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#cclivechat recap May 4, 2012

May 4, 2012 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

This #cclivechat has as guest David Swinson, a retired DC cop turned author.  David was assigned to the Special Investigations Bureau/Major Case and after that to the (now defunct) Career Criminal Unit. He specialized in what became known as “Narco Fencing” and worked with HIDTA (High Intensity Drug Trafficking). Many of his cases were international in […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Book Reviews, cclivechat, David Swinson, DC

Guest Post: “In loving memory: Raymond Nelson”

November 30, 2011 By Alice

Raymond Nels Nelson

Losing a parent is a devastating experience. The loss of her father, Raymond Nelson, to senseless violence has left its mark on Rebecca. Her father, Raymond Nels Nelson, was not without flaw. However, everyone you asked had a positive first impression from Raymond Nelson. Rebecca has chosen to share her thoughts about her father, his […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Chief Aide Senator Claiborne Pell, Crime Scene, DC, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Partial Finger Printing, Police, Raymond Nels Nelson, Rhode Island, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Washington, Witnesses

Yolanda Baker; trial without a body

March 11, 2010 By Alice

Yolanda Yvette Baker

It’s been 11 years since Yolanda Baker’s family has seen her. So much time had passed that authorities declared her legally dead last year, although her body has never been found. Last summer, authorities arrested Baker’s boyfriend, Terrence Barnett, 45, the father of the D.C. woman’s twin children. He has been charged with first-degree murder. The […]

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Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: DC, DNA, Forensics, Missing Person, Yolanda Baker

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