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Melissa Millan: update

October 20, 2020 By Alice

Melissa Millan

There is an update in the 2014 Melissa Millan case. Today, William Winters Leverett appeared before Superior Court Judge Shelia M. Prats through a livefeed from from the MacDougall-Walker Correctional Institution in Suffield. Due to Covid19, several cases have been pushed back and defendants appear on video screen. The deal from Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Connecticut, Elizabeth Bramon, guest bloggers, Knife Attack, Melissa Millan

Rest in Peace, Richard Lapointe

August 5, 2020 By Alice

Richard Lapointe Journal Inquirer

Richard Lapointe (Oct. 18, 1945 – Aug.  4, 2020) died of corona virus complications. “He eventually tested negative for the virus, but could not outlive its complications.” Richard was born with Dandy Walker syndrome. This syndrome causes a malformation of the head. Fluids build up and place pressure on the brain. It is a hereditary […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Bernice Martin, Connecticut, DNA, Richard A. Lapointe, Wrongful Convictions

Lapointe seeks $13.5M in state compensation

March 18, 2019 By Alice

Richard A. Lapointe

In 1992, Richard A. Lapointe was sentenced to life plus 60 years for the 1987 rape-murder of Mrs. Bernice Martin who was found stabbed, raped, and strangled in her Manchester, Connecticut apartment that was set on fire. Lapointe has Dandy walker Syndrome, a congenital brain malformation that made him gullible and vulnerable to giving a false […]

Filed Under: Lapointe Tagged With: Bernice Martin, Connecticut, Richard A. Lapointe, Wrongful Convictions

Melissa Millan (Oct 13, 1960 – Nov 20, 2014)

October 8, 2018 By Alice

Melissa Millan

Melissa Millan by Elizabeth Bramon An arrest was finally made in the 2014 murder of Melissa Millan of Simsbury, CT. William Winters Leverett 27, of Windsor Locks, CT was arraigned in Enfield Superior Court on Monday, September 24, 2018 on the charges of murder in the first degree for the November 20, 2014 stabbing death […]

Filed Under: Guest Bloggers, Solved Tagged With: Connecticut, Knife Attack, Melissa Millan, stabbing death

The Vernon-Tolland Three

June 25, 2018 By Alice

Debbie Spickler, Janice Pockett, and Lisa White went missing between 1968 and 1974. They are the Vernon-Tolland Three. In October 2014, the Tolland County Cold Case Squad was formed to investigate these three cases. After investigating each case as a stand-alone the authorities now look at all three cases as connected. It is a change […]

Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Connecticut, Debbie Spickler, Janice Pockett, Lisa White, missing children

Oronoque Rd John Doe

June 11, 2018 By Alice

skull reconstruction Oronoque Rd John Doe

Milford Police in Connecticut is asking for your help to identify this man. I have named him Oronoque Rd John Doe as this was where the unidentified man was found in August 21, 1992. Milford Police Detective Mitchell Warwick told News8 the following: on August 21,1992 two pedestrians found skeletal remains wrapped in a blanket across the street […]

Filed Under: Unidentified Tagged With: Connecticut, gunshot, Oronoque Rd John Doe, Unidentified

Wrongfully convicted Lapointe cannot be retried

October 3, 2015 By Alice

Grid Justice (Photography AdS)

Wrongfully convicted Lapointe cannot be retried and was set free on International Wrongful Conviction Day! From the Hartford Courant: “A judge on Friday dismissed the notorious, quarter-century-old capital murder case against Richard Lapointe, a mentally impaired dishwasher who was released from prison when the state Supreme Court said he was wrongly convicted in the brutal death […]

Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved Tagged With: Bernice Martin, Connecticut, Dandy Walker Syndrome, Richard Lapointe, Wrongful Convictions

Richard Lapointe free on bail

April 10, 2015 By Alice

Richard A. Lapointe

Richard Lapointe free on bail as reported by CT Now: “On April 10, 2015, Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander ordered that Lapointe be released on $250,000 security bond. Alexander also ordered him not to have contact with any members of the victim’s family and that he be subject to intensive pre-trial supervision. Appeal lawyers at […]

Filed Under: Lapointe, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Bernice Martin, Connecticut, Richard A. Lapointe, Wrongful Convictions

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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.

Richard Lapointe

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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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