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Nicky Verstappen, trial day 2

September 29, 2020 By Alice

Nicky Verstappen Photography Dutch Police

Day two covering the trial in the Netherlands in the 1998 unsolved case of Nicky Verstappen (11) who went missing from summer camp. Nicky was found dead 40 hours later. His body was a kilometer away from camp in an area where Christmas trees are grown for wholesale. All posts about Verstappen can be found […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: abduction, DNA, Nicky Verstappen, suffocation, the Netherlands

Nicky Verstappen, case on trial

September 28, 2020 By Alice

Nicky Verstappen Photography Dutch Police

Today the trial started in the Netherlands in the unsolved case of Nicky Verstappen. Appearing in court: Jos Brech. Brech is charged with abduction, possession of child pornography, and qualified manslaughter. Now, in court, Brech revealed that he didn’t kill Verstappen. When he found him, he was already dead. My translation from articles in the […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: DNA, Nicky Verstappen, the Netherlands

Small Towns by Mitzi Szereto

September 22, 2020 By Alice

The Best New True Crime Stories Small Towns Mitzi Szereto

‘Small Towns” is the next book in the series ‘The Best New True Crime Stories‘ which is of course, the anthology series edited by Mitzi Szereto. You have seen a review of the first book ‘Serial Killers’ here as well. Serial Killers was quite an opening act for a series and that raises the bar for […]

Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Mitzi Szereto

John William Pennington, an update

September 16, 2020 By Alice

John William Pennington/Ohio AG Office

Thanks to a reader, we have a little more information in the 1985 unsolved case of John William Pennington. It comes from the insurance claims and appeals that John’s wife Peggy filed to seek recovery of reasonable costs as a results of John William Pennington‘s accidental and tragic death. The case is here. From the […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: John William Pennington, Knife Attack, Ohio

Mary Emma Bisenthal Hammond: update

September 7, 2020 By Alice

Mary Emma Hammond Grid AdS

Thanks to one of my readers we get this update in the case of Mary Emma Bisenthal Hammond. Brantford Police is asking for your help. Can you identify and/or locate any of the four unknown persons in the pictures below? These are previously unreleased photographs.  Investigators would like to speak with the unidentified persons regarding […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Missing Persons Tagged With: Canada, Mary Emma Bisenthal Hammond, Missing Person, Ontario

1991 East Allentown John Doe 

September 1, 2020 By Alice

Artist rendering of the 1991 unidentified East Allentown John Doe

NamUs profile #UP16506 is about the unidentified 1991 East Allentown case that was uploaded on April 7, 2017. This case remains unsolved so I made it the Case of the Month for September, 2020.  The Case On Sunday, April 28, 1991 around 6pm, two hikers on a hillside near Albert Street, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, found scattered […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unidentified Tagged With: 1991 East Allentown John Doe, Allentown, Case of the Month, Pennsylvania, Unidentified

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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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