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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 […]

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

Sally Shepherd, Margaret Lightfoot, and Clara Kirton

September 1, 2017 By Alice

Sally Shepherd, Margaret Lightfoot, and Clara Kirton

The unsolved homicides of Sally Shepherd, Margaret Lightfoot, and Clara Kirton feature as Cold Cases of the Month for September 2017. My friend Steve Morton told me about the unsolved homicides of Sally Shepherd and Margaret Lightfoot. I googled their names and found information on the BBC’s website from December, 2016. While reading about Sally’s […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Clara Kirton, London, Margaret Lightfoot, Sally Shepherd, Strangulation, UK

Retrial for Ayako Haraguchi

July 5, 2017 By Alice

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In 1980, Ayako Haraguchi was found guilty and sentenced to ten years in prison which she served in full. She was released in 1990. Haraguchi was accused of the 1979 killing of her then brother-in-law for insurance money. Her then brother-in-law, Kunio Nakamura (42) was a farmer. He was found collapsed beside a ditch after falling from […]

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Filed Under: Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Ayako Haraguchi, False Confessions, Japan, Strangulation, Wrongful Convictions

Vickie Lynn Harrell (1946-1972)

June 1, 2017 By Alice

Vickie Lynn Harrell/Indiana State Police

The story of Vickie Lynn Harrell (Aug. 15, 1946 – Aug. 14, 1972) is hardly touched upon online aside from the posting of repeated information. All the more reason to explore as Cold Case of the Month for June 2017. The Case From the Indiana State Police we learn the following: August 12, 1972: Vickie Lynn […]

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Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Indiana, Strangulation, Vickie Lynn Harrell

Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson (Jan 31, 1961 – Oct 30/31, 1977)

April 17, 2017 By Alice

Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson

Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson (16) from Garfield Heights, Independence, Ohio, left home around 7pm on Sunday Oct 30, 1977. She told a friend that she was going to meet a man. She was found murdered the next morning of Oct 31 around 830am. Judging from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office’s information the exact time of death […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Cynthia “Cindy” Marie Johnson, Ohio, Strangulation

Hernando County Jane Doe 1972

July 16, 2016 By Alice

Hernando County Jane Doe 1972/HCSO FL

The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office (Florida) needs help with a 1972 cold case. It involves the remains of a woman found July 19, 1972. The Hernando County Jane Doe 1972 was near High Corner Road and Cortez Boulevard (State Road 50) in Brooksville. “The replica skull was created from scans of the original at USF’s […]

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Filed Under: Unidentified Tagged With: Florida, Hernando County Jane Doe, M-Vac Systems, Strangulation, touch DNA

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley

April 26, 2016 By Alice

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley/Massachusetts Gov.

The cold case of Theresa M. Corley (June 1, 1959 – Dec 4, 1978) needs another review. With new technology such as the M-Vac which has proven crucial in solving cold cases, we should check several items for touch DNA. Theresa (19) was enrolled at Holliston Junior College (this school closed in 1989) and had a […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: M-Vac Systems, Massachusetts, Strangulation, Theresa M. Corley, touch DNA

New details in Bastian-Welch murders

April 2, 2016 By Alice

Jennifer Bastian (L) and Michella Welch (R)

New details in the Bastian-Welch murders have been disclosed in an renewed attempt to solve these cold cases. Last Thursday, Tacoma Police explained that they do not believe anymore that the same man is responsible for both girls’ murders. From the News Tribune: “There are two separate suspects for two separate cases,” police spokeswoman Loretta […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Jennifer Marie Bastian, Knife Attack, Michella Welch, Strangulation, Tacoma

Barbara Ann Blatnik (1971-1987)

December 24, 2015 By Alice

Barbara Ann Blatnik

Barbara Ann Blatnik (1971-1987) was just seventeen years old. On December 20, 1987, her nude body was found about 30 miles from her home in Garfield Heights (Ohio). She had been raped and strangled to death. I have not been able to find out whether she was manually strangled or with an object. Police originally […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Barbara Blatnik, DNA, Ohio, sexual assault, Strangulation

Beverly Ann Jarosz (1948-1964)

December 15, 2015 By Alice

Beverly Ann Jarosz

On December 28, 1964, Beverly Ann Jarosz (Oct 1, 1948 – Dec 28, 1964) was killed in her parental home in Garfield Heights, Ohio. Beverly had shopping plans that afternoon with two girlfriends, Barbara and Margie. Barbara, showed up at the Jarosz house and not getting anyone to answer the door, she left. When her […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Beverly Ann Jarosz, Knife Attack, M-Vac Systems, Ohio, Samuel Gerber, Strangulation

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