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Suspect in Branagan cold case

March 24, 2014 By Alice

Moira "Holly" Branagan

When I checked StatCounter I saw that many people had look up the Moira Holly Branagan case. I asked on Twitter whether there was anything new I might have missed … and YES! An article came up in Allentown’s Morning Call newspaper on Sunday. Hat Tip to @deathunderglass! “For the first time since Holly Branagan‘s murder 35 […]

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Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Autopsy, DNA, Finger Printing, Knife Attack, Moira "Holly" Branagan, Pennsylvania

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

Keith Blakelock grid AdS

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

Recap #cclivechat August 17, 2012

August 17, 2012 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

Today’s #cclivechat was dedicated to the 1974 Canadian cold case of Karen Caughlin. I highlighted several things that concern me in her case. Of course, those concerns are just the top of the iceberg! I started with the evidence in her case, worried that it might not have been preserved properly for examination with modern […]

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Filed Under: #CCLiveChat, Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, DNA, DNA Database, Finger Printing, Karen Caughlin, OPP, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

New manager on Caughlin case

July 18, 2012 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

New manager handling the Karen Caughlin case is great news. Fresh eyes to look over a file to see if we missed anything. On May 1, 2012, Inspector Chris Avery was assigned to the 1974 Caughlin investigation. The case of Karen Caughlin has featured here on DCC ever since Karen’s older sister Kathy contacted me by email. Kathy […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, Crime Scene, DNA, Finger Printing, Forensics, hit-and-run, Karen Caughlin, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

Update Karen Caughlin

July 11, 2012 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

The Lambton Shield reports that “one of the suspects in the 1974 murder of Karen Caughlin may have died. It is believed that Miss Caughlin was struck by a vehicle and left for dead in a shallow ditch on the side of Plowing Match Road (formally known as Side Road 6-7) in Enniskillen Township, a couple kilometers northwest of […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, Crime Scene, DNA, Finger Printing, Forensics, Karen Caughlin, OPP, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

Gone but not forgotten: Raymond Nels Nelson

June 1, 2012 By Alice

Raymond Nels Nelson

Gone but not forgotten: Raymond Nels Nelson: thirty-one years ago, someone killed Raymond Nels Nelson by hitting him on the head with a typewriter. Nelson, bureau chief of the Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin in Warwick, Rhode Island, and later a member of Senatorial candidate Claiborne Pell’s team, was a dynamic man and public figure in Washington, D.C., but foremost, he […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Help the Cops!, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Crime Scene, D.C., DNA, Finger Printing, Partial Finger Printing, Raymond Nels Nelson, Unsolved Homicide, Washington

Recap #CCLiveChat April 13, 2012

April 13, 2012 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

For this #cclivechat, we join Richard Case at the Fingerprint Society’s Annual Conference. Richard began his career in 1994 working at the South Wales Police Fingerprint Bureau. Richard was able to complete his training and qualified as an expert in early 2000. In May 2001, Richard was employed by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) where he has undertaken […]

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Filed Under: #CCLiveChat Tagged With: Finger Printing, Richard Case

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