The post-mortem has confirmed the death of Alex Spence was not suspicious. The Humberside Police said a file would now be prepared for the coroner ahead of an inquest. Alex Spence disappeared April 10, 2010. His family and friends frantically tried to find him. They reached out to the city, distributed pictures, launched websites, and reached […]
Update Alex Spence
Alex Spence may have been found. Humberside Police said a body found in the River Hull was believed to be that of Mr Spence. The death is not being treated as suspicious. A force spokeswoman said: “Humberside Police received a call at 11.40am from a member of the public reporting a body in the River […]
Crippen continued…
I read John Boyne’s book “Crippen” a while ago and posted about it (here). As luck would have it, one of the scientists involved, Dr. John H. Trestrail III , responded to the post and provided me with more details and the link to the PBS Series “Secrets of the Death.” The episode about Dr. Crippen, “Executed […]
From Clare to Alex
“Dear Alex I’m writing this so that if you can read it you’ll know how much we miss you. Some days I’m sure you’re coming home. Then others I think we’ll never see you again and I start imagining the worst. That you were attacked. Or that you’re trapped somewhere and can’t get out. Every […]
Remains Ryan Eugene Guitron found
The skeletal remains of Ryan Eugene Guitron from Fort Collins, missing for six years, have been found in rural Kimball County, Neb., and a multi-jurisdictional investigation is under way since last Monday. According to investigators, the remains of 30-year-old Ryan Eugene Guitron were found in a woodpile on an abandoned farmstead. A former roommate of […]
Update Hank Skinner Case
The United States Supreme Court Justices put off a decision in the Hank Skinner case. It is from Texas, a state that executes more prisoners per year than any other state. Hank Skinner made an actual innocence claim, demanding DNA testing on other evidence gathered at the crime scene. The justices had issued a stay just before […]
Update 1984 Cold Case of Elizabeth Heath
Elizabeth Heath, the 30-year-old mother whose skeletal remains were found last Wednesday in a chamber beneath the sub-flooring in a barn, was the victim of a homicide, the state medical examiner announced on Friday. The medical examiner’s office did not release the cause of Heath’s death at the request of prosecutors, who did not want […]
Missing Woman’s Remains Found 26 Years
The discovery of a femur bone during renovation at a Newtown property led police to a full human skeleton that was positively identified as missing woman Elizabeth Heath on Thursday evening. Dental records on file since Elizabeth Heath went missing in 1984 while she was divorcing her husband John, matched teeth found in a skull […]
Zeigler, Part VII: The Thompson Report
Vicki Harley Holland has a website about Tommy Zeigler. It is called “Prayers for Tommy.” She commented on my previous posting “This post will be written by you.” In it, she refers to “Fatal Flaw” by Phillip Finch, the book I also recommend. In the middle of her website, near the top, you see “Letters […]
Missing: Alex Spence
Alex Spence is missing since Saturday April 10, 2010 at 10.30pm when he left Princes Avenue, Hull (UK) to walk home on Beverley Road, Hull (UK). His family is desperate to know whether he is okay. Alexander Spence, 30, had been drinking with his sister’s husband Alan Bentley and friend Giles Shaw in Princes Avenue. The three men visited the Linnet and Lark, […]





