Defrosting Cold Cases

Darren Bruce is a married father of three and has been a police officer for seventeen years. “I am a Detective Sergeant who has taken on various roles and am soon to undertake a change to run a Serious Sexual Offences Investigation Team. Over the years I have worked on Child Abuse Investigation Units and Major Investigation [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Peter Tobin, Police, UK, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

CNN reports that the “Onion Field Killer“ who has terminal cancer with less than six months to live, will never be released and will die in prison. Yesterday, the California Board of Parole Hearings denied a request for compassionate prison release. “Gregory Powell is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder at [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Victim, Witnesses

Not sure why I did not post this before but yes, “Adam” has been identified! “The five-year-old’s identity has remained a mystery after he was smuggled into Britain and murdered in a voodoo-style ritual killing. He was drugged with a ‘black-magic’ potion and sacrificed before being thrown into the Thames, where his torso washed up next [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Child Abuse, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, UK, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

In his book, Black Dahlia Avenger, Steve shows that his father was inspired by the art of Man Ray. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, (August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976), Man Ray was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. I wanted to know more and looked up some of Man Ray’s art in [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Book Reviews, California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Elizabeth Short, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Steve Hodel, Victim, Witnesses

As you know, our #cclivechat on July 15, 2011, centers on the case of Elizabeth Short. Elizabeth (July 29, 1924 – January 15, 1947) was found savagely murdered and her body was left in plain view for anyone to see the grotesque mutilations that she was subjected to before she died. Over the years, many authors [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Black Dahlia, Book Reviews, California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Elizabeth Short, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Faulty Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Partial Finger Printing, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

Christopher David Winter, who was arrested last year for the 1981 murder of Joseph Azevedo, pleaded not guilty last Monday to murder and burglary charges. His DNA links him to the crime. Winter will remain in jail without bail possibilities. He is expected back in court on April 21, 2011. Then it has to be decided whether the evidence is [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

District Judge Keith Williams granted a continuance in the murder trial of Trey Noah, Kendalia, Texas. “Shelby Moore, 19, and Brandon Harber, 20, were arrested and charged in connection with the crime and were expected in court this week to stand trial. Moore is being held in the Bandera County Jail. Harber posted a $300,000 [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, Texas, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

The murder case of Trey Noah (Kendalia, Texas) is finally moving closer to the court rooms. “A court date of February 15, at 9am, has been set for Shelby Moore and Brandon Harber, who are both charged with the first-degree felony murder of Trey Noah as well as tampering with physical evidence, a second-degree felony. A [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, Texas, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

The Daily Mail Online reports that “the court heard Benson, whose criminal record read out in court ran to 13 pages, told a fellow prison inmate: ‘One down, 500 to go. I have burnt the car out. They are not getting any fingerprints on me.’ Later, he refused to co-operate with police when interviewed, instead [...]

Tags: Mike Silcock, slain officer, UK

Christopher David Winter  has been arrested for the 1981 murder of Joseph Azevedo from Lancaster, CA. Detectives believe Winter was burglarizing the home and was startled by Azevedo. Armando Azevedo was 17 when he and his 9-year-old brother discovered their father’s body lying in a pool of blood inside his Lancaster mobile home. It was May [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Finger Printing, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim