for the simple […]

Filed Under: #CCLiveChat Tagged With: cclivechat

Independent review in Karen Caughlin case

May 25, 2011 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

The Caughlin family is calling for an independent external review of the 1974 case of their daughter and little sister Karen Caughlin. “It’s been 37 years, and it’s time,” said Caughlin, who will hold a press conference in Sarnia next week to discuss and seek public support for the review. “This is not going to be […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, DNA, Karen Caughlin, Michigan, Police, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

Update Manchester Building Female Skeleton

May 24, 2011 By Alice

New details emerged and people have been ruled out by DNA in the case of the “Manchester Building Female Skeleton.” We now have a facial reconstruction of the victim. She was most likely European but could have come from the Middle East or Indian sub-continents. She also had a number of fillings in her teeth […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: DNA, Forensics, Manchester, Manchester Jane Doe, Missing Person, UK, Unidentified

Sum it up! #20

May 24, 2011 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

Welcome to another Sum it up! The UK Police is breaking the law by keeping DNA of the innocent in national database. The Chief who refuse to drop those profiles act unlawfully and violate privacy rights of those involved. “The ruling by the most senior judges in England and Wales says that the current police policy […]

Filed Under: Sum it up! Tagged With: Sum it Up!

Recap #cclivechat May 20, 2011

May 20, 2011 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

We did some much needed organizing during this cclivechat to be as effective as we can and to make the most of summer. I had sent out an email earlier to the core of the “chatters” about making cclivechat more effective. Do we need to change the time or day we have the chat? Do […]

Filed Under: #CCLiveChat Tagged With: cclivechat

National Police Week 2011: Kathleen Ryan

May 20, 2011 By Alice

Kathleen Ryan

Kathleen Ryan is a retired 21-year veteran of the Suffolk County Police Department on Long Island, NY. She studied Memoir Writing with Frank McCourt, Creative Nonfiction with Matt Klam, and Screenwriting Adaptation with Stephen Molton. Kathleen tweets as @katcop13. She is an active participant in #cclivechat and never hesitates to brainstorm on a case. She also blogs on Women […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Kathleen Ryan, National Police Week 2011

National Police Week 2011: Mike Parker

May 17, 2011 By Alice

Captain Mike Parker, a 24-year veteran of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, was recently promoted to the rank of Captain by Sheriff Lee Baca and assigned to the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau (SHB).  SHB leads the Media and Marketing efforts of the Department and coordinates the 24-hour dissemination of news and information to the general public, […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: National Police Week 2011

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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.

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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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