Colorado Springs, Colorado: Patrolman Burchfield of the Colorado Springs Police Department was shot to death on November 26, 1953, with a .22 caliber handgun by an unknown subject during an armed robbery investigation in the area of 1600 N. Wood Ave. That robbery was part of a pattern that had plagued the area. Burchfield was […]
Unsolved Homicide
Follow-up #VII Karen Caughlin
Continuing our posts about the cold case of Karen Caughlin: 1: Karen had a tire mark on her back The tire mark was observed by Karen’s father in the morgue when he came to identify Karen. According to the family, the parents did go in first. Karen’s mother positively identified Karen but then broke down. […]
Follow-up #VI Karen Caughlin
Continuing the posts in the cold case of Karen Caughlin: Guest post by Miriam Said and Stephanie Saunders with Alice de Sturler ________________________________________ We have some new details in the 1974 Canadian cold case of Karen Caughlin. Karen was NOT wearing saucer earrings but hoops. I think that we described them in an earlier post […]
Follow-up #V Karen Caughlin
We still need to find out in what condition Karen Caughlin’s clothes were found and whether the paint chips were on the back or the front of her bomber jacket. We did find that there was blood and a tire impression on Karen’s coat. We do not know as of yet whether the collected DNA […]
A message from the Caughlin Family
The Caughlin family has been very cooperative and courageously opened up the lines of communication with me. I have alerted them to every post and and every comment and they have read everything. This message was sent to me and is for all who work on the case, for all DCC readers, and especially for […]
Follow-up #IV Karen Caughlin
A compilation: A lot of information has come in either by email or comments that have not been posted for good reasons. However, all those bits and pieces of information fill in some of the blanks we have in the posts and clarify other issues. I have made a compilation below: Re the 1970/71 Chrysler, […]
Follow-up #III Karen Caughlin
Just to have a better image of what type and colour of vehicle we are talking about in the Karen Caughlin case, I post a few pictures here. Please note that these are random web pictures. The only purpose is to show you the make and model car to jog memories. Example number 1: Example number […]
The role of Fingerprints in Cold Cases
The role of Fingerprints in Cold Cases is a guest blog post written by Richard Mark Case. He is a registered UK “Fingerprint Expert” and has gracefully agreed to a guest post for DCC. This blog post contains his own personal views and may not reflect those held by the National Policing Improvement Agency or The Fingerprint Society. You […]
Follow-up #II Karen Caughlin
B: Karen Caughlin Autopsy results and Previous Injuries From the OPP’s website we learn that “the autopsy revealed that Karen Caughlin’s injuries were consistent with having been struck with a vehicle, but may also have been assaulted. Due to the circumstances of the manner in which the body was found and the evidence collected this […]
Follow-up #I Karen Caughlin
Yesterday, we posted the first in a series of articles about Karen Caughlin who was killed in 1974, Sarnia, Canada. In one day, that post soared to the top of popular posts but what is far more important: people are talking. Comments and emails are coming in and I am sorting through the information right […]