Derek and I have been in touch for a while now to discuss the Betsy Aardsma case. No murder weapon was ever found, no defensive wounds on Aardsma, taunting letters and shrines but no biological materials to be tested for DNA and, no leads. Despite not having time to read his book, I started browsing in [...]
The case of Betsy Aardsma is more alive than ever. Derek Sherwood has been working hard on a book to collect all the available information and to add his thoughts about this case. He generously agreed to make an excerpt available for DCC’s readers from the chapter entitled “As Time Goes By,” in his book ”Who Killed Betsy?” [...]
Between 1933 and 1945, millions of children were displaced as a result of persecution by the Nazis and their collaborators. After World War II, relief agencies photographed some of the children who survived to help find their families. Now, more than 65 years later, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is working to discover what [...]
We have a lively discussion going on about a variety of issue in the cold case of Betsy Aardsma. If you’d like to read those comments, click here. Vidster now has exciting news to tell you: more information will become available as soon as Derek Sherwood’s book comes out! It will contain the full story of the [...]
A cold case chat filled with different topics as you can read below. We discussed that lifting prints from eye balls was a not much researched area as the need is/was probably never there. Lifting prints from people with very soft skin can cause problems so Richard Case commented on that as well. We also [...]
Frank Bender, forensic artist/sculptor, is battling lung cancer. He spent a lifetime helping authorities solving crimes by contouring the faces of murder victims and the unidentified. He primarily works in clay and then casts his pieces into plaster and paints them, but he has also aged fugitives using pastels. His fine art work stems from his [...]
I am very glad to report that this cold case is warming up again! Police are waiting for DNA test results of Betsy‘s red dress, the same dress she wore the afternoon that she was killed. Betsy was stabbed in her heart and nobody heard her scream. She died on November 28, 1969. Betsy was a [...]
Cases Overview: the cold cases on DCC are listed here by the victim’s or wrongfully convicted person’s last name. If available, court information or other updates are provided as well. Kindly note that this list only includes cases discussed on my blog. It is impossible to list all cold cases worldwide. This list is not finished [...]
