Patricia Louise Smith

Phenotyping and Cold Cases

January 23, 2017 By Alice

A few weeks ago, I received an email from Tom Shaw. He is an IAI Certified Forensic Artist & Snapshot Account Specialist at Parabon NanoLabs in Reston, Virginia. We started talking about phenotyping and how that could advance the investigations in cold cases. There are cases that grow cold because there is no DNA match […]

I am a true crime writer raising awareness for old unsolved cases from the pre-DNA era that need renewed media attention. I do not actively investigate cases. I leave that to professionals.

My posts are about old homicides, missing and unidentified people, wrongful convictions, and forensics as related to these old cases.

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My database has more than 275 cases listed by the victim’s last name.

All case suggestions for writing are added to my to-do list in the order in which they were received.

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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.

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