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WANTED: a PI, a media consultant, and a profiler!

October 2, 2012 By Alice

WANTED: a PI, a media consultant, and a profiler! I have two cases where the key players have asked for help. Both cases are cold. One case involves a child, the other case involves a married couple. In neither case is there a budget! You will be doing this because you believe in the pursuit of […]

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Filed Under: Unsolved Tagged With: Unsolved Homicide

Zeigler defense asks Judge Whitehead for evidentiary hearing

September 4, 2012 By Alice

Tommy Zeigler

Zeigler defense asks Judge Whitehead for evidentiary hearing. Last Thursday, the Zeigler defense team was back in court to ask Judge Whitehead for an evidentiary hearing to explore the latest developments in the case of William Thomas Zeigler, who remains on death row in Florida. Of course, at issue were the false arrest report and the […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved, Zeigler Tagged With: DNA, Faulty Evidence, Florida, Miscarriage of Justice, Prosecutorial Misconduct, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, William Thomas Zeigler

Book alert about the case of Kathy Whorton

August 19, 2012 By Alice

Kathy’s sister Debbie Wilson is releasing a book called “Sweet Scent of Justice” to tell the story of her sister’s murder. Police found her car abandoned near the then-Northeast Louisiana University, where she was a college student. Less than an hour later, an anonymous caller led authorities to her body. Kathy had been shot twice in […]

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Cold Case News Tagged With: Autopsy, Cruelty, Death Row, Debbie Wilson, DNA, Gun Fire, Louisiana, Unsolved Homicide

Possible prosecution in 1985 Blakelock case

August 19, 2012 By Alice

Keith Blakelock grid AdS

All the papers were buzzing since last night about a possible prosecution in the 1985 cold case of UK Police Officer Keith Blakelock. Officer Blakelock and his colleague Pc Coombes was was attacked by 300-strong mob as he tried to protect firefighters who were tackling a supermarket blaze at the height of the riot known as the […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Broadwater Farm Riots, Cruelty, Expert Testimony, Finger Printing, Forensics, Pc Keith Blakelock, UK, Unsolved Homicide

Recap #cclivechat August 17, 2012

August 17, 2012 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

Today’s #cclivechat was dedicated to the 1974 Canadian cold case of Karen Caughlin. I highlighted several things that concern me in her case. Of course, those concerns are just the top of the iceberg! I started with the evidence in her case, worried that it might not have been preserved properly for examination with modern […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, DNA, DNA Database, Finger Printing, Karen Caughlin, OPP, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

New manager on Caughlin case

July 18, 2012 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

New manager handling the Karen Caughlin case is great news. Fresh eyes to look over a file to see if we missed anything. On May 1, 2012, Inspector Chris Avery was assigned to the 1974 Caughlin investigation. The case of Karen Caughlin has featured here on DCC ever since Karen’s older sister Kathy contacted me by email. Kathy […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, Crime Scene, DNA, Finger Printing, Forensics, hit-and-run, Karen Caughlin, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

Update Karen Caughlin

July 11, 2012 By Alice

Karen Caughlin

The Lambton Shield reports that “one of the suspects in the 1974 murder of Karen Caughlin may have died. It is believed that Miss Caughlin was struck by a vehicle and left for dead in a shallow ditch on the side of Plowing Match Road (formally known as Side Road 6-7) in Enniskillen Township, a couple kilometers northwest of […]

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Filed Under: Cold Case News, Unsolved Tagged With: Canada, Crime Scene, DNA, Finger Printing, Forensics, Karen Caughlin, OPP, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide

Gone but not forgotten: Raymond Nels Nelson

June 1, 2012 By Alice

Raymond Nels Nelson

Gone but not forgotten: Raymond Nels Nelson: thirty-one years ago, someone killed Raymond Nels Nelson by hitting him on the head with a typewriter. Nelson, bureau chief of the Providence Journal and Evening Bulletin in Warwick, Rhode Island, and later a member of Senatorial candidate Claiborne Pell’s team, was a dynamic man and public figure in Washington, D.C., but foremost, he […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Unsolved Tagged With: Autopsy, Crime Scene, D.C., DNA, Finger Printing, Partial Finger Printing, Raymond Nels Nelson, Unsolved Homicide, Washington

Los Tocayos Carlos

May 15, 2012 By Alice

Los Tocayos Carlos … the namesake Carlos … The Guardian has an excellent article about a Texas capital punishment case involving a wrongful conviction, switched identities, an unsolved murder, evidence not tested for DNA, sloppy police procedures and an execution. “Carlos DeLuna was arrested, aged 20, on 4 February 1983 for the brutal murder of […]

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Filed Under: Forensics, Miscarriages of Justice Tagged With: Carlos DeLuna, Carlos Hernandez, Death Row, Knife Attack, Los Tocayos Carlos, Texas, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses, Wrongful Convictions

Sentencing in Keith Combs & Eugene Ellis

May 11, 2012 By Alice

Keith Combs and Eugene Ellis

Edward Jesus Elias and Leopoldo Chavez II, both 36, were found guilty of first-degree murder and special-circumstance allegations including murder during a robbery of Keith Combs & Eugene Ellis. They were teenagers at the time they killed Keith Combs and Eugene “Cliff” Ellis. Elias and Chavez were both sentenced to serve life without the possibility of parole. […]

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Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, DNA, Eugene Ellis, Forensics, Keith Combs, Keith Combs and Eugene Ellis, Unsolved Homicide

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