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Sum it Up! #54

August 17, 2017 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

In this Sum it Up, we explore forensics and wrongful convictions. Identifying 9/11 victims On Aug 7, the Washington Post reported that “the remains of a man killed at the World Trade Center on 9/11 have been identified nearly 16 years after the terror attacks.” The article explains that 2’753 people were killed on September […]

Filed Under: Sum it up! Tagged With: Arson Detection, Colin Warner, DNA, September 11, Wrongful Convictions

Case of the Month: Ruby Grace Byron

June 1, 2016 By Alice

Ruby Grace Byron: photography courtesy of the Byron Family/Grid AdS

Case of the Month: Ruby Grace Byron (May 26, 1902 – Jan 25, 1976) was found murdered in her house that was set on fire. The fire department found her on the floor near the front door. There were blood smears on the door frame. Mrs. Byron(73) had distinctive blows to her head just above the right […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Arson Detection, Case of the Month, M-Vac Systems, Michigan, Ruby Grace Byron

Lapointe’s wrongful conviction

April 1, 2015 By Alice

Bernice Martin

Lapointe’s wrongful conviction brings back Martin’s cold case because if we take Lapointe out of the equation we are left with no answers. Who killed Bernice Martin? The decision The decision to grant a new trial is here (RICHARD LAPOINTE v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION). A few quotes: “On appeal, the petitioner claims that the court improperly rejected his […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Lapointe, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved Tagged With: Arson Detection, Autopsy, Bernice Martin, Connecticut, DNA, Miscarriage of Justice, Police Misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Richard A. Lapointe

The Grahlman murders

April 1, 2014 By Alice

Grave Jay & Jaymie Grahlman

The Case of the Month for April 2014: the Grahlman murders from April 5, 2003. I read about the Grahlman arson/double homicide case on Jody Ewing’s Iowa Cold Cases. Please read the circumstances of the crime there. No need to repeat Jody here. After I read the overview, many questions popped up in my mind and […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Arson Detection, Autopsy, Case of the Month, Cedar Rapids, Cruelty, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Iowa, Jay and Jaymie Grahlman

Trial starts in the Hina Family Murders

December 2, 2013 By Alice

Trial starts in the Hina Family Murders today. The Hina Family was killed during a 1989 fatal fire at a Keene apartment complex, New Hampshire. From the SFGate: “David McLeod has pleaded not guilty to four counts of second-degree murder. He is accused of igniting a blaze in a drug-fueled rage on Jan. 14, 1989, […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Arson Detection, Autopsy, David McLeod, Hina Family, Kenneth Richey, New Hampshire, Ohio

Case of the Month: Bernice Martin

September 2, 2013 By Alice

Case of the Month: Bernice Martin. On March 8, 1987, fire fighters found Mrs. Bernice Martin inside the Mayfair Gardens Elderly Housing Complex, Manchester, Connecticut. She had been brutally beaten and passed away that same night in the hospital. The fire department found her front door locked but the glass sliding door in the back open. The […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Cold Case News, Forensics, Lapointe, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Arson Detection, Autopsy, Bernice Martin, Case of the Month, Connecticut, DNA, illegal wire-tapping, Police Misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Richard A. Lapointe

CT Supreme Court hears Lapointe case Sept 17, 2013

August 18, 2013 By Alice

Richard A. Lapointe

CT Supreme Court hears Lapointe case Sept 17, 2013. This fantastic news came from the Bellingham Herald. Almost a year ago, I posted that Richard Lapointe was going to get a new trial. In a stunning decision, the state Appellate Court Monday ordered a new trial for Richard Lapointe, a mentally disabled dishwasher convicted of […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Lapointe, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved Tagged With: Arson Detection, Autopsy, Bernice Martin, False Confessions, Miscarriage of Justice, Police Misconduct, Richard A. Lapointe

New Trial for Richard Lapointe!

October 1, 2012 By Alice

Richard A. Lapointe

The Connecticut Appellate Court ordered a new trial for Richard Lapointe. From the Hartford Courant: “In a stunning decision, the state Appellate Court Monday ordered a new trial for Richard Lapointe, a mentally disabled dishwasher convicted of a murder a quarter century ago, concluding that state prosecutors wrongly withheld a police report that tends to support […]

Filed Under: Lapointe, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Arson Detection, Autopsy, Bernice Martin, Connecticut, DNA, Faulty Evidence, Miscarriage of Justice, Police Misconduct, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Richard A. Lapointe

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On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held to request touch DNA testing. On July 18, 2016, Judge Whitehead denied that request.

On November 23, 2016, an appeal was filed with the Florida Supreme Court. On April 21, 2017, the Florida Supreme Court denied the request for touch DNA analysis.

On May 8, 2017 a motion for a rehearing with the US Supreme Court was filed. It was denied November 13, 2017.

In the summer of 2019, the appeal for DNA testing to the Florida Conviction Integrity Unit was denied.

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In March 2015, the Connecticut State Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Richard lapointe. On Oct 2, 2015, International Wrongful Conviction Day, Richard was set free. The judge ruled that he cannot be retried for the 1987 rape-murder of Mrs. Bernice Martin. Richard Lapointe died on Aug 4, 2020 of Covid19 complications.

In 1987, someone killed Bernice Martin. I hope that she will not become a forgotten file.
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