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Recent Posts:

  • Otha Liggins III (1971 – 1999)
  • What we lost
  • The Ethics of Forensic Genealogy part 2
  • Once Two Sister by Sarah Warburton
  • Toronto John Doe 1989
  • Paul Bernard Quinters (1967 – 1993)
  • The Hangman’s Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch
  • The 1940 Van Camp Murders
  • David Mark Schwochert (1956 – 1973)
  • Nicky Verstappen verdict
  • Ewing plead not guilty
  • ‘Into the forest and all the way through’ by Cynthia Pelayo
  • Act of Revenge by John Bishop, MD
  • Robinette Sisters
  • Melissa Millan: update
  • Missing: Deanna Michelle Merryfield
  • Ma Duncan by Jim Barrett
  • Nicky Verstappen, trial day 7
  • Nicky Verstappen, trial day 6
  • Nicky Verstappen, trial day 5
  • Nicky Verstappen, trial day 4
  • Nicky Verstappen, trial day 3
  • Missing: Amanda Lee Fravel
  • Nicky Verstappen, trial day 2
  • Nicky Verstappen, case on trial
  • Small Towns by Mitzi Szereto
  • John William Pennington, an update
  • Mary Emma Bisenthal Hammond: update
  • 1991 East Allentown John Doe 
  • The Handy Candy Man by Cheryl S. Justice and Delilah G. Michael
  • The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
  • DeAngelo Jr., Convicted Felon
  • Update Christy Lynn Floyd
  • Act of Deception by John Bishop, MD
  • Who killed Antonio Nunez Jr.?
  • Life sentence in Michelle Martinko murder
  • No One Will Hear Your Screams by Thomas O’Callaghan
  • Rest in Peace, Richard Lapointe
  • Nicky Verstappen: trial October 2020
  • American Sherlock by Kate Winkler Dawson
  • Louise Raney Keko (Aug 18, 1938 – Aug 4, 1991)
  • DNA profile breach
  • Update Alexander Christopher Ewing
  • Detecting DNA
  • A Maine Murder by Leola McBreairty Cochran
  • Gina Renee Hall partial remains found
  • Barbara Ann Blatnik update
  • Missing: Dean Curtis Mortensen  
  • Missing: Jefferie Hill
  • Justice for Cheri Domingo and Greg Sanchez
  • David Alonzo Van Meter (1904-1975)
  • The Great Pretender by Susannah Cahalan
  • Is the use of genetic testing constitutional?
  • They All Love Jack by Bruce Robinson
  • Amber Elaine Lundgren, more details
  • Donald “DJ” Edward Fickey remembered
  • Veronica, Cynthia, Linda, and Bobbie
  • Mary Emma Bisenthal Hammond
  • Jeffrey Vaughn Mitchell (May 28, 1968 – Oct 27, 2006)
  • Gijsbert Simon “Ben” Kistemaker (Aug 20, 1953 – found dead Dec 25, 1979) 
  • M-Vac, a cold case murder, and a true crime show
  • Chesterfield County Jane Doe
  • Maria Daanen (Dec 9, 1945 – missing Dec 11, 1971)
  • Barbara Blatnik: finally an arrest!
  • Coe Caroline Paisley (1965 – 1994)
  • Justice for John Anthony Muncy
  • Murder By The Book by Claire Harman
  • Mycroft & Sherlock by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anna Waterhouse
  • John William Pennington (Oct 6, 1959 – Dec 8, 1985)
  • Edward Hamilton LaGrave (Dec 12, 1921 – Sept 25, 1952)
  • Margarette Laverne Mullins Mankin (1927 – 1987)
  • Anne Theresa Noblett (1940 – 1957)
  • Brian Edwin Shookman (Jan 19, 1980 – missing July 28, 2012)
  • No Truth Left to Tell by Michael McAuliffe
  • Colorado State Patrolman Thomas Ray Carpenter
  • The London Cage by Helen Fry
  • FBI Diary: Profiles of Evil by Pete Klismet
  • The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by Kate Summerscale
  • Vanessa Lynn Buss (Dec 1, 1960 – Oct 7, 1985)
  • Serial Killers by Mitzi Szereto
  • Guilty verdict in Martinko Trial
  • Michelle Martinko Trial Feb 20, 2020
  • Yours, Jean by Lee Martin
  • Michelle Martinko Trial: update through Feb 19, 2020
  • Susan Jessica Morey: an update
  • Michelle Martinko Trial: Update through Feb 17, 2020
  • Anne L. Barber Dunlap: New Information
  • Martinko murder trial update Feb 13, 2020
  • She’s So Cold by Donald E. McInnis
  • Michelle Martinko Murder Trial
  • Out of the Fire and into the Pan by Shannon O’Leary
  • Remember Joshua Wayne Crawford
  • Welcome back!
  • Keith Wright in person
  • One Oblique One by Keith Wright
  • Susan Jessica Morey (Aug 13, 1962 – June 18, 1990)  
  • Defrosting Cold Cases 2009-2019
  • The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris
  • Sonia Carmen Herok Stone
  • Janet Eva Roberson Gregston

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On this website, I write about old, unsolved cases. Most are from the pre-DNA era and are in need of renewed media attention. I only do research and leave the active investigation of these cases to the professionals.

My posts are about homicides, missing and unidentified people, wrongful convictions, and forensics as related to these cases.

On book reviews: I only review select works of true crime, crime fiction, and historical fiction/mysteries. The stories have to fit my website's theme and research. It remains my prerogative to not review a book.

My database has over 300 cases listed by the victim’s last name. You will find a brief description there as well. The database will always be free to the public to use. You cannot buy ad space on my website, ever.

All writing suggestions that come in by email are added to my to-do list in the order in which they were received. Please be patient. My to-do list is very long but no case gets dropped and I will get back in touch.

Defrosting Cold Cases is NOT an organization. It is my brainchild.

If you have any questions about my website please check the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page, the about page, and the tabs in both menu bars. If you still cannot find the answer there, please contact me.

Thank you,

Alice de Sturler

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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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