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Archives for 2014

The 2014 Review

December 30, 2014 By Alice

2014 review from WordPress

The 2014 Review just got in! Some details from the report: This blog was viewed about 190,000 times in 2014 (that is double from 2013!) The busiest day of the year was December 15th with 7,722 views. The most popular post that day was In search of Jane, Grant and Arnna In 2014, there were […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Season’s Greetings

December 24, 2014 By Alice

Christmas tree covered in snow

This season of festivities and joy is bitter-sweet knowing that some loved ones are missing from our table. Some families lost their loved ones and had hoped to get some answers this year. Some did, yes. But progress is slow and there is no telling which cases will get answers in the New Year. I wish […]

Filed Under: Vidocq Unscripted Tagged With: Season's Greetings

The M-Vac System

December 17, 2014 By Alice

m-vac system

The M-Vac System is a wet-vacuum based forensic DNA collection device that is helping investigators solve more crime. It has been used on dozens of cases and has produced DNA profiles many times when traditional methods such as swabbing and cutting have failed to produce viable results. It is ideal for touch DNA scenarios, and can […]

Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: DNA collection, Krystal Lynn Beslanowitch, M-Vac Systems

The December Killings

December 10, 2014 By Alice

leaning angel

The December Killings always give me pause. During this month, we lost Maria Ridulph, Shawn K. Simmons, Officer Deriek Crouse, Kimberly Ann Thompson went missing, Leo Resk, and Gregory McRoberts was killed in a hit-and-run. Michelle Martinko was murdered, Eric Beasley was killed, and Amber, Karmon, and Kameron Willingham died during the accidental fire that led to their father’s wrongful execution. Patty Vaughan […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Miscarriage of Justice, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Wrongful Convictions

Case of the Month: the Zeigler wrongful conviction

November 30, 2014 By Alice

William Thomas Zeigler/Grid AdS

Case of the Month: the Zeigler wrongful conviction has been part of my life since 1993 when I started working for Amnesty International in Switzerland. I am appalled that the injustice endures. In December 1975, a quadruple murder took place in the Zeigler Furniture Store in Wintergarden, Florida. The victims were Charles Mays, Virginia and Perry […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved, Zeigler Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Capital Punishment, Case of the Month, Crime Scene, Evidence, Florida, Forensics, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler

Nominee 2014 ABA Top 100 Blawgs!

November 24, 2014 By Alice

Nominee 2014 ABA Top 100 Blawgs

Nominee 2014 ABA Top 100 Blawgs! What wonderful news on the day my blog turned five years old: it is nominated for the 2014 American Bar Association’s Top 100 Blawgs (law blogs) in the category criminal justice. Of course, I need your votes. But just like last year, your votes are not for my glory. […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: ABA Top 100 Blawgs of 2014

Fifth Anniversary: Nov 24, 2009-2014

November 24, 2014 By Alice

Dina Fort

Fifth Anniversary: Nov 24, 2009-2014. This month five years ago, I bought the domain name Defrosting Cold Cases. I made that name up. I wanted to blog about unsolved homicides but predominantly about those cases where the victim had absolutely (or hardly any) no web presence and those victims who had no celebrity spokesperson attached […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

Lisa Peak – Julie Benning – Valerie Klossowsky

November 1, 2014 By Alice

Valerie Klossowsky, Julie Benning, and Lisa Peak. Photographs courtesy of their famiies. Grid by AdS

Lisa Peak – Julie Benning – Valerie Klossowsky is a guest post written for DCC by Jody Ewing, the blogger behind Iowa Cold Cases. I was contacted a while ago by a reader, Tom, who alerted me to Lisa’s case. After an Internet search, Jody and I decided to work on this together and see […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Iowa, Julie Benning, Lisa Peak, Strangulation, Unsolved Homicide, Valerie Klossowsky, Waverly

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On this website, I write about old, unsolved cases. Most are from the pre-DNA era and are in need of renewed media attention. I only do research and leave the active investigation of these cases to the professionals.

My posts are about homicides, missing and unidentified people, wrongful convictions, and forensics as related to these cases.

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William Thomas Zeigler

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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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