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Holiday Tragedies

December 22, 2017 By Alice

Holiday Tragedies AdS 2017

The last days of December are filled with joy and cheer for most of us but for some, they are the Holiday Tragedies. Celebrating several days together with loved ones isn’t an option for everyone. Some of us are alone and not always by choice. Some of us were robbed of loved ones. It stings […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Barbara Ann Blatnik, Betty Gene Hull, Brenda Lee Harvey Martinez, Charles Clark, Michelle Marie Martinko, Rhonda Annette Hinson, Sodder Children, Zeiger Family

Suzanne Bombardier: Bacom faces judge

December 16, 2017 By Alice

Suzanne Bombardier

Update in the Suzanne Bombardier case: Mitchell Lynn Bacom did not enter a plea and waived his right to a speedy trial. Public Defender Brooks Osborne argued his office needs more time to get attorneys assigned to the case and for them to review the evidence against Bacom. This will all take time. The East […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Antioch, California, DNA, Knife Attack, Suzanne Bombardier

Sum it Up! #55

December 15, 2017 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

Sum it Up! #55 covers a lot of ground. Here we go: Wrongful Convictions 1: Lamonte McIntyre After being wrongly imprisoned for a double-murder for the past 23 years, Lamonte McIntyre walked out of Wyandotte County Courthouse a free man! Lamonte McIntyre was wrongly convicted in 1994 of a double murder he never committed. His conviction […]

Filed Under: Sum it up! Tagged With: Forensics, Police Misconduct, Sum it Up!, Wrongful Convictions

OPP still needs help in Karen Caughlin case

December 14, 2017 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

In the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) latest press conference they told the public that Karen Caughlin was most likely unintentionally killed by a motorist in 1974. The papers called it “shedding a new light on the case” but I disagree. We already knew she was struck by a car. The question is was it unintentional or not. […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, hit-and-run, Karen Caughlin, M-Vac Systems, OPP, Sarnia

Charges in Suzanne Bombardier murder

December 12, 2017 By Alice

Suzanne Bombardier

Mitchell Lynn Bacom (63) will be charged with murdering Suzanne Bombardier, according to county prosecutors. He was arrested Friday at his Antioch home without incident, police said. Bacom, a longtime suspect in this case, is held on charges of murder, kidnapping, rape and oral copulation. Suzanne’s slaying was the oldest open homicide cold case on […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Solved Tagged With: Antioch, California, DNA, Knife Attack, Suzanne Bombardier

New search options from NCMEC

December 8, 2017 By Alice

Pulaski Co Mo jane doe/NCMEC

The NCMEC (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children) has a new search tool. They have launched an interactive map of unidentified human remains cases combined with a database. The interface has the map and the data on one screen making is super easy and eye-friendly. On the map (click here) you can search the […]

Filed Under: Unidentified Tagged With: NCMEC, Unidentified

Theresa Corley: DNA found

December 3, 2017 By Alice

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley/Massachusetts Gov.

In April 2016, I wrote that Theresa M. Corley‘s case needed a review with modern technology. It has been done. In May 2017, the authorities exhumed Theresa’s body. They collected nine and a half fingernails. The goal of course, looking for DNA. Theresa was only 19 years old on Dec. 6, 1978 when she was […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: DNA, Massachusetts, Theresa M. Corley

Dennise Jeannette Sullivan

December 1, 2017 By Alice

Dennise Jeannette Sullivan

Dennise Jeannette Sullivan’s is one of Utah’s oldest missing person cases. Dennise was 15 years old when she went missing under very violent circumstances. The general opinion is that she is presumed dead. This is the Case of the Month for December 2017. Note: I have seen her name spelled as Dennise and as Denise. […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Missing Persons Tagged With: Case of the Month, Dennise Jeannette Sullivan, Gun Fire, Missing Person, Moab, Utah

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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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