A quick Sum it Up! as so many things are happening. I have included some links so you can dig into these cases yourself. Some are cases to read up on, some are cases to watch. Some are just here to point out that we should never think we cannot prevail. DNA testing in Donna Meagher […]
Archives for 2018
Sum it Up! #56
Sum it Up! #56 holds a promise I made to readers to list some true crime books from my to-read pile. I have not read these books yet and may never post a book review. However, they piqued my interest or, were recommended to me by friends. First for those interested in forensics, I found these […]
Mary Flanagan (June 9, 1943 – missing Dec 31, 1959)
The case of Mary Flanagan is probably the oldest missing person case in the United Kingdom. There is very little online about this case. That’s why I made this the Case of the Month for March 2018. Let’s start with a description of Mary. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall, white, medium build, hazel brown eyes, […]
Cold cases and the M-Vac
Please welcome back guest blogger Jared Bradley. Jared will give us an overview of exciting developments in the field of cold cases and the M-Vac. _________________________________ Guest blogging is always full of pressure, but writing for Alice’s Defrosting Cold Cases takes it to a whole new level. Like all of you, I thoroughly enjoy reading […]
Beaumont Children: New Leads, New Frustrations
Please welcome guest blogger Stephen Richey who will give us insight in the latest developments in the case of the missing Beaumont Children. ____________________ In an early blog post, Alice mentioned that ground penetrating radar (GPR) was used to locate an “anomaly” at a site where a tip suggested the children were buried. Some latched on to […]
Missing: Eugene “Gene” Francis Fish
Eugene “Gene” Francis Fish (May 24, 1950 – missing June 21, 2004), a retired federal agent, went missing on June 21, 2004 from his home in Canon City, Colorado. He is 5’11, white, has strawberry blond hair, blue eyes, and has a crippled finger on the left hand. Alas, his NamUs profile does not say […]
New excavation: the Beaumont Children
Update: authorities only found animal bones, no signs of human remains. The Australian papers just printed exciting news in the case of the three missing Beaumont Children. “Police have confirmed a new dig site in the search for the bodies of the missing Beaumont children.” Jane Nartare (9), Arnna Kathleen (7), and Grant Ellis (4), known […]
Who stole April Nicole Williams?
Last night, my friend JL alerted me to a post about April Nicole Williams who went missing in 1983. Of course, I shared the story. So far April has not been found. We have a baby picture and an age-progressed image of what she might look like now as an adult. The better guess for […]
The 1976 cold case of Eunice Shrivers Lowe
On Sept. 17, 1976, bus ticket clerk Eunice Shrivers Lowe (Nov 11, 1920 – Sep 17, 1976) was killed while at the work at the Continental Railways Station in Bay City, in the southwest part of Houston, Texas. Eunice, a white woman of 55, was beaten with a pickax, stabbed with a broken glass bottle, […]