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Virginia Missing Persons Day 2017

April 28, 2017 By Alice

VA Missing Persons April 29 2017

The Virginia General Assembly has declared April 29 “Missing Persons Day.” To quote from the House Joint Resolution No. 612: “according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center, in 2015, there were 84,961 active missing persons cases, 42,032 of which were related to juveniles under the age of 21; and the total number […]

Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Missing Person, VA Missing Persons Day 2017, Virginia

Zeigler: touch DNA denied

April 22, 2017 By Alice

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The Florida Supreme Court has denied William Thomas Zeigler’s request for touch DNA testing. I have converted the PDF to images below. 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 […]

Filed Under: Zeigler Tagged With: Florida, Prosecutorial Misconduct, touch DNA, William Thomas Zeigler, withheld evidence

Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson (Jan 31, 1961 – Oct 30/31, 1977)

April 17, 2017 By Alice

Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson

Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson (16) from Garfield Heights, Independence, Ohio, left home around 7pm on Sunday Oct 30, 1977. She told a friend that she was going to meet a man. She was found murdered the next morning of Oct 31 around 830am. Judging from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office’s information the exact time of death […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson, Ohio, Strangulation

Pulaski County Jane Doe

April 14, 2017 By Alice

Pulaski County Jane Doe 1981

WARNING: autopsy photography below! This Pulaski County Jane Doe was found at 847am on May 25, 1981 near Dixon, in Pulaski County, Missouri. She was near Hwy MM at the low water crossing. She had been dead for about four to five hours. Her case appeared in the NamUs database on May 02, 2012 with […]

Filed Under: Unidentified Tagged With: DNA, Missouri, Pulaski Jane Doe, Unidentified

Missing: Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer

April 12, 2017 By Alice

Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer

Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer went missing today in 1986. Her case is still unsolved. She was last seen in Katy, Texas, April 12, 1986. She lived with her parents and sister. Elizabeth’s case is in the NamUs database. Elizabeth left home in the early evening to go to a party with five friends in the northern part of […]

Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Elizabeth Ann, Endangered missing, Katy, Texas

Missing: Quinn Renard Woodfolk

April 9, 2017 By Alice

Quinn Renard Woodfolk

Quinn Renard Woodfolk (July 23, 1986 – missing July 4, 1998) was just a few days shy of his 12th birthday when he disappeared from Charlottesville, Virginia. His nickname was “Lil Quinn.” Quinn Renard Woodfolk has black hair and brown eyes. He has a scar near his right eye. Some websites state that he has a scar […]

Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Charlottesville, missing children, NAMUS, Quinn Renard Woodfolk, Virginia

Case of the Month: Sophie Sergie (1973 – 1993)

April 1, 2017 By Alice

Sophie Sergie

This month is the 24th anniversary of the Sophie Sergie murder that still haunts the Fairbanks authorities. On April 26, 1993, around 2pm, Sophie Sergie (20) was found dead by a janitor. Her body was in a bathtub in the second floor women’s restroom of Bartlett Hall, University of Alaska. She was raped and killed. The […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Alaska, Case of the Month, Sophie Sergie

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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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