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Bernard Jackson sentenced today

September 30, 2011 By Alice

Bernard Jackson

Bernard Jackson was sentenced today. He received 18 consecutive life sentences for rapes committed in the Waldo and Armour Hills neighborhoods almost 30 years ago. No trial date has yet been set for Jackson’s other unresolved criminal cases. Prosecutors accused him of two more recent sexual assaults in the Waldo area. The Case Jackson is […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missouri, Police, Rape kits, Victim, Waldo Rapist

Sentencing Bernard Jackson

August 24, 2011 By Alice

Bernard Jackson

From the Pitch: “Bernard Jackson‘s sentencing is scheduled for September 30, 9 a.m.” He could be sentenced to 30 years in prison. He is also charged with rapes in the same area where five rapes occurred between September 2009 and February 2010. UPDATE: He was found guilty in July on seven counts of rape stemming from […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News Tagged With: Bernard Jackson, Crime Labs, DNA, Forensics, Missouri, Rape kits, Waldo Rapist

Update Waldo rapist!

February 16, 2011 By Alice

Bernard Jackson

Jackson County prosecutors today filed 22 charges against Bernard Jackson, a twice-convicted sex offender, in connection with the series of rapes that terrified women in the Waldo area a year ago. Prosecutors used DNA from a lotion bottle and a shirt to link Jackson, 53, to two of the five attacks that happened between September […]

Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Bernard Jackson, DNA, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Kansas City, Missouri, Rape kits, Waldo Rapist

Sum it up! #3

January 22, 2011 By Alice

sum it up #cclivechat

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 […]

Filed Under: Sum it up! Tagged With: Cameron Todd Willingham, Candace Derksen, Forensic arson detection, Jerry Hobbs, Kevin Fox, Laura Henderson-Ibach, Paul Kennedy, Sharron Prior, Sum it Up!, Texas Forensic Science Commission, Theresa Whetstone, Waldo Rapist

Trial date for Bernard Jackson

July 5, 2010 By Alice

Bernard Jackson

The trial of Bernard Jackson, the man accused of four Waldo area rapes in the 1980s, is scheduled for 2011. Judge Charles E. Atwell is scheduled to preside over the trial, which will be in either April or July. A case management conference is scheduled for August 13, 2010. Earlier this month, Jackson entered a […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Bernard Jackson, Evidence, Forensics, Missouri, Rape kits, Waldo Rapist

Update Waldo Rapist/Bernard Jackson

June 5, 2010 By Alice

Bernard Jackson

Bernard Jackson was arraigned Wednesday June  2, 2010, on 18 felonies stemming from four Waldo-area sexual assaults in the 1980s. Assistant Public Defender Carie Allen entered not-guilty pleas on Jackson’s behalf during the brief appearance before Judge Brent Powell. His next court appearance was scheduled for June 22, 2010. Police are continuing to investigate the […]

Filed Under: Forensics Tagged With: Bernard Jackson, DNA, Forensics, Missouri, Rape kits, Waldo Rapist

Bernard Jackson in court (Waldo case)

May 11, 2010 By Alice

KANSAS CITY, MO. – Bernard Jackson, the man who is considered a person of interest in the Waldo rape cases appeared in court on other rape charges yesterday. Bernard Jackson now faces 15 counts of robbery, rape and sodomy. There was a very strong police presence on Monday when Jackson went before a Jackson County […]

Filed Under: Cold Case News, Forensics Tagged With: Cruelty, Forensics, Missouri, Rape kits, Waldo Rapist

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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.

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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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