The Harris County authorities in Texas need your help i the cold case of Connie Sue Madvig. On June 27, 1977, 18-year-old Connie was found in a wooded area near Aldine Westfield and East Cypresswood in Spring, Texas. She had been stabbed to death. Connie was last seen alive on June 23, 1977, walking to a store after […]
Sum it up! #49
You see, what I don’t like about most cold case websites that I have seen is that they do not tell stories. They are a collection of links to newspaper articles or magazines. If you want to read more, you must click on all the links and try to get the chronology right yourself. You read […]
Vidocq presents Alistair Sloan
Alistair Sloan has an interest in Immigration, Human Rights, Criminal and Family Law, he wishes to qualify as a Solicitor in Scotland and practice in one of these areas upon completion of his degree in a few years time. He tweets under the name @alistair_sloan. Get to know him better! 1: What is your most […]
Update Betty Gene Hull
Investigators will check if any materials found at the Betty Gene Hull crime scene can be tested with modern technology for touch DNA. On Christmas Eve, Dec 24th, 1991, Mrs. Betty Gene Hull was found dead. She was 68 years old. When police arrived, it was immediately clear that whoever is responsible for her death was in […]
Paula Ream: cops need your help
The cops need help to find out who was or were responsible for the theft of Paula Ream’s remains last August. They have no leads, no eye witnesses, no tips, nothing! Police said someone went into the Riverview Memorial Cemetery along the 1200 block of South Duke Street in Lancaster and dug up Paula Ream’s grave. […]
Tracy Allen & Patty Vaughan
Tracy Allen & Patty Vaughan are just two cold cases handled by the Texas Bexar County Sheriff’s Office but they can use your help in two cases: Tracy Allen In 1986, Tracy Allen (18) was found dead in Hondo Creek, Texas. Cause of death: strangulation. She went missing September 9 and was found on September 13, […]
No independent inquiry in Crewe Murders
Justice Minister Simon Power has turned down calls for an independent inquiry into the 40-year-old murder mystery of the Crewe Family. “In response, Mr Power said he understood the interest in seeking closure, but his hands were tied. Neither I nor my ministerial colleagues can direct the police to reopen the case. Due to the constitutional separation […]
The 1953 homicide of Officer Burchfield
Officer Richard Stanley Burchfield (May 26, 1918 – Nov 26, 1953) was murdered on Nov 26, 1953. He was a patrolman with the Colorado Springs Police Department. Burchfield was killed with a .22 caliber handgun by an unknown man during an armed robbery investigation in the area of 1600 N. Wood Ave. That robbery was part of a […]
Vidocq presents… Joe Giacalone
Meet Joe Giacalone, a 19 year law enforcement Supervisor and Commanding Officer of a Cold Case Squad that has investigated hundreds of homicide and missing person cases throughout his career. Joe Giacalone has a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice with a Specialty in Crime and Deviance. He is also an Adjunct Professor at John Jay […]
Penn State’s Forensic Science students to explore the Zeigler case
I am proud to announce a special collaboration with Penn State University’s Forensic Science Program. The students in this program will get access to crime scene photographs, police reports, witness statements and more to apply everything they have learned in class in a real case. The students will be able to explore bloodstain patterns observed […]