Gamso for the Defense shows you what post-trial lawyers are up against and points you to the case of Frank Spisak. “On the witness stand he gave Nazi salutes and said, “Heil Hitler.” He explained that he killed African-Americans because he wanted to start a race war in Cleveland. In federal court, there were two […]
Sum it up! #3
Week 3: Sum it up! We saw a mixed bag of information this week about cold cases, DNA, forensic labs, testing and of course, funding. DNA was instrumental in cracking the 1994 throat slashing murder of Theresa Whetstone (Buffalo, NY) and the 1985 murder of Candace Derksen (Elmwood, Canada). At the same time, we see DNA backlogs […]
Update Sharron Prior
The case of Sharron Prior has created discussions per email. Readers told me many interesting facts. I asked whether I could use parts of their information online. This information is not found in any of the newspaper articles and even contradicts some articles. I invite everyone who used to live in the Point (Canada) to read […]
Vidocq presents Charlie Foxtrot!
Charlie Foxtrot is a mature post graduate UK law student who has spent her entire adult life working within the criminal justice sphere. However, that did not define her life. The military did. Charlie is the only person in four generations who is NOT serving in the military! Her two siblings are currently serving in the […]
Giacalone’s “Criminal Investigative Function”
Giacalone’s “Criminal Investigative Function.” Joe Giacalone has delivered on a promise: plain English from front to back! The book is an excellent read as a whole but certainly offers the clarity to be read subject by subject. Each chapter is tailored to handle a part of the criminal investigation. Each step within each chapter is clearly […]
If I scream, will you help me?
I had every intention to blog today but after reading the papers, I couldn’t. I could not shake the image of the old lady out of my head. Scratching the car to try and pull herself up. She screamed, people heard but nobody bothered to go outside to check. Nobody even bothered to call 911 to let the cops […]
Missing: Laura Henderson-Ibach
Understanding the 1986 Laura Henderson-Ibach disappearance is not easy. This case is as mind-boggling as it gets. I call it a disappearance because Laura’s body has never been found. No forensic evidence points to a crime scene. Yet, two men are serving 99 years in prison. They have been convicted of kidnapping and first degree […]
Zeigler: The significance of the Jellison Tape
Zeigler: The significance of the Jellison Tape (part XVIII) Is it evidence? Is it exonerating? Is it implicating? The tape’s conversation has been posted in full so I refer you to the previous post to read it. As you know, it was suppressed by the state for about twelve years. Why? Because of what Jon Jellison […]
Sum it up! #2
For this week’s Sum it Up: several cold cases were in the news. Rockfort Police (IL) announced an arrest in the 1998 murder of Debbie Lynn Logsdon. “Richard L. Brown was served a warrant last Friday for first-degree murder. Deputy Police Chief Greg Lindmark would not say what new piece of evidence led police to Brown, but […]
Update Burchfield
I received comments regarding the Burchfield case that I have not posted before but have decided to do so now with additional information I found: Q1: “In the picture, the officer wore his weapon at high-rise, cross-draw, on his left, making it available to either hand and away from his passengers. Do we know if […]