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Interesting find re Sharron Prior

March 25, 2012 By Alice

Sharron Prior

Interesting find re Sharron Prior. While surfing the web I found this in the Canadian cold case of Sharron Prior: “The newspaper reports from that time all reported Sharron was found in a field. There may have been a field in the back of where she was found, but she was actually found in a small alcove […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Canada, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Point-St-Charles, Police, Sharron Prior, stabbing death, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Moira Holly Branagan Alert

November 19, 2011 By Alice

Moira "Holly" Branagan

The Grand Jury is making progress in the cold case of Moira Holly Branagan. New material have been sent to the labs to be examined for DNA, and a report is expected at the end of the month. Moira “Holly” Branagan (1962 – 1979) was found stabbed 18 times in the back with a 10-inch kitchen […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Autopsy, Bethlehem, Cruelty, Finger Printing, Forensics, Knife Attack, Moira "Holly" Branagan, Partial Finger Printing, Pennsylvania

Book alert: Cold Case Research

November 16, 2011 By Alice

Book alert: Cold Case Research. In 2012 “Cold Case Research” will come out. The author is Silvia Pettem and this is how she describes her book: “Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing, and Cold Homicide Cases,” to be published by CRC Press in 2012. Topics include the latest search engine tools such as TLO, the […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Book Reviews, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Partial Finger Printing, Police, Rape kits, Silvia Pettem, Unidentified, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

Guest Post: “There are monsters that walk among us”

October 19, 2011 By Alice

Guest Post: “There are monsters that walk among us” by Darren Bruce. Darren is a married father of three and has been a police officer for seventeen years. “I am a Detective Sergeant who has taken on various roles and am soon to undertake a change to run a Serious Sexual Offences Investigation Team. Over the years […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Guest Bloggers, Missing Persons, Solved, Unidentified, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Peter Tobin, Police, UK, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

Adam has been identified

September 27, 2011 By Alice

Torso "Adam" BBC

“The five-year-old’s identity has remained a mystery after he was smuggled into Britain and murdered in a voodoo-style ritual killing. He was drugged with a ‘black-magic’ potion and sacrificed before being thrown into the Thames, where his torso washed up next to the Globe Theatre in September 2001.  Detailed analysis of a substance in the boy’s […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Solved Tagged With: Adam, Autopsy, Child Abuse, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, UK, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Execution date set for Skinner

August 5, 2011 By Alice

According to the website of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Henry Skinner is set to be executed Nov. 9, 2011. In March of this year, the justices ruled that Skinner had the right to sue a Texas district attorney under a federal civil rights law for refusing to allow him access to evidence for […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Capital Punishment, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Forensics, Henry Skinner, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Rape kits, Texas, Wrongful Convictions

Stacie Lee Ann Lutz Anderson found

April 13, 2011 By Alice

Stacie Lee Ann Lutz Anderson

“The lady in the Barrel” has been identified by DNA. Forensic scientists used DNA that was collected during the autopsy. The woman was killed in 1990. DNA from her sister was used to identify her as Stacie Lee Ann Lutz Anderson. “There were no dental records or X-ray files that anthropologists could consult to identify […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Missing Persons, Unidentified Tagged With: Cruelty, DNA, Forensics, Identification, Missing Person, Stacie Lee Ann Lutz Anderson, Texas, Tracie De Ann Lutz, Unsolved Homicide

Update: Keith Blakelock

January 8, 2011 By Alice

Keith Blakelock grid AdS

Fantastic news in the case of Keith Blakelock: “Police have launched a fresh investigation into the murder of a police constable who was killed in riots in north London more than 18 years ago, Scotland Yard said. Pc Keith Blakelock was hacked to death during the Broadwater Farm riots in Tottenham in October 1985. A fresh […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Broadwater Farm Riots, Cruelty, DNA, Forensics, Identification, Keith Blakelock, Pc Keith Blakelock, UK

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On this website, I write about old, unsolved cases. Most are from the pre-DNA era and are in need of renewed media attention. I only do research and leave the active investigation of these cases to the professionals.

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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.

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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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