Defrosting Cold Cases

A great chat in which the case of the missing Beaumont Children featured. They disappeared 46 years ago without a trace. Other topics we touched on where Joe’s interview with Marguerite Ashton, the age of blood found at crime scenes, and the advancement in tests to determine how old blood is. Bill brought us a [...]

Forty-six years ago, Jim and Nancy Beaumont were confronted with a nightmare that has been ongoing ever since. Their beloved children, all three of their children, vanished without a trace. It broke their hearts, their hopes, and their marriage. Over the years, South Adelaide Police did investigate more leads. They checked into child serial rapist [...]

Get Loaded is the latest tour from Blog Tour de Force! This tour runs from January 23rd to January 27th, 2012 and  will give DCC readers the opportunity to get free eBooks from a variety of authors. This five day blog tour will feature one author each day. This blog tour is set up like a treasure hunt. [...]

We were joined by Gavin Ward to continue the crash course on blogging that he had started last November 11, 2011. You can read that recap here. Today, we discussed Google+, Search Engine Optimization, the advantages of using the right keywords, pros and cons of guest bloggers and of course, how to promote our blogs outside of Twitter. [...]

    By now you should have heard or read about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act). On Wednesday January 18th, there will be a hearing about this web-crippling law in Congress. And although you might have heard that some politicians halted their support, the bill is NOT cancelled. Neither is it Senate’s equivalent, called PIPA. [...]

Infographic courtesy AmericanCensorship.org

Friday the 13th! It was tempting fate and indeed something happened. Air plane delays messed up Richard Case‘s travel plans. Our #cclivechat therefore began much early with questions and answers send via email and Twitter. At the noon hour, several other CSI folks jumped in and we learned a great deal today! 1: Can you [...]

When I finished reading “A Detailed Man,” my first reaction was a sigh of relief that David Swinson is no longer a cop. You see, the last thing that you want to happen to your friends is that they become “damaged.” David Swinson‘s first book introduces you to a cop who is damaged, literally and [...]

Tragedy has struck the Meredith family again. Very early this morning, Brandon Meredith was found dead at his sister’s home. Brandon was Trisha‘s brother whose cold case can be found here on DCC. The cause of Brandon’s death is still unknown and details will follow later. Trisha’s case is not forgotten. During his life, Brandon [...]

The first Cold Case Live Chat from this year was a “get back into the chatting rhythm” group exercise and I think we all passed with flying colours! Joined by old and new friends, we dove into the Stephen Lawrence case from the UK with issues of double jeopardy, evidence contamination and of course, the [...]