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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 […]

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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

Sum it Up! #52

March 21, 2014 By Alice

Sum it Up!

Sum it Up! #52 starts with the release of Sture Bergwall. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, “In a series of trials between 1994 and 2001, Sture Bergwall was convicted of eight murders, despite there being no forensic evidence or witness statements, and confessed to many more. But Bergwall, 63, later recanted his confessions, saying he made them […]

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Filed Under: Sum it up! Tagged With: #crimechat, Broadwater Farm Riots, DNA, Expert Testimony, False Confessions, Jannie & Marinus Stegehuis, Jody Ewing, Keith Blakelock, Miscarriage of Justice, Robert Boulin, Sture Bergwall, Sum it Up!

Recap #crimechat April 4, 2013

April 4, 2013 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

Recap #crimechat April 4, 2013: Today we spoke about wrongful convictions with Nancy Petro. A short introduction to wrongful convictions started this crimechat. How do we find out about Wrongful Convictions in general? A: We discover that the victim is alive & well. Examples: India 2003, the Reena Devi case. Reena disappeared, her mother ID-ed her […]

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Filed Under: #crimechat, Zeigler Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Capital Punishment, DNA, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Nancy Petro, Wrongful Convictions

Fingerprint Misidentification

November 27, 2012 By Alice

Fingerprint Misidentification: State of Indiana v. Lana Canen. Based on a fingerprint misidentification, Lana Canen spent eight years in prison for a murder she did not commit. But now, she has finally been exonerated of Helen Sailor’s 2002 murder. From the Wrongful Convictions Blog: “On Thanksgiving 2002, Helen Sailor, an elderly woman living in Elkhart, Indiana, was […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Expert Testimony, Faulty Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Indiana, Miscarriage of Justice, Partial Finger Printing, post-conviction relief

Possible prosecution in 1985 Blakelock case

August 19, 2012 By Alice

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All the papers were buzzing since last night about a possible prosecution in the 1985 cold case of UK Police Officer Keith Blakelock. Officer Blakelock and his colleague Pc Coombes was was attacked by 300-strong mob as he tried to protect firefighters who were tackling a supermarket blaze at the height of the riot known as the […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Broadwater Farm Riots, Cruelty, Expert Testimony, Finger Printing, Forensics, Pc Keith Blakelock, UK, Unsolved Homicide

Update Robert Henderson

March 26, 2012 By Alice

Robert Henderson visited the University of Hawaii in the summer of ’96. Five days later his naked body would be discovered at the Ilikai Hotel. Fourteen years later Jason Lee McCormick came forward to say he did it. “Everyone agrees to the facts. There is no question in the government’s mind, or my mind, as to what happened. The question […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Hawaii, Identification, Robert Henderson, Unsolved Homicide

#CCLiveChat recap Feb 10, 2012

February 10, 2012 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

In this CCLiveChat, Andrew Wade who introduced us to fire investigations. Andrew is a world renowned forensic scientist with over 30 years experience as a practitioner. He joined the Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory in the chemistry section where he reported on numerous cases as a court going officer. In 1989 he transferred internally to the […]

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Filed Under: #CCLiveChat, Forensics Tagged With: Andrew Wade, Arson Detection, Cameron Todd Willingham, Capital Punishment, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Miscarriage of Justice, UK

Hina Family Murders trial on hold

November 17, 2011 By Alice

Fire AdS

From the New Hampshire Sentinel: “The [Hina Family] case — originally slated for trial in August — has been delayed twice and will remain on hold indefinitely while the N.H. Supreme Court considers whether to hear an appeal from the N.H. Attorney General’s Office of a pre-trial ruling by Judge Marguerite L. Wageling, who is presiding […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Arson Detection, Autopsy, Crime Scene, David McLeod, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Hina Family, New Hampshire, Unsolved Homicide

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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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