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Beyond the Man in the Iron Mask

April 19, 2013 By Alice

the Man in the Iron Mask

Beyond the Man in the Iron Mask: by request, I post all three parts that I wrote as guest posts for other bloggers here for readability. ___________________________________ I like to read about old unsolved cases. We usually refer to them as historical mysteries. One of them is the story of the unknown prisoner or the man […]

Filed Under: Historical Mysteries Tagged With: Cruelty, Evidence, France, Historical Mystery, Identification, Prisons, the Man in the Iron Mask

Guest post on Corruption

September 23, 2011 By Alice

Dina Fort/Cold Case Database

This guest post on Corruption is from David Russell. David is a corrections officer for a state correctional facility. He has worked for the state for many years. You can follow David on Twitter. ** “The purpose of this post is to give an idea of what prison life is like on a day-to-day basis. I intend […]

Filed Under: Guest Bloggers Tagged With: Prisons

Penn State CSI Students on the Zeigler Case

July 29, 2011 By Alice

Penn State CSI Students on the Zeigler Case: a review of Zeigler Project. During their final spring semester twenty five (25) undergraduate and five (5) graduate students from Penn State University (PSU) reviewed documents pertaining to the trial and conviction of William Thomas Zeigler. Mr. Zeigler was convicted in 1976 of murdering his wife Eunice Zeigler, […]

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

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 […]

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

Zeigler, Part XIII

August 19, 2010 By Alice

Zeigler, Part XIII WARNING: this post contains actual crime scene photographs. They are very graphic. The photographs are not included to sensationalize the case. They are included because they tell a story. If you scroll down and continue to read, you will view them at your own risk. ________________________________________________________________ Zeigler’s first trial attorney Ralph “Terry” […]

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

Political meddling and apathy in Willingham case

July 24, 2010 By Alice

fire fighter

Political meddling and apathy in Willingham case has me despondent. A Texas state board said last Friday that arson investigators in the Willingham case used flawed science but were not negligent in an investigation that led to a controversial 2004 execution. The panel also said that investigators did not commit misconduct. Cameron Todd Willingham was […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Arson Detection, Cameron Todd Willingham, Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, Death Row, Faulty Evidence, Prisons, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Texas, Wrongful Convictions

Riley Fox: Ignored Evidence

June 17, 2010 By Alice

Riley Fox

Looking back in the Riley Fox case it is always easier to point out how many mistakes police made during that investigation. Some goof-ups need to be exposed especially since it could have prevented an even bigger one. This ignored piece of evidence in the case of Riley Fox could have spared her father a […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics, Lapointe, Miscarriages of Justice, Solved, Unsolved Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Child Abuse, Crime Labs, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Illinois, Miscarriage of Justice, Prisons, Rape kits, Riley Fox, Unsolved Homicide

Zeigler, Part XI

June 17, 2010 By Alice

Zeigler, Part XI: On Juror Intimidation and Judicial Override You can debate all you want but I have made up my mind; Zeigler is guilty! That was what jury foreman Charles Ashley announced right after he had been elected foreman. According to other jurors, he had made up his mind about two weeks prior … […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved, Zeigler Tagged With: Actual Innocence, Autopsy, Ballistics, Capital Punishment, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Death Row, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Faulty Evidence, Finger Printing, Florida, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Judicial Override, Jury Intimidation, Miscarriage of Justice, Police, Prisons, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Victim, William Thomas Zeigler, Wrongful Convictions

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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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