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Guest post: Laura Henderson-Ibach: The timeline does not work

April 20, 2011 By Alice

Kodiak, Alaska

Guest post: Laura Henderson-Ibach: The timeline does not work and police do not care. Part 4 by Tiah. Two different private investigators interviewed everyone who was connected in any way to this case. Much of what they found I will discuss here. If I use the phrase “we know” it is because the information was […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Guest Writers, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Actual Innocence, DNA, Expert Testimony, Faulty Evidence, Forensics, Laura Henderson-Ibach, Missing Person, Police, Prisons, Prosecutorial Misconduct

The Murder of Christine Prince

April 6, 2011 By Alice

Please welcome guest blogger M.L. Poncelet. After hearing about the 1982 Christine Prince case, she agreed to guest blog about it. Asked how she would describe herself: “I’m a cosy mystery writer living on the west coast of Canada in an area that is full of characters and inspiration for my stories.  I also enjoy being an […]

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Filed Under: Guest Writers, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Canada, Christine Prince, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Police, Toronto, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Continuance in Trey Noah murder trial

February 23, 2011 By Alice

Trey Noah

District Judge Keith Williams granted a continuance in the murder trial of Trey Noah, Kendalia, Texas. “Shelby Moore, 19, and Brandon Harber, 20, were arrested and charged in connection with the crime and were expected in court this week to stand trial. Moore is being held in the Bandera County Jail. Harber posted a $300,000 […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, Texas, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Gregory McRoberts: hit-and-run victim

December 12, 2010 By Alice

Gregory McRoberts

On Dec 12, 1991, Gregory McRoberts (24) was struck while riding his bicycle around 7 pm. He was near his home at 1862 S. Meridian in Lee Township (Michigan) according to Sheriff Jerry Nielsen. There is an article about this heartbreaking case on mlive.com and I highly recommend reading it. Greg was reported missing on December 16, […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Gregory McRoberts, hit-and-run, Michigan, Police

Zeigler, Part XV

November 7, 2010 By Alice

Zeigler, Part XV: “Just testify that you were Zeigler’s homosexual lover and we’ll help you out!” A Florida, Orange County woman in her 80’s, reads an affidavit that she signed alleging that the state tried to get her son to testify that he was William Thomas Zeigler’s homosexual lover. As you know, the state went through great […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved, Zeigler Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Autopsy, Ballistics, Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Death Row, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Florida, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Miscarriage of Justice, Perjury, Police, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Victim, William Thomas Zeigler, Witnesses, Wrongful Convictions

Can we base a conviction on one palm print?

September 9, 2010 By Alice

Can we base a conviction on one palm print? In August of 1984, a double sexual assault took place in West Norwood, south London, UK. A teenager assaulted a woman in her home and forced her flatmate to join in the abuse. The teenager wore a balaclava and used an iron bar to force the woman […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Crime Scene, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, UK, Victim

Paula Ream’s remains stolen

August 17, 2010 By Alice

Paula Ream

Lancaster, PA: Police are looking for the thief who dug up Paula Ream‘s remains and coffin and disappeared into the night. Police said someone went into the Riverview Memorial Cemetery along the 1200 block of South Duke Street in Lancaster late Thursday night or early Friday morning and dug up Paula Ream’s grave. Paula Ream was […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, Paula Ream, Pennsylvania, Police

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 […]

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

Fingerprints identify 1990 UK M25 victim!

June 21, 2010 By Alice

lesley anne pickavance

Fingerprints identify 1990 UK M25 victim! New fingerprint technology has enabled police to identify a woman who was killed on the M25 in Hertfordshire, UK, 20 years ago. The victim’s name: Lesley Ann Pickavance. Lesley Ann had been in contact with her family, who are from Bedford, but was not living with them during the summer […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Crime Scene, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Lesley Ann Pickavance, Police, UK, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Update 1984 Cold Case of Elizabeth Heath

April 18, 2010 By Alice

NaMus poster of Elizabeth Heath missing since 1984

Elizabeth Heath, the 30-year-old mother whose skeletal remains were found last Wednesday in a chamber beneath the sub-flooring in a barn, was the victim of a homicide, the state medical examiner announced on Friday. The medical examiner’s office did not release the cause of Heath’s death at the request of prosecutors, who did not want […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Connecticut, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Elizabeth Heath, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Missing Person, Police, Victim

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