DNA tests on human remains found near the New River Gorge Bridge in West Virginia confirmed that the remains belonged to Robert Leroy Kovack (24). Robert Kovack went missing on September 19, 1998. Kovack had started his second year in the graduate architecture program at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. He was leaving Blacksburg on Friday evening to go home […]
Cold Case News
Elodie Kulik and familial DNA
In the night from January 10 to 11, 2002, Elodie Kulik (24) was murdered. She was kidnapped and raped. Her body was set on fire. Her remains were left in a farmer’s field. Her attacker(s) tried to burn anything that could identify them but they didn’t succeed. The authorities found Elodie’s red Peugeot less than a mile […]
A break in Bastian-Welch cases
A break in the Bastian and Welch cases as Tacoma Police has released sketches based on DNA evidence in these cold cases. Jennifer was 13 years old when she went missing. According to the papers, Jennifer wanted to ride her bike 30 blocks to the park and then go back home. She was training for […]
New details in Bastian-Welch murders
New details in the Bastian-Welch murders have been disclosed in an renewed attempt to solve these cold cases. Last Thursday, Tacoma Police explained that they do not believe anymore that the same man is responsible for both girls’ murders. From the News Tribune: “There are two separate suspects for two separate cases,” police spokeswoman Loretta […]
More details in the Everett Delano case
UPDATE Sept. 2, 2016: more information provided by the Delano Family in italics. ___ More details in the Everett Delano case thanks to two of my blog readers and Twitter followers. One reader emailed me that she found a grave on the website “Find a Grave” with the name Everett Delano. However, since the date […]
Arrest in 2006 Juan Cuevas murder
Arrest in 2006 Juan Cuevas murder: “John Blocker, 43, is accused of killing Juan Cuevas inside his Saddlebrook Way home Jan. 20, 2006, the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office said at a news conference.” The Courier Post further tells us that: “He is being held in Philadelphia on charges of first-degree murder, first-degree felony, four counts of kidnapping, second-degree […]
More about Demisha Armbruster
We have more details about Demisha Armbruster (April 27, 1965 – June 18, 1988) thanks to police. The authorities have given me permission to use five quotes and this photograph of Demisha Armbruster. 1: “The location at which her vehicle was recovered, and which is presumed to be the location at which she was abducted, […]
The new IACHR report on the Highway of Tears
The new IACHR report on the Highway of Tears can be found here. It “is just one more reason for a national inquiry, said Prince George lawyer Mavis Erickson of the international body’s report. “It’s such a dismal picture, but I think that the Inter-American Commission has done a good job in bringing the issues […]
Update Albert Ray McQueen
Update Albert Ray McQueen was made possible after emails with his family. I quote: “Albert was missing for a year before his bones were found in 1980. Two siblings went up to the gorge and they are the ones who found his glasses and a piece of his vertebrae that the police missed. He was […]
The long-awaited review report of the Crewe Murders
The long-awaited review report of the Crewe Murders can be found here but it may not hold the answers to all the issues that we discussed here on my blog. If you open the first link you will see the website with a short clip on the review. Below is the report in parts or […]