Gamso for the Defense shows you what post-trial lawyers are up against and points you to the case of Frank Spisak. “On the witness stand he gave Nazi salutes and said, “Heil Hitler.” He explained that he killed African-Americans because he wanted to start a race war in Cleveland. In federal court, there were two […]
Sum it Up!
Sum it up! #3
Week 3: Sum it up! We saw a mixed bag of information this week about cold cases, DNA, forensic labs, testing and of course, funding. DNA was instrumental in cracking the 1994 throat slashing murder of Theresa Whetstone (Buffalo, NY) and the 1985 murder of Candace Derksen (Elmwood, Canada). At the same time, we see DNA backlogs […]
Sum it up! #2
For this week’s Sum it Up: several cold cases were in the news. Rockfort Police (IL) announced an arrest in the 1998 murder of Debbie Lynn Logsdon. “Richard L. Brown was served a warrant last Friday for first-degree murder. Deputy Police Chief Greg Lindmark would not say what new piece of evidence led police to Brown, but […]
Sum it up! #1
The biggest issue for me for this Sum it Up! are the Cameron Todd Willingham hearings. The 3rd Court of Appeals, an Austin based appellate court, ruled last Tuesday that state District Judge Charlie Baird abused his discretion in handling an inquiry into the case of Cameron Todd Willingham. The 3rd Court of Appeals found that […]
Happy New Year!
A post with “Happy New Year” wishes to all my readers! We have an exciting year ahead of us. For the first time in history, the Zeigler case will be open to students from Penn State CSI. I look forward to hearing their discussions. This collaboration between Penn State CSI, Defrosting Cold Cases, and the Zeigler legal defense team is […]
Sum it up! #51
In this Sum it up! we follow the progress in some cold case investigations. Progress in UK cold case investigation resulted in justice when Judge John Devaux sentenced Peter Hull to six years incarceration for the 1994 rape of an unidentified woman. “A review of the case was undertaken in 2008 and DNA put on to the national database. A […]
Sum it up! #50
I am in the sun room, blogging, checking that the links on the “cases” page work (hat tip to Evie from the Whimsical Quill), and reading around the blogs. I need a break hence this “sum it up!” post. Joe and I are teaming up to work on a 1975 old unsolved murder case from Canada so […]
Sum it up! #49
You see, what I don’t like about most cold case websites that I have seen is that they do not tell stories. They are a collection of links to newspaper articles or magazines. If you want to read more, you must click on all the links and try to get the chronology right yourself. You read […]