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Zeigler closer to modern DNA testing

October 29, 2022 By Alice

Blood and truth: the lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and how Florida fights DNA testing

On Oct 27, Florida Circuit Judge Patricia L. Strowbridge brought William Thomas Zeigler a step closer to proving that he is innocent. The 77-year-old has said so from the start. The preserved evidence pieces of guns, victim fingernail clippings and clothes will prove that he did not kill four people in 1975. Modern DNA testing […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: DNA, Florida, Paul Kish, William Thomas Zeigler

Remembering Charles Lee Snowden

May 1, 2022 By Alice

Grieving Angel

On May 17, 1986 Charles Lee Snowden was found dead in Pensacola, Florida. Depending on his date of birth, he was 32 or 33 years old. Snowden was found laying facedown on either a parking lot at 500 Belmont Street (as per Crimestoppers in the Pensacola News Journal of Dec 7, 1986) or in an […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Charles Lee Snowden, Florida

Zeigler, at long last: DNA testing

May 20, 2021 By Alice

William Thomas Zeigler/Grid AdS

A motion was filed today by the William Thomas Zeigler defense team with the approval of the Orange County State Attorney’s office for DNA testing. It still needs a judge’s approval however, these joint motions are seldom denied. But, as we have been asking for DNA testing since 1994, I will not be able to […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: DNA, Florida, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Coe Caroline Paisley (1965 – 1994)

May 1, 2020 By Alice

Coe Caroline Paisley/Miami-Dade

From the Miami-Dade Police Department Homicide Bureau Cold Case Squad: Location: 1223 Wallace Street, Coral Gables, Florida. Date & Time: 3:29 pm on Wednesday, August 3, 1994. “At the above time, date, and location the victim was discovered unconscious inside of a duplex apartment that she owned and was renovating. It was revealed that two […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Blunt force trauma, Case of the Month, Coe Caroline Paisley, Florida

Zeigler: moral right denied

October 19, 2019 By Alice

William Thomas Zeigler/Grid AdS

The Tampa Bay Times reports that the Florida State Attorney Aramis Ayala has rejected the appeal made on behalf of William Thomas Zeigler to have his pre-trial evidence from the 70s tested with modern DNA technology. Ayala denied this request “even though her conviction integrity unit urged her in April to grant it, saying it […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Zeigler Tagged With: DNA, Florida, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

Missing: Joanna Kay Otto

September 22, 2019 By Alice

Joanna Kay Otto

Joanna Kay Otto (Aug 3, 1973 – missing Nov 20, 1992) was nineteen years old on Nov 20, 1992 when she went missing from Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. Her case is classified as endangered missing. Foul play is suspected. Her case was added to the NamUs database on Oct 4, 2013. Joanna Kay Otto was […]

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Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Florida, Joanna Kay Otto, Missing Person

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

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