A great CCLiveChat in which the case of the missing Beaumont Children featured. Jane Nartare (9), Arnna Kathleen (7), and Grant Ellis (4), known as the Beaumont Children, disappeared from Glenelg Beach, near Adelaide, South Australia, on January 26, 1966. Their disappearance is to this day Australia’s best known cold case. Losing their children in such […]
Archives for January 2012
The Beaumont Children: 1966 – 2012
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 – Blog Tour
Get Loaded – Blog Tour. The latest tour from Blog Tour de Force! It 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 […]
Recap #cclivechat Jan 20, 2012
In this cclivechat 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. Gavin Ward is Operations Director at Moore Legal Technology (formerly search & social media marketing manager). They help law firms, lawyers, barristers and businesses generate profitable business online. […]
We say NO to SOPA!
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. One of […]
Recap #CCLiveChat Jan 13, 2012
Friday the 13th and CCLiveChat, what can go wrong. 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 […]
A Detailed Man by David Swinson
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 […]
R.I.P. Brandon Meredith
Tragedy has struck the family of Brandon Meredith. Very early this morning, Brandon was found dead at his sister’s home. Brandon Meredith 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 made […]
#CCLiveChat recap Jan 6, 2012
The first CCLiveChat 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 consequences of proper […]
The boy in the suitcase by Agnete Friis & Lene Kaaberbol
The boy in the suitcase by Agnete Friis & Lene Kaaberbol. You think that you are doing a friend a favour and you are even doing it reluctantly. However, you do indeed go to the luggage depot where the lockers are to pick up something for your friend. She told you that you would be better […]
“Steps to Heaven” by Wendy Cartmell
“Steps to Heaven” by Wendy Cartmell. The Holidays are an excellent time to relax and read so I downloaded a good number of books on my Nook. One of them came from Wendy Cartmell via Twitter. She generously gave me a copy of “Steps to Heaven” and wished me happy readings. She should have mentioned that […]
“Someone’s Daughter” by Silvia Pettem
“Someone’s Daughter” by Silvia Pettem. The author contacted me last year to tell me about the book she was working on. While discussing “Cold Case Research” she hinted at another book she had written in 2009. If I wanted it, she’d send me a copy. She wrote that her heart was in that book. And it showed. […]