Jackson County prosecutors today filed 22 charges against Bernard Jackson, a twice-convicted sex offender, in connection with the series of rapes that terrified women in the Waldo area a year ago. Prosecutors used DNA from a lotion bottle and a shirt to link Jackson, 53, to two of the five attacks that happened between September […]
Archives for 2011
Vidocq presents Jane Rapin!
Meet Jane Rapin, a mature newly qualified (NQ) employment lawyer. Jane is not one to sit still. She is learning to fly, rides motorbikes, cannot be photographed unless she gets to wear a costume, and she readily tackles any DIY job. Following a career break, she wishes to resume her legal career and is therefore currently […]
#CCLiveChat
#CCLiveChat on Twitter with Joe & I starting Feb 2011. What? Live Chat on Twitter! This means that Joe and I will be behind their computers for a live chat on Twitter! Really? Yes, between noon-1pm EST you can join our live chat to discuss unsolved homicides (and more) and brainstorm with others participating in […]
Sum it up! #6
For this Sum it Up, I, have done a lot of listening. I listened to family members who desperately wish to have answers. I “listened” to case files in hopes that I would catch what they were trying to tell me, and I listened to new proposals for collaborations. When I made my round around […]
Update Teekah Lewis
On January 23, 1999, Teekah Lewis(2) went bowling with her mother, family and friends at the New Frontier Lanes on South Center Street, Tacoma, Washington, at about 10:30 p.m. They had rented lanes 7 and 8 in the 32-lane bowling complex. The mother kept an eye on Teekah except for one moment to watch her brother bowl. When […]
Sum it up! #5
In this Sum it up I’d like to draw your attention to four websites or blogs that have kept me busy reading all week. The first one is “the Civil Rights Cold Case Project.” On this site you can find information about cases related to the Civil Rights Era and some you will recognize since […]
The disappearance of the Sinclairs
On Feb 3, 2001, a mother and her daughter vanished into thin air. Police fear that the ladies are dead, murdered at the hands of people who are still walking around freely in the small town of West Chesterfield, NH. From WMUR: “The weekend they disappeared, police said, Tina Sinclair had an argument with her live-in […]
Robert Boulin’s death; suicide or murder?
Warning: crime scene photographs! In the autumn of 1979, press reports emerged that Boulin had abused his position to gain favourable terms for a series of property deals on the French Riviera. Boulin’s family believes that Robert, tipped in 1979 as a future PM before he was engulfed by that property scandal, did not commit suicide to avoid the investigation. […]
Update 1989 Hina Murders
The papers report that “Prosecutors and defense attorneys last week filed a request for jury selection in David B. McLeod’s trial to begin Aug. 1, according to Senior Assistant Attorney General N. William Delker. McLeod was indicted last year on four counts of murder, accused of setting a blaze that killed Carl R. Hina, 49, Lori M. […]
Vidocq presents Will van Zwanenberg!
Will van Zwanenberg, the Baby Barrister on Twitter, is a 38 year old Mature Bar Student currently studying for the BPTC at The College of Law (UK). He hopes eventually to practice in Immigration, Refugee, Crime and Human Rights Law. On Mind mapping, Will writes: “I have no professional interest at all in this field. My […]