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Hazel Juanita Hanna and Cynthia Lorraine Bell

November 12, 2018 By Alice

Hazel Juanita Hanna and Cynthia Lorraine Bell

UPDATE Nov 12, 2018: one of my readers sent me some newspaper articles with more details and pictures identifying each girl, just scroll down. _____ Hazel Juanita Hanna and Cynthia Lorraine Bell were murdered in Missouri, 1976. There is shockingly little online. If you have links to more newspaper articles about this case, please contact […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Cynthia Lorraine Bell, Gun Fire, Hazel Juanita Hanna, Missouri

Teresa Sue Hilt’s 45th anniversary

August 4, 2018 By Alice

Teresa Sue Hilt uniform

August 4th, 2018, marks the 45th anniversary of Teresa Sue Hilt’s murder. Working on her case has been a roller coaster. Mildred, Teresa’s mom, was very grateful for what we did to keep her only child’s case in the media. She passed away in March 2016. I spoke with her about Tess. She told me about […]

Filed Under: Teresa Sue Hilt Tagged With: Bardole DNA Collection Method, DNA, M-Vac Systems, Missouri, Missouri State University, monilethrix, stabbing death, Strangulation, Teresa Sue Hilt

Who killed Tiffany Robin Stubbs?

May 26, 2018 By Alice

Tiffany Robin Stubbs/Courtesy Stubbs Family

Introduction Tiffany Robin Stubbs (April 21, 1986 – May 27, 1988) had just turned two when she died. She was the daughter of Dwayne & Edna (Nash) Stubbs. She had a four-year-old brother. This post is a work in progress. There are many gaps and I am still gathering information. However, a two-year-old died and […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: asphyxiation from drowning, Case of the Month, DNA, Missouri, Tiffany Robin Stubbs

Missing: Loy Gillespie Evitts

June 5, 2017 By Alice

Loy Gillespie Evitts/Grid AdS

Loy Gillespie Evitts (Dec 12, 1947 – missing Feb 28, 1977) disappeared more than 40 years ago. She was 29 years old. Introduction The Kansas City Police Department (MO) think that someone abducted Loy. This is their longest unsolved missing person’s case. There are no new leads. They have suspended the case until they receive new […]

Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Kansas City, Loy Gillespie Evitts, M-Vac Systems, Missing Person, Missouri

Pulaski County Jane Doe

April 14, 2017 By Alice

Pulaski County Jane Doe 1981

WARNING: autopsy photography below! This Pulaski County Jane Doe was found at 847am on May 25, 1981 near Dixon, in Pulaski County, Missouri. She was near Hwy MM at the low water crossing. She had been dead for about four to five hours. Her case appeared in the NamUs database on May 02, 2012 with […]

Filed Under: Unidentified Tagged With: DNA, Missouri, Pulaski Jane Doe, Unidentified

Remembering Ena and Willie Cordt

April 8, 2016 By Alice

Photography courtesy of the Cordt Family/Grid AdS

Remembering Ena and Willie Cordt as the wonderful mother and son they were is easily overlooked when this case is discussed. The case after all, is a labyrinth with many possibilities. On July 27, 1985, Ena Mary McIntosh Cordt (Nov 15, 1956 – July 27, 1985) and Rory Wilhelm “Willie” Cordt (Aug 3, 1980 – […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Ena and Willie Cordt, Missouri

R.I.P. Mildred Elizabeth Hilt

March 30, 2016 By Alice

Mildred Elizabeth Hilt / Photography Andy Myers

This morning Mildred, the mother of Teresa “Tess” Sue Hilt, passed away. She was 88 years old. Tess was the only child of Stanley and Mildred Elizabeth Hilt. Stanley Hilt passed away not knowing who murdered his girl. Tess was found murdered on August 4, 1973. She had been beaten, raped, and was strangled to […]

Filed Under: Teresa Sue Hilt Tagged With: DNA, Knife Attack, Mildred Elizabeth Hilt, Missouri, Teresa Sue Hilt

Case of the Month: Jackie Johns

March 1, 2015 By Alice

Jackie Johns

Case of the Month: Jackie Johns (20) was last seen alive on June 17, 1985. The next day, her sports car was found abandoned. The backseat was covered in blood as were the clothing police found there (a top, jeans, and underwear all soaked in blood). On June 22, 1985, Jackie’s nude body was pulled from […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month, Solved Tagged With: Autopsy, Case of the Month, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Jackie Johns, Missouri

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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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