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No Truth Left to Tell by Michael McAuliffe

March 26, 2020 By Alice

No truth left to tell by Michael McAuliffe

Michael McAuliffe wrote an excellent book. “No Truth Left to Tell” explores in its purest essence ethical behavior. The story We are in Lynwood, Louisiana, in February 1994. Frank Daniels, the Klan’s new Grand Dragon, wants action. In fact, he doesn’t want just action. No, he wants an insurrection. A violent uprising, a racial reckoning, […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Michael McAuliffe

Colorado State Patrolman Thomas Ray Carpenter

March 22, 2020 By Alice

Colorado State Patrolman Thomas Ray Carpenter Grid AdS

Colorado State Patrolman Thomas Ray Carpenter (March 28, 1942 – Dec 27, 1973) was 31 years old when he was killed with his own .357-caliber Magnum hand gun while on duty. He was executed with four bullets in the back of his head. He had served as Patrolman for more than five years. No suspects […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Colorado, Colorado State Patrolman Thomas Ray Carpenter, Gun Fire, Thomas Ray Carpenter

The London Cage by Helen Fry

March 20, 2020 By Alice

The London Cage by Helen Fry

The London Cage by Helen Fry has been on my to-read list for a long time. The subtitle is ‘the secret history of Britain’s World War II Interrogation Centre.’ I first read about it in the BBC History Magazine. A difficult topic to read but necessary. Colonel Alexander Paterson Scotland’s memoir Colonel Alexander Paterson Scotland […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Colonel Alexander Paterson Scotland, Helen Fry, Interrogations, WWII

FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil by Pete Klismet

March 18, 2020 By Alice

FBI Diary Profiles of Evil Pete Klismet

Pete Klismet is well-known here at DCC. He wrote guest posts about preventing school shootings and psycho-linguistics and I reviewed two other books from him: FBI Diary Home Grown Terror and FBI Animal House. This one, Profiles of Evil, is the best. The best The reason why I think that this is his best book […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, FBI, Helen Loretta Jones Wilson, Pete Klismet

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale

March 8, 2020 By Alice

The suspicions of Mr. Whicher/AdS

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, or The Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale is quite the experience. It isn’t a book. It is a case encyclopedia. When you pick up this book it may seem like you are going to read about one historical case. But you soon find out it outlines a […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Frances Savill Kent, Kate Summerscale

Vanessa Lynn Buss (Dec 1, 1960 – Oct 7, 1985)

March 1, 2020 By Alice

Statute of a grieving angel

Vanessa Lynn Buss (Dec 1, 1960 – Oct 7, 1985) was shot to death in Houston, Texas. She was twenty-four years old. There is hardly anything online about her murder so it is fitting to make hers the Case of the Month for March 2020. UPDATE: Her brother Rance contacted me and gave his sister’s […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, gunshots, Houston, Texas, Vanessa Lynn Buss

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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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