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The Peterson Murders

February 15, 2021 By Alice

The Peterson Murders

Henry W. and Ann M. Peterson were found murdered in their two-bedroom apartment around 10am on April 3, 1978. They worked as on-site residential managers of the 36-unit Canterbury Apartment complex on 875 Liberty St, SE in Salem, Oregon. Henry Peterson had retired from the US Army Corps of Engineers. They were ‘avid bowlers, square […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Ann M. Peterson, arson, Henry W. Peterson, Knife Attack, M-Vac Systems, Oregon, salem, the Petersons, touch DNA

Who killed Alice Louise Lee?

September 11, 2017 By Alice

Alice Louise Lee

Alice Louise Lee (Jun. 3, 1953 – Aug. 29, 1960) was just 7 years old when she was murdered. Physical evidence was not properly stored. It could make it impossible to use modern DNA analysis to help solve her case. Case overview Alice Louise Lee disappeared around 10am on August 29, 1960 from the bean field […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Alice Louise Lee, Oregon, Strangulation

The 1963 murder of Mary Frances Reid

February 22, 2011 By Alice

Mary Frances Reid

Portland Police (OR) are looking for Johnny Lawrence, a 90-year-old black man, who is about 5-foot-7. Lawrence is suspected of killing Mary Frances Reid (22) on April 8, 1963. Whether Lawrence is still alive or, when he died, is unknown. There are no details about the connection or relationship between Reid and Lawrence. There is no photograph […]

Filed Under: Help the Cops! Tagged With: Mary Frances Reid, Oregon

Probable cause but no motive: Kyron Horman

July 27, 2010 By Alice

Detectives say there is probable cause to arrest Kyron Horman‘s stepmother for the murder-for-hire plot of her husband, Kaine Horman, and possibly for the 7-year-old’s disappearance, according to a former sheriff’s official. “The detectives are telling them they have probable cause to arrest Terri Horman right now at least for murder for hire and possibly […]

Filed Under: Missing Persons Tagged With: Kyron Horman, Missing Person, Oregon, Portland

Update Kimberly Dunkin

July 15, 2010 By Alice

Kimberly Jean Dunkin

Update in the Kimberly Dunkin murder: Brad Ballantyne, accused of killing Kim on New Year’s Day in 1993, will face a judge for the first time. Ballantyne was arrested in Vancouver, Wash. in mid-June. Dunkin was found shot to death in her car in the 4900 block NE Skidmore St. in Portland on Jan. 1, 1993. Ballantyne was arrested by […]

Filed Under: Solved Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Gun Fire, Kimberly Jean Dunkin, Oregon, Portland

Developments Kyron Horman Case

July 3, 2010 By Alice

The latest development in the case of the missing Oregon boy Kyron Horman, is that authorities will be looking closely to the stepmother Terri Horman. She previously stated that she saw Kyron last after she dropped him off at Skyline Elementary School and saw him walking down the hallway towards his classroom. However, cell phone records […]

Filed Under: Help the Cops!, Missing Persons Tagged With: Kyron Horman, Missing Person, Oregon, Polygraph

Missing: Kyron Horman

June 27, 2010 By Alice

Kyron Horman vanished June 4. His stepmother, Terri Horman, said she last saw him walking down a hallway toward class at Skyline Elementary School in Portland, police said. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office (Oregon) has asked anyone who was at Skyline Elementary on the day Kyron disappeared if he or she recalled seeing his stepmother […]

Filed Under: Help the Cops!, Missing Persons Tagged With: Kyron Horman, Missing Person, Oregon, Police

Arrest in 1993 Kimberly Dunkin Case

June 17, 2010 By Alice

Kimberly Jean Dunkin

PORTLAND, Ore. – Brad Ballantyne (35) was arrested in Vancouver and charged in the 1993 cold case of Kimberly Dunkin. Ballantyne is accused of shooting then 30-year-old Kimberly Dunkin in Northeast Portland on New Year’s Day 1993. She lived in Aloha at the time. Ballantyne faces charges of one count of aggravated murder and one count of […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Gun Fire, Kimberly Jean Dunkin, Oregon, Portland

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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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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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