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The Grenadillo Box by Janet Gleeson

December 29, 2016 By Alice

Janet Gleeson the Grenadillo Box

How I missed Janet Gleeson‘s book in 2002 I do not know. It will forever be a mystery. The book has everything I love: a historical setting with enough twists so that the plot I envisioned could come true. We are in the eighteenth century, in the United Kingdom. The year is 1755. It is […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Janet Gleeson, the Grenadillo Box

Eric Haider Update

December 22, 2016 By Alice

Eric Haider

This continues the post about Eric Haider. I found some new details in an article I had not seen before. Maybe I just missed those details them but I thought I’d post it here anyway to have a more complete case description. The article about Eric Haider is from Fox West Dakota. The new (to […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Eric Haider, North Dakota

FBI DIARY by Peter M. Klismet

December 15, 2016 By Alice

Peter Klismet: FBI Diary

Peter M. Klismet’s book FBI DIARY: home grown terror starts in Colorado. On May 29, 1998 Cortez police officer Dale Dewain Claxton was filling in for another patrolman. They’d traded days so each could attend to personal affairs. It wasn’t anything unusual to do. This was done to help out a fellow officer and was quite routine. The story […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Colorado, Dale Dewain Claxton, Peter M. Klismet

Orange County Jane Doe

December 8, 2016 By Alice

Orange county jane doe 1968

Warning: there are two graphic images below! UPDATE July 2020: IDENTIFIED The Orange County Jane Doe is identified as Anita Louise Piteau. On Wednesday, July 22, the authorities announced that they believe Anita was killed by Johnny Chrisco. Unfortunately, Chrisco passed away in 2015. He was 71 years old. Little is known about him, said Huntington […]

Filed Under: Solved, Unidentified Tagged With: Anita Louise Piteau, California, Orange County, Orange County Jane Doe, Unidentified

Nie Shubin exonerated 21 years after his execution

December 5, 2016 By Alice

Nie Shubin/CNN

From KFDR: “China’s top court overturned Nie Shubin’s conviction Friday, in a landmark case that exposed deep flaws in China’s criminal justice system.” Nie Shubin was executed by firing squad in 1995 without notifying his parents. He was just 20 years old and had been detained for seven months. Nie Shubin was found guilty of the 1994 […]

Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: China, death penalty, exonerated, Nie Shubin, wrongful conviction

The Cold Case of Thomas Chan

December 1, 2016 By Alice

Grieving Angel

This year is the 15th anniversary of Thomas Chan’s murder. There is hardly anything online about this case that why we made it the Case of the Month for December 2016. On December 14, 2001 Thomas Chan (July 11, 1965 – Dec 14, 2001) was killed. Thomas was a computer expert engaged to be married. He was […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: California, Case of the Month, Manhattan Beach, Thomas Chan

ABA Top 100 Blawgs 2016

November 29, 2016 By Alice

ABA Top 100 Blawgs 2016

Editors of the ABA Journal announced today they have again selected Defrosting Cold Cases as one of the top 100 best blogs for a legal audience. “For 10 years, the Blawg 100 has helped shine a light on the stunning breadth of legal topics and voices to found in the legal blogosphere,” Acting Editor-Publisher Molly […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: ABA Top 100 Blawgs 2016

Peter Morrone, the Pope who quit

November 18, 2016 By Alice

Peter Morrone, the Pope who quit/AdS

Peter Morrone (1215 – 1296), the Pope who quit, is better known as Pope Celestine V. The book by Jon Sweeney presents us with three powerful men. All skilled and stubborn. We discover how Peter Morrone’s life became entangled with Charles II of Anjou, the King of Naples. The other of course, was Cardinal Benedict […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Jon Sweeney, Peter Morrone, Pope Celestive V

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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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