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Wonderful Writers Wednesday!

October 17, 2013 By Alice

RRWC Oct 16, 2013

Wonderful Writers Wednesday! Such a wonderful experience in an unusual setting. Last evening I was the speaker in the last of the Roanoke Writers Series. Their classes now take a break for the months of November and December. They go back in full swing in January with the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference at Hollins University. […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Roanoke Community High School, Roanoke Regional Writers Conference

See you at the Roanoke Writers Series on Wednesday

October 14, 2013 By Alice

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See you at the Roanoke Writers Series on Wednesday for an evening class about cold case blogging. The class is from 630-8pm on Wednesday, Oct 16, at the Roanoke Community High School. I will be in the Liminal Hall. This will be the last class of the year before the Roanoke Regional Writers Conference Jan […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Roanoke Regional Writers Conference, Writers Series Wednesday

Sum it Up! #44 October 2013

October 12, 2013 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

Sum it Up! #44 is completely dedicated to cold cases. First of all, Conrado Juarez, cousin of the child who was known as Baby Hope, has been arrested in the child’s cold case. The child’s name: Angelica Castillo and she was only four when she was murdered. Juarez admitted to the crime. Charges are still […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Missing Persons, Sum it up! Tagged With: Angelica Castillo, Australia, Baby Hope, Edward IV, Edward V, Elizabeth Woodville, Henry Tudor, Leanda de Lisle, Richard III, Richard of York, Sum it Up!, the Plantagenets, the Princes in the Tower, Thomas More

Henry IV and Louis XVI Lacked Royal Blood

October 10, 2013 By Alice

Henry IV and Louis XVI lacked Royal Blood according to DNA testing done on the head that was believed to be from King Henry IV. The Telegraph reports that “It’s “impossible” that the head belongs to Henri IV, said Jean-Jacques Cassiman, an emeritus professor at the University of Leuven, one of the authors of the […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Historical Mysteries, Unsolved Tagged With: Dr Phillippe-Jean Pellatan, Ernst Brinkmann, French revolution, King Henry IV, King Louis XVI, Louis-Charles, Marie Antoinette, Mitochondrial DNA, the Dauphin

Texas Bexar County Cold Case Unit disbanded

October 10, 2013 By Alice

Tracy Allen & Patty Vaughan

Texas Bexar County Cold Case Unit disbanded is a set back for the families of Patty Vaughan and Tracy Allen. In My San Antonio (link has been disabled) Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau said that the two-person cold case unit is being disbanded and the office’s 120 unsolved murder cases will be divvied up among investigators starting […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau, patrol officers Louis Antu and Adrian Ramirez, Patty Vaughan, Tracy Allen

Sum it Up! #43

October 9, 2013 By Alice

A side view of the Bosham Head, now revealed to be Roman Emperor Trajan. (Credit: Image courtesy of Bournemouth University)

Sum it Up! #43 with a short summary of some posts I saw and really like: the Science Daily reports that a 200 year cold case has been solved. A stone head that was found in a Chichester flowerbed 200 years ago has been identified as the head of Roman Emperor Trajan. Trajan was Roman […]

Filed Under: #crimechat, Sum it up! Tagged With: #crimechat, Alfred Moore, Ballistics, Roman Emperor Trajan, Steve Lawson, Sum it Up!

Startup Workshop VTCRC

October 4, 2013 By Alice

mindmap of the Oct 3 2013 VTCRC workshop

Startup Workshop VTCRC. Yesterday, I attended a startup workshop with Jim Flowers, the executive director of VT KnowledgeWorks. In this workshop, Jim spoke about the strategic essences  of business concepts (it has to suit you), tightened up on managerial focus, and reviewed the overall business start-up process. I learned a lot in a few hours. […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Daniel Pink, Jim Flowers, mindmap, startup workshop, VTCRC

10Qs for Brenda Sorrels

October 4, 2013 By Alice

Brenda Sorrels

10Qs for Brenda Sorrels. Brenda loves to write short stories set in the Midwest of the USA. Having lived there, I get that. At the moment, Brenda is very busy writing a second book. However, she did have time for these few questions. Questions: 1. When you started to write your first book did you […]

Filed Under: Vidocq presents Tagged With: Brenda Sorrels

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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.

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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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