Please welcome back guest blogger Sue Carney. Sue is my DNA expert. In my previous posts and in Cold Case Live Chats, a few other DNA techniques have been mentioned. It seems appropriate to provide a little detail on these techniques: How they work and when best to use them. Mitochondrial DNA Cells contain a […]
Forensics
Follow-up #V Karen Caughlin
We still need to find out in what condition Karen Caughlin’s clothes were found and whether the paint chips were on the back or the front of her bomber jacket. We did find that there was blood and a tire impression on Karen’s coat. We do not know as of yet whether the collected DNA […]
Update 1989 Hina Murders
Update Hina Murders: A New Hampshire fire investigator says he doesn’t believe a lit cigarette started the fire that killed a Keene family of four in an adjacent apartment in 1989. Lawyers for 54-year-old David McLeod are in court challenging evidence prosecutors say shows that McLeod set the fire that killed a newlywed couple, their 4-month-old daughter […]
Hal’s answers 5
Greetings all! I’ve selected eight representative examples of post-mortem ocular descriptions from previous medical-legal death examinations, to help bring into perspective some of the previous discussion points regarding post-mortem ocular changes. Hope these are helpful! -Hal 1. The eyes are closed, irides are brown, corneas are moist and clear, and the conjunctivae have no petechiae. […]
Hal’s answers 4
WARNING: this post includes graphic images! Jason asked: “What about drugs-usage? Don’t some drugs ‘contract’ the pupils? Or, would you not be able to say for sure what the normal pupil size was in the first place – so you can’t say if the pupil is contracted or dilated? But perhaps in case of OD, […]
Recap #cclivechat April 29, 2011
Recap #cclivechat April 29, 2011. We started off today by thanking DCC’s collaborators and webmaster for their time, for sharing their knowledge, and for caring about decade old cases. The first case we discussed was the Holly Bobo case. Joe has a post on his blog about her case and of course, the case can be found in the media […]
Hal’s answers 3
WARNING: this post contains graphic photography! ________________________________________ Bluedog89 asked about lifting fingerprints from an eye and also can an eye capture an image at the time of death. Wow… interesting questions! Frankly, I am no fingerprint expert. Richard Case or Joe Giacalone could speak with far greater authority on this topic, then myself. I am […]
Hal’s answers 2
Guest blogger Hal Brown continues answering your questions. Hello Miriam, You mentioned the difficulty with regard to post-mortem changes in cadavers retrieved from aquatic environments; I most certainly agree with you! Decedents located in aquatic environments present multiple challenges. Marine scavengers will change the presentation of any dead organic matter rather quickly, as they consider […]
Follow-up #IV Karen Caughlin
A compilation: A lot of information has come in either by email or comments that have not been posted for good reasons. However, all those bits and pieces of information fill in some of the blanks we have in the posts and clarify other issues. I have made a compilation below: Re the 1970/71 Chrysler, […]
Guest post: Laura Henderson-Ibach: The timeline does not work
Guest post: Laura Henderson-Ibach: The timeline does not work and police do not care. Part 4 by Tiah. Two different private investigators interviewed everyone who was connected in any way to this case. Much of what they found I will discuss here. If I use the phrase “we know” it is because the information was […]