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Archives for September 2011

Sum it Up #34

September 15, 2011 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

Finally, I had some time to make a round around the blawgs for a Sum it Up! It is always a pleasure to see what my friends are blogging about and I frequently end up laughing till the coffee comes out of my nose. Someone who police stories always manages to do that is the […]

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Murder at the Farm; who killed Carl Bridgewater?

September 14, 2011 By Alice

bridgewater

Murder at the Farm; who killed Carl Bridgewater? We may never know but after reading Paul Foot‘s excellent analysis of the police interrogations, I am sure that none of the Bridgewater Four were involved. Even though the case dates back to 1978, I consider this book to be a classic to study how cases can go […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Book Reviews, Carl Bridgewater

Suspect in 1993 Alie Berrelez murder

September 13, 2011 By Alice

Alie Berrelez

There is a break in the 1993 murder of Aleszandra Ariel “Alie” Berrelez (Jan 2, 1988 – May 18, 1993). From the Denver Post: “Investigators taking a new look at the unsolved 1993 kidnapping and murder Alie Berrelez (5) matched a DNA sample to a long dead suspect in the case — ending a saga for the […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Alie Berrelez, DNA, Identification, Investigations Division, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide

Sum it Up! #33

September 12, 2011 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

Lots of cold cases are being reviewed in this Sum it Up. The Crewe Murders are going under the loop again but this time by a film crew. Kerry Porter hopes that the results of tests run on carpet fiber will help prove his innocence. He got new hope due to police informant Francois Cunningham’s […]

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Christa Miller: What’s so cold about 9/11?

September 10, 2011 By Alice

Christa M. Miller reviews Cornelia Read's "a field of darkness"

This guest post was written by Christa Miller. Life goes on over 10 years and still the memories remain: the sound of 343 PASS alarms going off underneath the rubble of the Twin Towers; the sight of American flags hung everywhere, from every home on a suburban street to boulders along the highway; the Neil […]

Filed Under: Guest Bloggers Tagged With: September 11

Ten years after September 11

September 9, 2011 By Alice

As we approach the ten-year anniversary of September 11, we are flooded with news. There are new threats. We see articles contemplating the threats from within and there are plenty of books out there about the ancient old divide “us versus them.” Amidst all those articles, I wanted to shed light on something that means a […]

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Vidocq presents Christa Miller!

September 3, 2011 By Alice

Christa Miller

Meet Christa M. Miller who has worked with the law enforcement community for close to 20 years. As a freelance writer, she has written articles for Law Enforcement Technology, Police & Security News, The Informant, Digital Forensics Magazine, and Law Officer on topics ranging from public information and communications, interoperability, and high tech crimes. Now a public […]

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Update Murder Trial for Trey Noah

September 1, 2011 By Alice

Trey Noah

There isn’t going to be any movement in the murder trial for Trey Noah any time soon. Shelby Moore and Brandon Harber are charged  with first-degree felony murder as well as tampering with physical evidence, a second-degree felony. They were both arrested in June 2010 and are now released on bond. From the Blanco News: […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Texas, Trey Noah, Unsolved Homicide

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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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