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Remembering Cherilyn Ann Gartin Hawkley

May 4, 2018 By Alice

Cherilyn Ann Gartin Hawkley grid Ads

Cherilyn Ann Gartin Hawkley (Mar 19, 1954 – Oct 31, 1993) was murdered on Halloween night in 1993. Two days later, she was found just off Elmhurst Drive less than a mile from Eureka Elementary School where she taught fifth grade, in Granite Bay, California. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade–Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: California, Cherilyn Ann Gartin Hawkley, DNA, Strangulation, touch DNA

Cold cases and the M-Vac

February 26, 2018 By Alice

JB and M-Vac in BYU Mag

Please welcome back guest blogger Jared Bradley. Jared will give us an overview of exciting developments in the field of cold cases and the M-Vac. _________________________________ Guest blogging is always full of pressure, but writing for Alice’s Defrosting Cold Cases takes it to a whole new level. Like all of you, I thoroughly enjoy reading […]

Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: DNA, Jared Bradley, M-Vac Systems, touch DNA

Zeigler: touch DNA denied

April 22, 2017 By Alice

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The Florida Supreme Court has denied William Thomas Zeigler’s request for touch DNA testing. I have converted the PDF to images below. On March 31, 2016, an evidentiary hearing was held for William Thomas Zeigler to request touch DNA testing in his case. Judge Whitehead denied that request for touch DNA on July 18, 2016. On November […]

Filed Under: Zeigler Tagged With: Florida, Prosecutorial Misconduct, touch DNA, William Thomas Zeigler, withheld evidence

The Sims Family: 1966-2016

October 1, 2016 By Alice

The Sims Family Murders/Grid AdS

The Sims Family Murders (Tallahassee, Florida) are Case of the Month for October as this year marks the 50th anniversary of their unsolved homicides. We lost Robert Wilson Sims (Aug. 24, 1924 – Oct. 22, 1966), Helen Sollie Sims (Feb. 23, 1932 – Oct. 31, 1966), and Joy Lynn Sims (Mar. 5, 1954 – Oct. […]

Filed Under: Case of the Month Tagged With: Case of the Month, Florida, gunshot, Jeremy A. Mutz, Knife Attack, M-Vac Systems, Sims Family Murders, touch DNA

M-Vac secures conviction in Krystal Beslanowitch case

September 30, 2016 By Alice

Krystal Lynn Beslanowitch

The M-Vac System has secured a conviction in the 1995 cold case of Krystal Lynn Beslanowitch. From KSL: “After about four hours of deliberation, jurors found Joseph Michael Simpson, 49, guilty of aggravated murder Thursday in the 1995 death of Krystal Lynn Beslanowitch. The teenager who had been living in Salt Lake City was found […]

Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Krystal Lynn Beslanowitch, M-Vac Systems, touch DNA

Zeigler’s touch DNA request denied

July 19, 2016 By Alice

Grid Justice (Photography AdS)

On Monday July 18, 2016 Judge Whitehead denied William Thomas Zeigler’s latest DNA request. It asked for testing of evidence with modern technology with emphasis on touch DNA. From the Orlando Sentinel: “In the 30-page ruling, Orange-Osceola Circuit Judge Reginald Whitehead held that Zeigler’s petition for DNA testing was too similar to others that he’s […]

Filed Under: Forensics, Zeigler Tagged With: Death Row, DNA, Florida, touch DNA, William Thomas Zeigler

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. She 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 vision center. Using the recreated skull, a forensics team […]

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

The cold case of Valerie McPherson

June 6, 2016 By Alice

Valerie McPherson with Sandy and Laurie/News4SA

Valerie McPherson’s case (Oct 16, 1958 – Aug 05, 1991) needs a better digital footprint. She was stabbed to death around 8am on Aug 5, 1991, while jogging along Contour Drive in Olmos Park, San Antonio, Texas. Valerie had her 19 month old daughter Laurie with her. The little girl was in her stroller when Valerie was […]

Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Knife Attack, M-Vac Systems, Texas, touch DNA, Valerie McPherson

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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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