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Lakota Rae Renville (1983 – 2005)

April 1, 2021 By Alice

Lakota Rae Renville Grid AdS

Lakota Rae Renville (July 6, 1983 – Oct 16, 2005) was only 22 years old when her body was found on Oct 16, 2005. Her remains were in an open gravel lot near Pitcher Road, Independence, Missouri. Lakota,  a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribe of South Dakota, was the daughter of Julie Keeble Watts […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Case of the Month, Lakota Rae Renville, M-Vac Systems, Missouri, stabbing death

Rita Hester (Nov 30, 1963 – Nov 28, 1998)

February 28, 2021 By Alice

Rita Hester

The murder of Rita Hester launched the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). It is an annual vigil that takes place on Nov 20 for transgender homicide victims and their loved ones. That day, we honour the memory of the transgender people we lost due to senseless acts of anti-transgender violence. Maybe the mainstream media is […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Boston, Case of the Month, Gay/Trans Panic Defense, Knife Attack, Massachusetts, Rita Hester, Transgender Violence

The Unclaimed

February 1, 2021 By Alice

Photography Simon Folkard Rose

Introduction One day, we all pass away. Most of us prepare for that moment. We do not wish to burden our loved ones and friends with costs when they take care of our remains. We get life insurances, some look into buying burial plots, and others make an extensive inventory of items and bequests to […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: DNA, National databases, Unclaimed remains

What we lost

December 31, 2020 By Alice

Photography Simon Folkard

At the beginning of 2021, the first post in the series Case of the Month should be dedicated to what and who we lost. We lost too many people in 2020, yes. But we also lost our routines. We lost some insight in each other. And, we lost patience. The year 2020 was so unique, […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month

David Mark Schwochert (1956 – 1973)

December 1, 2020 By Alice

David Mark Schwochert Photograph Deborah Regner

David Mark Schwochert (Aug 2, 1956 – Jan 1, 1973) was a junior at Burlington High School in Burlington, Wisconsin. He liked his woodworking class, he was quiet, disciplined, and was called “even tempered.” He had a part time job as a gas station attendant at Clark Service Station on 590 Milwaukee Ave, Burlington, Racine, […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, David Mark Schwochert, gunshot, Wisconsin

Missing: Amanda Lee Fravel

October 1, 2020 By Alice

Amanda Lee Fravel Missing Poster

Amanda Lee Fravel went missing on Friday, June 13, 1986 from Las Vegas, Nevada. She was supposed to go home to see her mother in California. Her mother had even sent her an airplane ticket for the trip. She was to board June 14th. However, Amanda never boarded any plane and never arrived in California. […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Missing Persons Tagged With: Amanda Lee Fravel, Case of the Month, Endangered missing, Nevada

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

Louise Raney Keko (Aug 18, 1938 – Aug 4, 1991)

August 1, 2020 By Alice

Louise Raney Keko Photography Margaret Holmberg

The case of Louise Raney Keko (Aug 18, 1938 – Aug 4, 1991) is still unsolved. For obvious reasons, she is the case of the Month for August. I came across her case while reading ‘The Cadaver King’ by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington. I reviewed that book on Sept 18, 2018. The book left […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, gunshot, Louise Raney Keko, Louisiana, Wrongful Convictions

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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 325 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.

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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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