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The cold case of Bernard Oliver (1950 – Jan 1967)

January 28, 2017 By Alice

Bernard Oliver

The Bernard Oliver case is known as the Tattingstone Suitcase Murder. Suffolk Police is reaching out again to the public for help. No one was ever charged for this murder. Bernard went missing January 6, 1967. He had not come home from an evening out with friends. His dad reported him missing the next day. […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Bernard Oliver, Knife Attack, UK

Phenotyping and Cold Cases

January 23, 2017 By Alice

Parabon_Snapshot_Workflow_Diagram

A few weeks ago, I received an email from Tom Shaw. He is an IAI Certified Forensic Artist & Snapshot Account Specialist at Parabon NanoLabs in Reston, Virginia. We started talking about phenotyping and how that could advance the investigations in cold cases. There are cases that grow cold because there is no DNA match […]

Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Bennett Family, French Murders, Jennifer Marie Bastian, Michella Welch, Patricia Louise Smith, phenotyping

The Zeigler November 2016 appeal

January 18, 2017 By Alice

Tommy & Eunice Zeigler, 1973 (Beulah Zeigler Collection)

On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held for William Thomas Zeigler to request touch DNA testing in his case. Judge Whitehead denied that request for touch DNA on July 18, 2016. On November 23, 2016, an appeal was filed in the Supreme Court of Florida. In this post I have joined the state’s arguments […]

Filed Under: Zeigler Tagged With: Capital Punishment, DNA, Florida, William Thomas Zeigler

NamUs: underutilized. Why?

January 16, 2017 By Alice

“NamUs is one of the most underutilized tools, not just from law enforcement, but also from the public,” said retired NYPD Det. Joseph Giacalone, a former cold case investigator. “It’s one of the greatest tools that can be used to solve some of these cases, but no one knows about it.” Joseph Giacalone is no stranger […]

Filed Under: Unidentified Tagged With: Joseph Giacalone, NAMUS, Unidentified, ViCap

Moscow Bound by Adrian Churchward

January 9, 2017 By Alice

Moscow Bound by Adrian Churchward

If you look at the cover of this political thriller you will see in the background some lines of a document. We can vaguely make out what it says. It is a snapshot of a page. That one page undoubtedly belongs inside a huge file. The words “Top Secret” are crossed out. Who did that […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Adrian Churchward, Book Reviews

Case of the Month: Teryl Lynn Steel Orcutt

January 1, 2017 By Alice

Teryl Lynn Steel Orcutt

Teryl Lynn Steel Orcutt went missing on Jan 21, 1990. On Jan 28 she was found stabbed to death in a palmetto thicket near Black Creek, Middleburg, Florida. She was just 26 years old. I do not know the exact date of death. Teryl was stabbed many times in her chest. Her partially clothed body […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, DNA, Florida, stabbing death, Teryl Lynn Steel Orcutt

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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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