Defrosting Cold Cases

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

Riley Fox’ murderer’s plea bargain was accepted yesterday by Will County (IL) Judge Richard Schoenstedt. Before his sentence, Eby rose and addressed the courtroom briefly. He apologized to Riley’s parents saying that he wished he could trade his life to bring her back. In June of 2004, the body of Riley Fox(3) was pulled from a creek near [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Capital Punishment, Child Abuse, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Illinois, Investigations Division, Police, Prisons, Rape kits, Riley Fox, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

During a two-day hearing earlier this month, the grand jury found there was enough evidence to hold Melanson in connection with the crime. The Anita Andrews hearing, which was held in secret, without Melanson or his defense attorney Deputy Public Defender Allison Wilensky present, included testimony from 13 witnesses, according to court documents. Among them [...]

Tags: Anita Andrews, California, Roy Allen Melanson, unsolved homicides

Richard Ramirez terrorized California in the early 80s with a string of rape-murders. His DNA has now finally been retested allowing San Francisco Police to close the case of the 1984 murder of a 9-year-old girl in the Tenderloin. Though the retesting of the serial killer’s DNA was largely a formality — meant simply to confirm the results [...]

Tags: Autopsy, California, Capital Punishment, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Death Row, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Rape kits, Victim

Richard L. Boswell Jr., a convicted sex offender, has been arrested and charged with murder and attempted murder in a 1979 cold case that was recently reopened by the Indiana State Police. He made his initial appearance this morning in Vigo Superior Court 6 to face the allegation that he abducted and murdered 20-year-old Kathy Jo [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Indiana, Investigations Division, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Paul Stewart Hutchinson was serving a minimum of 25 years for the 1983 murder of Colette Aram. He was found unconscious in his cell at HMP Nottingham on Sunday. He died on the way to hospital. Nottinghamshire Police said it was preparing a file for the coroner and awaiting results of a post-mortem examination.  Hutchinson, who was 51 [...]

Tags: Collette Aram

Today, a psychologist examined Scott Eby, the man accused of killing Riley Fox. Dr. Randi Zoot did the work with Scott Eby while in the Will County Courthouse. She is trying to determine if he is fit for trial. The legal concept of fitness is related to a defendant’s ability to understand court proceedings and [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Capital Punishment, Child Abuse, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Death Row, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Illinois, Investigations Division, Police, Prisons, Rape kits, Riley Fox, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

New Hampshire’s Sullivan County Superior Court Judge Marguerite Wageling heard arguments on David McLeod’s bail request last Sept. 7, 2010. She issued a ruling last Friday, writing that the state met the requirements for keeping McLeod in jail, but at the same time, she also ordered a second hearing. The state was required to show that the proof [...]

Tags: Arson Detection, Autopsy, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Hina Family Murders, Identification, Investigations Division, New Hampshire, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim