Justice at last. On June 29, 2020 at 130pm EST, we heard Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., a.k.a. the Golden State Killer plead guilty to the murders of Cheri Domingo and Greg Sanchez. Today, DeAngelo Jr is pleading guilty to a string or murders, rapes, robberies, and other crimes that were committed from the mid-70s to […]
Archives for June 2020
David Alonzo Van Meter (1904-1975)
David Alonzo Van Meter is one of those cases you hit upon after an email, a tweet, and then a reader sent an old newspaper clipping. According to the family, his name is Alonzo and not Lonzo. As I have no further documentation, I use the name Alonzo. This case is unsolved however, I did […]
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan
The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan may not seem a logical choice for a book review on a website about old, unsolved cases. However, her book is exactly that. Cahalan wrote a book about the Rosenhan Experiment in which unknown people posed as patients in unknown medical facilities. There are indications of truth, lies, fraud, […]
Is the use of genetic testing constitutional?
Genetic testing is what finally brought the case of Michelle Marie Martinko in court. Jerry Lynn Burns (66) was found guilty of Michelle’s 1979 murder based on genetic testing of DNA. He is awaiting his sentencing hearing. It will be the mandatory life sentence. In the meantime, his attorney, Leon Spies, is working on the […]
They All Love Jack by Bruce Robinson
‘They All Love Jack, Busting The Ripper’ came out in 2015. However, I had only recently heard of it when discussing the Ripper case on Twitter with my true crime friends there. I need not rehash the story of the Whitechapel Murders. A quick online search will do and there is a lot of information […]
Amber Elaine Lundgren, more details
Amber Elaine Lundgren (20) was last seen on June 7, 1997, leaving a nightclub called Bar Code on 81 Broadway Street, Asheville, North Carolina. Her remains were found later that day off Azalea Road. Her case remains unsolved. To this day, her friends and family wonder what happened to Amber. Her friend Nadia, who is […]
Donald “DJ” Edward Fickey remembered
Donald “DJ” Edward Fickey (Nov 14, 1988 – Oct 3, 2016) was a father to three children and beloved brother of Amanda Shirley. His case is a complex one. Did he commit suicide? If so, what was his reason to leave behind his three beloved children? Did someone kill DJ? This case has many unanswered […]
Veronica, Cynthia, Linda, and Bobbie
Please welcome guest blogger Barney Doyle. He worked as a newspaper reporter before turning to law enforcement. Doyle blogged for PoliceOne and the now defunct blog Working Police before turning his attention to writing books. ‘Reckless Speculation About Murder’ is coming out in May 2020. It will be released by Genius Book Publishing. Before this book […]