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Rita Hester (Nov 30, 1963 – Nov 28, 1998)

February 28, 2021 By Alice

Rita Hester

The murder of Rita Hester launched the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR). It is an annual vigil that takes place on Nov 20 for transgender homicide victims and their loved ones. That day, we honour the memory of the transgender people we lost due to senseless acts of anti-transgender violence. Maybe the mainstream media is […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Boston, Case of the Month, Gay/Trans Panic Defense, Knife Attack, Massachusetts, Rita Hester, Transgender Violence

Brenda Jean LaCombe (1962 – 1982)  

October 1, 2019 By Alice

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Brenda Jean LaCombe (19) went missing on May 16, 1982 from Lowell, Massachusetts. Around 1245am on May 16, she left her grandmother’s house in the Francis Gatehouse Mill Apartment Complex, Lowell, Mass. On June 4, 1982, a jogger found her remains behind a stone wall on the side of Littleton County road off Interstate 495 […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month, Unsolved Tagged With: Brenda Jean LaCombe, Case of the Month, Massachusetts

Theresa Corley: DNA found

December 3, 2017 By Alice

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley/Massachusetts Gov.

In April 2016, I wrote that Theresa M. Corley‘s case needed a review with modern technology. It has been done. In May 2017, the authorities exhumed Theresa’s body. They collected nine and a half fingernails. The goal of course, looking for DNA. Theresa was only 19 years old on Dec. 6, 1978 when she was […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: DNA, Massachusetts, Theresa M. Corley

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley

April 26, 2016 By Alice

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley/Massachusetts Gov.

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley (June 1, 1959 – Dec 4, 1978) needs another review. With new technology such as the M-Vac which has proven crucial in solving cold cases, we should check several items for touch DNA. Theresa (19) was enrolled at Holliston Junior College (this school closed in 1989) and had a […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: M-Vac Systems, Massachusetts, Strangulation, Theresa M. Corley, touch DNA

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

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