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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

Dana Michelle Speights Solomon

May 8, 2019 By Alice

Dana Michelle Speights Solomon/Grid AdS

Dana Michelle Speights Solomon (May 17, 1985 – Nov 19, 2006) was hit by a small truck around 7pm on November 12, 2006 on Normandy Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida. The driver never stopped. Her case remains unsolved. Dana (21) was flown to UF Health Jacksonville, formerly Shands, and put in a medically induced coma. Her organs […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Dana Michelle Speights Solomon, Florida, hit-and-run, Jacksonville

Anita Mae Carter Lukander (Oct 21, 1965 – March 18, 1988)

April 18, 2019 By Alice

Lukander/Photography Janneane Veger

On March 17, 1988 Anita Mae Carter Lukander (22) vanished from her Atlantic Beach home in Florida. Her remains were found ten days later. Her case remains unsolved. Missing When Anita did not report for work, the authorities went to her house. They found her door unlocked and the lights were on. A few days […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Anita Mae Carter Lukander, Florida, Knife Attack, mutilation, Peru, Strangulation, wrongful conviction

Hope for William Thomas Zeigler

January 5, 2019 By Alice

William Th. Zeigler with his wife Eunice Edwards-Zeigler

The Tampa bay Times announced Jan 3, 2019 that the Florida State Attorney’s office is “taking a fresh look” at the 1975 case of William Thomas Zeigler. Whether that fresh look is indeed an official review does not become clear in the article. However, we finally have a Florida state representative who “wants to introduce […]

Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice, Zeigler Tagged With: DNA, Florida, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

The lingering case of Tommy Zeigler

November 25, 2018 By Alice

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

Blood and truth: the lingering case of Tommy Zeigler and how Florida fights DNA testing. The Tampa Bay is publishing a new six-series about the case of William Thomas Zeigler. As my readers know, I have been involved in this case since the 90s. There are so many posts about this case on my blog that […]

Filed Under: Zeigler Tagged With: Capital Punishment, DNA, Florida, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, William Thomas Zeigler

Zeigler denied request to proceed in forma pauperis

November 27, 2017 By Alice

Lady Justice

William Thomas Zeigler had filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on Sept 5, 2017. In plain English, he asked the United States Supreme Court for permission to continue his trial proceedings as an indigent person meaning that fees normally associated with a lawsuit or appeal be waived. This request was denied Nov […]

Filed Under: Zeigler Tagged With: death penalty, Florida, William Thomas Zeigler

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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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William Thomas Zeigler

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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.

On May 8, 2017 a motion for a rehearing with the US Supreme Court was filed. It was denied November 13, 2017.

In the summer of 2019, the appeal for DNA testing to the Florida Conviction Integrity Unit was denied.

Richard Lapointe

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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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