Just to have a better image of what type and colour of vehicle we are talking about in the Karen Caughlin case, I post a few pictures here. Please note that these are random web pictures. The only purpose is to show you the make and model car to jog memories. Example number 1: Example number […]
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The role of Fingerprints in Cold Cases
The role of Fingerprints in Cold Cases is a guest blog post written by Richard Mark Case. He is a registered UK “Fingerprint Expert” and has gracefully agreed to a guest post for DCC. This blog post contains his own personal views and may not reflect those held by the National Policing Improvement Agency or The Fingerprint Society. You […]
Follow-up #II Karen Caughlin
B: Karen Caughlin Autopsy results and Previous Injuries From the OPP’s website we learn that “the autopsy revealed that Karen Caughlin’s injuries were consistent with having been struck with a vehicle, but may also have been assaulted. Due to the circumstances of the manner in which the body was found and the evidence collected this […]
Follow-up #I Karen Caughlin
Yesterday, we posted the first in a series of articles about Karen Caughlin who was killed in 1974, Sarnia, Canada. In one day, that post soared to the top of popular posts but what is far more important: people are talking. Comments and emails are coming in and I am sorting through the information right […]
Stacie Lee Ann Lutz Anderson found
“The lady in the Barrel” has been identified by DNA. Forensic scientists used DNA that was collected during the autopsy. The woman was killed in 1990. DNA from her sister was used to identify her as Stacie Lee Ann Lutz Anderson. “There were no dental records or X-ray files that anthropologists could consult to identify […]
The 1974 cold case of Karen Caughlin
The 1974 murder of Karen Caughlin By Miriam Said with Alice de Sturler Introduction Sarnia, Canada: a quiet border city on the Canadian side of the Blue Water Bridge linking Sarnia’s neighbouring village of Point Edward to the city of Port Huron, Michigan in the United States of America. Here, thirty-seven year ago, Karen Caughlin […]
Vidocq presents Ben Leb!
Ben Leb is reading law at a university in the East of England. As a student he enjoys mooting, debating, negotiating and is also a committee member of his university’s student law society. He doesn’t quite know what he wants to specialize in, but he enjoys reading and writing on different matters that catch his […]
Tristan van der Vlis kills without motive
Please welcome guest blogger Erik Eggens. Erik is a Dutch reporter. He studied journalism, studied Spanish in Ecuador, and now follows national and international news. For DCC, he wrote a post about Tristan van der Vlis who went on a killing spree in Alphen aan de Rijn. _____________________________________________________________________________ Dutch Tristan van der Vlis, a 24 year old part time worker, […]
Blood Spatter Expert appointed in Zeigler case
Blood Spatter Expert appointed in Zeigler case: The Zeigler Defense Team has told me that this morning, Judge Whitehead has approved state-funding to engage Mr Paul Kish as blood spatter expert in connection with William Thomas Zeigler‘s requests for new DNA testing. Mr. Kish is a forensic consultant in Corning, New York. He will testify at a future hearing […]
Update Zeigler
There is a string of news paper articles about the DNA hearing for William Thomas Zeigler that took place at 8am this morning in Orange County, Florida. Some are correct and others are not. According to ABC Action News, Private Investigator Lynn-Marie Carty of Reunite People says the evidence she has uncovered will point the […]