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Jimmy Stanaway 1966-1990

November 17, 2011 By Alice

newspaper clipping about the murder of Jimmy Stanaway

Jimmy Stanaway 1966-1990. He was born on Dec 5 in 1966 and was killed in Jersey City (NJ) on Feb 2, 1990. Everyone knew his simply as “Jimmy.” This nickname was also his well known signature and is the feature on his headstone. To this day, there are questions in this case that have never been […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Jersey City, Jimmy Stanaway, Knife Attack, New Jersey, Police, Stabbing, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

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

Book alert: Cold Case Research

November 16, 2011 By Alice

Book alert: Cold Case Research. In 2012 “Cold Case Research” will come out. The author is Silvia Pettem and this is how she describes her book: “Cold Case Research: Resources for Unidentified, Missing, and Cold Homicide Cases,” to be published by CRC Press in 2012. Topics include the latest search engine tools such as TLO, the […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Book Reviews, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Partial Finger Printing, Police, Rape kits, Silvia Pettem, Unidentified, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

Guest Post: “There are monsters that walk among us”

October 19, 2011 By Alice

Guest Post: “There are monsters that walk among us” by Darren Bruce. Darren is a married father of three and has been a police officer for seventeen years. “I am a Detective Sergeant who has taken on various roles and am soon to undertake a change to run a Serious Sexual Offences Investigation Team. Over the years […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Guest Writers, Missing Persons, Unidentified, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Peter Tobin, Police, UK, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

Top cop asks public’s help in Crewe Murders

October 15, 2011 By Alice

The Crewes at their weddin

The New Zealand Herald brings fantastic news. Senior Detective Superintendent Andy Lovelock, who is reviewing the Crewe murders, wants the public’s help. He asks anyone with information to contact him. He wants to help find answers for their only child, Rochelle Crewe. I quote: “I am extremely keen to hear from anyone who may have information […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Ballistics, DNA, Forensics, Gun Fire, Jeannette and Harvey Crewe, Miscarriage of Justice, New Zealand, Police Misconduct, Rochelle Crewe

1983 cold case of Louise Bell re-opened

October 10, 2011 By Alice

Louise Bell

Police in Adelaide, South Australia, have announced that the 1983 case of Louise Bell has been re-opened. “The unthinkable had happened — a little girl was abducted from her bedroom in a quiet, friendly neighbourhood, never to be seen again.” Police have re-submitted evidence for DNA testing to see whether it can be linked to a […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Missing Persons Tagged With: Australia, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Louise Bell, Missing Person

Bernard Jackson sentenced today

September 30, 2011 By Alice

Bernard Jackson

Bernard Jackson was sentenced today. He received 18 consecutive life sentences for rapes committed in the Waldo and Armour Hills neighborhoods almost 30 years ago. No trial date has yet been set for Jackson’s other unresolved criminal cases. Prosecutors accused him of two more recent sexual assaults in the Waldo area. The Case Jackson is […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missouri, Police, Rape kits, Victim, Waldo Rapist

Adam has been identified

September 27, 2011 By Alice

Torso "Adam" BBC

“The five-year-old’s identity has remained a mystery after he was smuggled into Britain and murdered in a voodoo-style ritual killing. He was drugged with a ‘black-magic’ potion and sacrificed before being thrown into the Thames, where his torso washed up next to the Globe Theatre in September 2001.  Detailed analysis of a substance in the boy’s […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Adam, Autopsy, Child Abuse, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, UK, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Update Keith Combs & Eugene Ellis

September 16, 2011 By Alice

From the Patch in the case of Keith Combs & Eugene Ellis: “A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday for two men accused in the shooting deaths of two San Diego-based sailors in Otay Mesa 18 years ago.”  The hearing for Edward Jesus Elias and Leopoldo Castro Chavez II, both 35, was to have started Tuesday morning but was […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, DNA, Eugene Ellis, Forensics, Keith Combs, Keith Combs and Eugene Ellis, Unsolved Homicide

Update Murder Trial for Trey Noah

September 1, 2011 By Alice

Trey Noah

There isn’t going to be any movement in the murder trial for Trey Noah any time soon. Shelby Moore and Brandon Harber are charged  with first-degree felony murder as well as tampering with physical evidence, a second-degree felony. They were both arrested in June 2010 and are now released on bond. From the Blanco News: […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Texas, Trey Noah, Unsolved Homicide

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