The Office of Chief Medical Examiner is hosting the New York City Missing Persons Day this Saturday May 20 to support families and friends of missing persons. More than 13,000 people were reported missing in New York City last year, with many, including at least 200 children, missing long-term. Nationwide, there are more than 87,000 active missing persons cases, […]
Zeigler deserves a rehearing
WARNING: crime scene photography below. On May 8th, 2017 the defense for William Thomas Zeigler filed a motion for a rehearing with the Florida Supreme Court. Click here to read the motion. The appeal starts with an explanation why the court misunderstood critical facts and misapplied the Florida estoppel laws. Let’s skip that for a […]
The unknown 1972 Rome NY case
A reader emailed me about a 1972 Rome NY case. She cannot find anything about this New York case and neither can I. I did some digging but can use a hand here. The case is mentioned in the Journal of Forensic Science, Apr. 1976, Vol. 21, No. 2, on the bottom of page 325. I […]
Pardon for Jens Soering
Albemarle County Sheriff J.E. “Chip” Harding wrote a 19-page report to support the release of Jens Soering. Soering was convicted of the 1985 Bedford County double murder of Derek & Nancy Haysom. He is serving life. Soering was dating the Haysoms’ daughter Elizabeth. She pled guilty and is serving 90 years in prison. Most likely, this […]
Where is Harry Browe, Jr?
The Harry Browe, Jr case is a mystery. It is an old Michigan missing person case from the 30s. What do we know? On September 5, 1936, around 430pm, brothers Charles (9) and Edward (7) Browe left from home to visit Clark Park (Detroit) with their baby brother Harry in his stroller. At that time […]
Virginia Missing Persons Day 2017
The Virginia General Assembly has declared April 29 “Missing Persons Day.” To quote from the House Joint Resolution No. 612: “according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center, in 2015, there were 84,961 active missing persons cases, 42,032 of which were related to juveniles under the age of 21; and the total number […]
Zeigler: touch DNA denied
The Florida Supreme Court has denied William Thomas Zeigler’s request for touch DNA testing. I have converted the PDF to images below. On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held for William Thomas Zeigler to request touch DNA testing in his case. Judge Whitehead denied that request for touch DNA on July 18, 2016. On November […]
Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson (Jan 31, 1961 – Oct 30/31, 1977)
Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson (16) from Garfield Heights, Independence, Ohio, left home around 7pm on Sunday Oct 30, 1977. She told a friend that she was going to meet a man. She was found murdered the next morning of Oct 31 around 830am. Judging from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office’s information the exact time of death […]
Pulaski County Jane Doe
WARNING: autopsy photography below! UPDATE MAY 25, 2021: she has been identified by DNA and her name is Karen Kaye Knippers, more here. ___ This Pulaski County Jane Doe was found at 847am on May 25, 1981 near Dixon, in Pulaski County, Missouri. She was near Hwy MM at the low water crossing. She had […]
Missing: Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer
Elizabeth Ann Pfeifer went missing today in 1986. Her case is still unsolved. She was last seen in Katy, Texas, April 12, 1986. She lived with her parents and sister. Elizabeth’s case is in the NamUs database. Elizabeth left home in the early evening to go to a party with five friends in the northern part of […]