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This Memorial Weekend we pause to reflect on our freedom and the people who made that possible. Many soldiers overseas have asked for eBooks as a small token of our appreciation. The Indie Book Collective has gathered all the information and has put together authors and bloggers to make this happen. On this page you [...]
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Jill PatersonVidocq on under Help the Cops!, News: Cold Cases, Unsolved • 2 Comments
Shelia Barnett lives every parent’s nightmare: she survived her own child. Carissa was killed in a hit-and-run and the driver was never caught or, never came forward. Carissa’s story is a very sad one. You see, all she did was walk to school on that fateful morning of November 16, 2007. She had to walk [...]
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WitnessesVidocq on under Miscarriages of Justice, Unsolved, Zeigler • 8 Comments
My very first eBook, a compilation of blog posts in the case of William Thomas Zeigler, has reached the market. It is published with Nook Pubit from Barnes & Noble and can be found here in their catalogue. It already has two ratings but only one explained why they gave it some stars. The reactions [...]
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Wrongful ConvictionsVidocq on under Forensics, Guest Bloggers, Missing Persons, News: Cold Cases, Solved, Unidentified, Unsolved • 1 Comment
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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The New Zealand Herald brings the fantastic news that Senior Detective Superintendent Andy Lovelock, who is reviewing the Crewe murders, has urged anyone with information about their deaths to speak out and help find answers for their only child Rochelle Crewe. I quote: “I am extremely keen to hear from anyone who may have information concerning [...]
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Wrongful ConvictionsVidocq on under Forensics, Missing Persons, News: Cold Cases, Unidentified, Unsolved • 1 Comment
On Oct. 2, 1979, the remains of a child were found in a shallow grave on the side of Glendora Mountain Road, San Dimas, California. This child, a boy, was very young. There are several age ranges given. One states he was between 3-8 years old and another places him between 4-6 years old. According [...]
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VictimVidocq on under Forensics, News: Cold Cases, Solved, Unidentified, Unsolved • No Comments
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 [...]
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Some of you have been emailing me asking why I have stopped posting about the William Thomas Zeigler case. Am I now convinced that he is guilty? Am I bored with the case? Am I in a clinch with the defense team? NO to all of the above! I have been trying to [...]
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Wrongful ConvictionsVidocq on under Forensics, News: Cold Cases, Unsolved • No Comments
“A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday for two men accused in the shooting deaths of two San Diego-based sailors in Otay Mesa 18 years ago. The hearing for Edward Jesus Elias and Leopoldo Castro Chavez II, both 35, was to have started Tuesday morning but was postponed until Wednesday because one of the defense attorneys [...]
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