Defrosting Cold Cases

The BBC posts that police have new leads in the cold case of Alice Barton (49) who was killed in 1955. Her body was found in Woodchurch, Birkenhead, UK. Her murderer has never been caught and the case remained open. Merseyside Police’s Serious Crime Review Unit has recently received new information about the case. A police spokeswoman [...]

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) Cold Case Unit, in partnership with Colorado.gov, announced the launch of an online Cold Case Database that citizens may access via the official state Web site at www.colorado.gov/coldcase. This is the first time the public will have online access to this data, which was previously managed in paper and computer [...]

WARNING: this post contains actual crime scene photographs. They are very graphic. The photographs are not included to sensationalize the case. They are included because they tell a story. If you scroll down and continue to read, you will view them at your own risk. Vidocq ________________________________________________________________ Zeigler’s first trial attorney Ralph “Terry” Hadley III [...]

Quiz time on DCC: How many people does it take to process a DNA sample? According to television, 1 technician can do it all. But, is this reality? Check this out: Find out more here!

We just discovered that ”some” emails from the past weeks did not make it to my computer. We have solved that issue. My inbox is now several hundreds of emails richer and I will get through all of them…just give me some time! I sincerely apologize for the delay in replying, Vidocq

California, Maryland: Vincent Caciola (known by his friends as “Vince”) was reported missing on August 14, 1985 by his wife, Kimberly Rene Caciola (now Ms. Kimberly Grubbs). She reportedly left her husband at their residence located on Iris Drive in California, Maryland (St. Mary’s County) in the late evening hours of the 14th to retrieve items [...]

Lancaster, PA: Police are looking for the thief who dug up Paula Ream’s remains and coffin and disappeared into the night. Police said someone went into the Riverview Memorial Cemetery along the 1200 block of South Duke Street in Lancaster late Thursday night or early Friday morning and dug up Paula Ream’s grave. Paula was [...]

Please watch A&E’s Investigative Reports to see some of the key players in the case of William Thomas Zeigler.

Flawed arson science was used in the Willingham case that landed a father on death row. Reviews of his case showed exactly where the mistakes were made and why. Despite that, the state of Texas executed Cameron Todd Willingham. Will the state of Pennsylvania make the same mistake? Daniel Dougherty was found guilty of deliberately igniting fires [...]