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Defrosting Cold Cases

Est. 2009

  • Cold Case Database: Index and Summaries
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Operation Identify Me: Black Notice

May 10, 2023 By Alice

Interpol Logo

A Black Notice is an Interpol alert that is issued to law enforcement agencies worldwide in order to gain information about unidentified bodies. In this case, we are dealing with twenty-two unidentified women. They were found in the area covering Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany. However, that does not mean that they were killed in […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unidentified Tagged With: Interpol, Unidentified

Sharron Prior: DNA and exhumation

May 6, 2023 By Alice

Sharron Prior

We are getting answers in the 1975 rape-murder of Sharron Prior (Feb 9, 1959 – March 29, 1975) from Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. Sharron was sixteen years old when she left home to meet friends at a nearby pizzeria. She never arrived. She was abducted, raped, beaten, and murdered. Her body was found three days later. […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Canada, DNA, Sharron Prior

Remembering Sharrey Lynn Case

May 1, 2023 By Alice

Sharrey Lynn Case

The News-Democrat of Feb 25, 1980 reported that Sharrey Lynn Case (March 26, 1960 – last seen Oct 28, 1977) was last seen alive on Oct 28, 1977. That was when her mother dropped her off at Gary Allen Williams’ trailer in Centreville, Illinois. He was her boyfriend. Note that according to police, Williams is […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Illinois, Sharrey Lynn Case

In Search of the Blonde Tigress by Silvia Pettem

April 27, 2023 By Alice

In Search of the Blonde Tigress by Silvia Pettem

The press made the public believe that the most dangerous woman of the age was Eleanor Jarman, dubbed the Blonde Tigress. Author Silvia Pettem takes us back to the 30s and describes the time, the crime scenes, the accomplices, and of course, Eleanor. She puts a magnifying glass to Eleanor’s life, relationships, trial for murder, […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Eleanor Jarman, Silvia Pettem

Crimes of Famous & Infamous Criminals by Mitzi Szereto

April 19, 2023 By Alice

Crimes of famous and infamous criminals by Mitzi Szereto

You may have a star on the walk of fame or a statue in the town square of your city of birth, but that does not guarantee that your star will shine forever because as this book shows you, all these stars fell, and they fell hard. In their demise, they dragged with them loved […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Mitzi Szereto

Gary Nolan Romano (1955 – 1980)

April 18, 2023 By Alice

Gary Nolan Romano VSP

Virginia State Police are still looking for the murderer of Gary Nolan Romano (1955 – 1980) who was found dead on the bench seat of a blue 1977 Chevrolet pickup with a West Virginia license plate. The truck was found by a road crew worker on the shoulder of Interstate 81 South, near the 94-mile […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Gary Nolan Romano, West Virginia

Brutish Necessity by Jon Berry

April 6, 2023 By Alice

Brutish Necessity by Jon Berry

The full title of the book is ‘Brutish Necessity, a Black life forgotten.’ The author, Jon Berry, sets out to tell the story of Oswald Augustus Grey, an immigrant of Jamaica. When he was 19 years old, Grey committed a crime for which he was hanged at the age of twenty. Grey was accused of […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews Tagged With: Book Reviews, Jon Berry

Appeal Denied in 1979 Martinko Murder

April 4, 2023 By Alice

Michelle Martinko

On March 31, 2023 The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Jerry Lynn Burns in the 1979 murder of Michelle Martinko. The PDF of the opinion is here. “In a 5-2 decision, the majority found police followed the law in obtaining Burns’ DNA from an abandoned drinking straw, and did not violate his rights […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: DNA, Iowa, Michelle Marie Martinko

Missing: Jeffrey Andrew Dupres

April 2, 2023 By Alice

British forensic artist Tim Widden made this age progressed image of Jeffrey Andrew Dupres. Photography Tim Widden/Courtesy Denise McKee

On April 24, 1980, Jeffrey Andrew Dupres went missing from Slave Lake, Alberta, Canada. He was just three years old. His mom said it was ok to go see his friend next door. He never arrived. His little friend came looking for him 30min later. That’s when Jeffrey‘s mom called police. A lot has happened […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Canada, Jeffrey Andrew Dupres, missing child

Missing: Stephen Michael Lankester-Cox

April 2, 2023 By Alice

Stephen Michael Lankester-Cox

It was November 18, 2004. Stephen Michael Lankester-Cox (March 13, 1966 – missing Nov 18, 2004) was at his mother’s house on 3665 Walden Lane, Acworth, Cherokee County (Tribal Land) in Georgia, when he received a phone call. His mother, Sherron Lankester, heard him say to the caller that he could see the headlights of […]

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Since 2009, I write about unsolved cases that need renewed media attention. I only do research and leave active investigations to the authorities.

My posts cover homicides, missing and unidentified people, wrongful convictions, and forensics as related to unsolved cases.

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