Police in Adelaide, South Australia, have announced that the 1983 case of Louise Bell has been re-opened. “The unthinkable had happened — a little girl was abducted from her bedroom in a quiet, friendly neighbourhood, never to be seen again.” Police have re-submitted evidence for DNA testing to see whether it can be linked to a […]
Forensics
Bernard Jackson sentenced today
Bernard Jackson was sentenced today. He received 18 consecutive life sentences for rapes committed in the Waldo and Armour Hills neighborhoods almost 30 years ago. No trial date has yet been set for Jackson’s other unresolved criminal cases. Prosecutors accused him of two more recent sexual assaults in the Waldo area. The Case Jackson is […]
Adam has been identified
“The five-year-old’s identity has remained a mystery after he was smuggled into Britain and murdered in a voodoo-style ritual killing. He was drugged with a ‘black-magic’ potion and sacrificed before being thrown into the Thames, where his torso washed up next to the Globe Theatre in September 2001. Detailed analysis of a substance in the boy’s […]
Update Keith Combs & Eugene Ellis
From the Patch in the case of Keith Combs & Eugene Ellis: “A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday for two men accused in the shooting deaths of two San Diego-based sailors in Otay Mesa 18 years ago.” The hearing for Edward Jesus Elias and Leopoldo Castro Chavez II, both 35, was to have started Tuesday morning but was […]
Prep for #CCLiveChat Sept 16, 2011
Our #CCLiveChat on September 16 will be a very special one since we will be joined by Detective Ken Lang. Ken will explain post-mortem drawings and 3D skull reconstructions to us. As preparation, watch the clip below. About Ken Lang: Ken is a 24-year Maryland law enforcement veteran and now an accomplished author. He served the last 15 years […]
Suspect in 1993 Alie Berrelez murder
There is a break in the 1993 murder of Aleszandra Ariel “Alie” Berrelez (Jan 2, 1988 – May 18, 1993). From the Denver Post: “Investigators taking a new look at the unsolved 1993 kidnapping and murder Alie Berrelez (5) matched a DNA sample to a long dead suspect in the case — ending a saga for the […]
Steve Hodel answers your questions
Steve Hodel is here to answer your questions. Steve immediately started answering the questions as soon as we emailed him the post. Thank you very much for doing this for DCC readers, Steve! 1: Do you know a guy named Lloyd Richman? No, name means nothing to me. 2: Did George Hodel was ever friends […]
Ken Lang on Skull reconstruction
As announced earlier, we will have a treat for you on September 16 because Ken Lang will join us for our cold case live chat on Twitter. To give you an example of Ken’s work and of course, to help seek more media attention for this unsolved cold case, he sent me these photographs. They […]
Execution date set for Skinner
According to the website of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Henry Skinner is set to be executed Nov. 9, 2011. In March of this year, the justices ruled that Skinner had the right to sue a Texas district attorney under a federal civil rights law for refusing to allow him access to evidence for […]
Penn State CSI Students on the Zeigler Case
Penn State CSI Students on the Zeigler Case: a review of Zeigler Project. During their final spring semester twenty five (25) undergraduate and five (5) graduate students from Penn State University (PSU) reviewed documents pertaining to the trial and conviction of William Thomas Zeigler. Mr. Zeigler was convicted in 1976 of murdering his wife Eunice Zeigler, […]