The parents of Andy Moore want answers. They hope that talking about the circumstances of their son’s death and offering a large reward will prompt someone who knows something to come forward. Andy was murdered in his studio apartment on the corner of Ash and 8th Avenue in downtown San Diego, California, USA. Police believe that Andy was […]
Elizabeth Heath: homicide confirmed
The Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner has officially confirmed what the Newtown and state police have been saying all along: Elizabeth Heath‘s death was a homicide. Heath’s death was caused by “blunt traumatic head injury by a forceful blow to the head” a spokeswoman for the office said Wednesday afternoon. She was unable to […]
Can we base a conviction on one palm print?
Can we base a conviction on one palm print? In August of 1984, a double sexual assault took place in West Norwood, south London, UK. A teenager assaulted a woman in her home and forced her flatmate to join in the abuse. The teenager wore a balaclava and used an iron bar to force the woman […]
Vidocq presents… the Utterant!
“Vidocq Presents…” is a new series on DCC in which I ask some of my friends and colleagues seven questions. Read their answers and get to know them better! Kicking off the series is the UK lawyer and cartoonist: the Utterrant. The law is the ongoing story of people in unlikely situations, and it is being […]
Willeke Dost: search continues
The search for Willeke Dost will continue. Police will start digging into an area behind the farm however, they are tight lipped and will not indicate when or why exactly that spot has been chosen to search for possible remains. Willeke Dost was only 15 years old when she went missing. Now, she is presumed […]
Suspect: Antwan Maurice Pittman
In my post “Missing in small towns” I wrote about women who disappeared and were later found murdered. The cases were from North Carolina and Louisiana. I am more than pleased to be able to update you now on the North Carolina cases: Investigators in North Carolina have reason to believe that Antwan Maurice Pittman […]
New leads in 1955 Alice Barton case
The BBC reports police have new leads in the unsolved murder of Alice Barton (49). She was killed in 1955. Her body was found in Woodchurch, Birkenhead, UK. Her murderer has never been caught and the case remains open. Merseyside Police’s Serious Crime Review Unit recently received new information. A spokeswoman would not comment on reports that a […]
Colorado’s Cold Cases go online!
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Cold Case Unit, in partnership with Colorado.gov, announced the launch of an online Cold Case Database that citizens may access via the official state Web site at www.colorado.gov/coldcase. This is the first time the public will have online access to this data, which was previously managed in paper and computer […]
Zeigler, Part XIII the crime scene
Zeigler, Part XIII WARNING: this post contains graphic crime scene photography. They are not included to sensationalize the case but because they tell a story. View at your own risk. ________________________________________________________________ Zeigler’s first trial attorney Ralph “Terry” Hadley III had suggested that the motive for these murders was not robbery or insurance money as the […]
The 1985 murder of Vincent Paul Caciola
Vincent Paul Caciola (known as “Vince”) was reported missing on August 14, 1985 by his wife, Kimberly Rene Caciola (now Ms. Kimberly Grubbs). She said she left him at home late in the evening to get some items from her office on Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland. When she came back around midnight, […]