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Michella Welch: Guilty Verdict

March 23, 2022 By Alice

Michella Welch

Gary Charles Hartman has been found guilty in the 1986 rape-murder of Michella Welch. Hartman was around 30 years old when he attacked Welch (12) who got “separated from her sisters while they were visiting a North Tacoma park.” Her body was found in a ravine. She had been sexually assaulted and was beaten to […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Michella Welch, Tacoma, Washington

Verdict Suzanne Arlene Bombardier: Guilty

March 15, 2022 By Alice

Suzanne Bombardier

On March 15, 2022 a jury found Mitchell Lynn Bacom guilty in the 1980 murder of Suzanne Arlene “Suzie” Bombardier. On Feb 8, 2018, Bacom had plead not guilty. He faces life without parole. The sentencing date has not been set. As soon as I get more details I will update this post and the […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Antioch, California, DNA, Knife Attack, Suzanne Bombardier

Little Miss Nobody Identified

March 15, 2022 By Alice

Little Miss Nobody has been identified using modern DNA technology. Her name is Sharon Lee Gallegos, local police announced. According to CBS, the authorities said that Sharon Lee Gallegos “was abducted by a man and a woman while she was playing with other children in an alley behind her grandmother’s house in Alamogordo, New Mexico.” […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Arizona, Little Miss Nobody, Unidentified

Norvel Robert Nelson III: remains found

March 11, 2022 By Alice

Norvel Robert Nelson III

On March 10, 2022 the remains of Norvel Robert “Bobby” Nelson III were found on a private property in northern Washington County, said the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. Bobby had been missing since January 2012 under suspicious circumstances. I wrote about that here. “The sheriff’s office stated no further information is being released at this […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Missing Person, Missouri, Norvel Robert Nelson III

Guilty Plea: Murder of Melissa Millan

March 10, 2022 By Alice

Melissa Millan

The defense for William Leverett presented a guilty plea deal for the 2014 murder of Melissa Millan in Hartford Superior Court on March 8, 2022. “Leverett’s plea bargain calls for the 35-year prison sentence to be followed by seven years of strict special parole, according to prosecutor Vicki Melchiorre.” Since his arrest in 2018, Leverett […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Connecticut, Knife Attack, Melissa Millan

Trial for Suzanne Arlene Bombardier

February 25, 2022 By Alice

Suzanne Bombardier

Covid19 has pushed back a lot of trials and court dates in several cases that I am following. I am happy to confirm that a jury has been sworn in to judge the evidence in the 1980 murder of Suzanne Arlene “Suzie” Bombardier. As soon as I have more details I will add them here […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Antioch, DNA, Knife Attack, Suzanne Bombardier

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