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Update Patty Vaughan

March 25, 2014 By Alice

Patty Vaughan

Patty Vaughan is missing since Christmas Eve 1996 but presumed dead. Now police are digging in Adkins, Wilson County, TX. Unfortunately nothing was found.  From San Antonio News: “This is the one place Patty Vaughan‘s family says was never fully searched since she disappeared, her home. The Texas Rangers are in charge of the dig but we […]

Filed Under: Missing Persons, Unsolved Tagged With: Missing Person, Patty Vaughan, Texas

Suspect in Branagan cold case

March 24, 2014 By Alice

Moira "Holly" Branagan

When I checked StatCounter I saw that many people had look up the Moira Holly Branagan case. I asked on Twitter whether there was anything new I might have missed … and YES! An article came up in Allentown’s Morning Call newspaper on Sunday. Hat Tip to @deathunderglass! “For the first time since Holly Branagan‘s murder 35 […]

Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Autopsy, DNA, Finger Printing, Knife Attack, Moira "Holly" Branagan, Pennsylvania

Sum it Up! #52

March 21, 2014 By Alice

Sum it Up!

Sum it Up! #52 starts with the release of Sture Bergwall. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, “In a series of trials between 1994 and 2001, Sture Bergwall was convicted of eight murders, despite there being no forensic evidence or witness statements, and confessed to many more. But Bergwall, 63, later recanted his confessions, saying he made them […]

Filed Under: Sum it up! Tagged With: #crimechat, Broadwater Farm Riots, DNA, Expert Testimony, False Confessions, Jannie & Marinus Stegehuis, Jody Ewing, Keith Blakelock, Miscarriage of Justice, Robert Boulin, Sture Bergwall, Sum it Up!

Murder charges re Trey Noah dismissed

March 18, 2014 By Alice

Trey Noah

Murder charges re Trey Noah dismissed for Harber and Moore. From the Blanco County News: “Murder charges against Shelby Moore and Brandon Harber, who were arrested in April 2010 in the November 2009 death of Trey Noah, have been dismissed by Gillespie County District Attorney Bruce Curry. The dismissal occurred Monday, March 3, after an […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Kendalia, Shelby Moore and Brandon Harber, Texas, Trey Noah

My interview with John A. Daly

March 15, 2014 By Alice

John A Daly

My interview with John A. Daly has made me impatient. I want to read more from the author who wrote “From a Dead Sleep.” But I guess I have to wait. John generously interrupted his writing time to answer a few questions. Here is my short interview: Alice: Where did the main inspiration for the character […]

Filed Under: Vidocq presents Tagged With: John A. Daly, Vidocq presents ...!

Help needed in Karen Caughlin case

March 13, 2014 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

OPP seeks help in 1974 cold case of Karen Caughlin as her death nears the 40th anniversary on March 16th. From CBC News: “Ontario Provincial Police hope a new appeal to the public will help reinvigorate an investigation into a four-decade-old homicide. Police on Thursday released a seven-minute video detailing the events of the day Karen Caughlin […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Canada, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Karen Caughlin, Police, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

The Mile Marker Murders by C.W. Saari

March 11, 2014 By Alice

Saari

The Mile Marker Murders by C.W. Saari is a book for those of us who like multiple plot layers with varying complexity. FBI Special Agent Tyler Bannister learns his friend and colleague Caleb Williamson is missing. Bannister has to collaborate with agents from Washington who need to know whether there is any chance Williamson defected […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews

Wet-Vacuum Forensic DNA Collection Continues to Gain Support

March 5, 2014 By Alice

m-vac system

Wet-Vacuum Forensic DNA Collection Gaining Momentum, a guest post by Jared Bradley. Scientific related industries have been my focus the majority of my adult life. In all that time, I don’t remember a device, product, service or method that has garnered more support in a shorter amount of time than the M-Vac System, with the […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Guest Bloggers Tagged With: Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Jared Bradley, M-Vac Systems

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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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