Defrosting Cold Cases

Please welcome guest blogger Natasha Phillips! Natasha is a non-practicing Barrister, Editor In Chief and Founder of the Encyclopedia on Family and The Law. She blogs at Researching Reform. For DCC, Natasha kindly agreed to write down some thoughts about the position of the child in the UK Family Court System. ________________________________________________________________ The Voice of [...]

Please welcome guest blogger and lawyer Paul Novack who has formed his own cold case squad to find Danny Goldman. Look closely at the age progression photograph and see if you can help find Danny. ___________________________________________ 1966 Miami Cold Case … help remember and solve Danny Goldman‘s case:   New evidence, old evidence, even films of the scene [...]

This guest post “On Tusing and Stidham” was written by Miriam Said and holds her thoughts and feelings about the cold cases of Amanda Tusing and Dana Stidham. _____________________________________________________________ Two beautiful young women, Amanda Tusing and Dana Stidham died in similar circumstances just over ten years apart. Their families still feel the pain of losing [...]

Blog Tours 101 (Part 2): Working with an organizer to set up a virtual book tour The follow-up to Linda’s first guest post here on DCC! Linda Poitevin is the author of The Grigori Legacy, a new urban fantasy series from Ace Books. Book one is entitled SINS OF THE ANGELS and Book two is entitled SINS OF THE [...]

Justice for Joe –– Hope for the Missing and Unknown by Silvia Pettem Joe Helt was last seen on January 16, 1987. The 17-year-old high school junior from Ellenville, New York, disappeared after a party at an abandoned ski lodge. One account states that he got a ride with three other teens, their car got [...]

Please welcome a new guest blogger to DCC! Dave Thomas will guest blog about road death investigations. With that, Dave will take DCC into a new direction. I have some hit-and-run cases posted (including the case of Gregory McRoberts) but nothing in-depth about those investigations and the forensics involved. About Dave, he says “I have [...]

In April, Vidster will post his thoughts about a historical mystery. Three bloggers have generously agreed to host me. The first one is in the United Kingdom. The second and third are in the United States of America. Details? Gary Lee Walters over at www.StretLaw.co.uk will host part I during the weekend of April 14-15. Gary’s [...]

JOSEPH HALPERN DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR, Part 3 © by Silvia Pettem 2012 Joseph’s nephew had started his search for his uncle, Joseph Halpern, missing since 1933, by contacting the sheriffs’ offices in the four Colorado counties that border Rocky Mountain National Park. The nephew asked about unidentified remains that might be identifiable with DNA [...]

JOSEPH HALPERN DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR, Part 2 © by Silvia Pettem 2012 For six days in August 1933, park authorities searched drainages and followed all possible trails for the missing 22-year-old hiker, Joseph Halpern. Authorities also checked the registers on Taylor and nearby peaks, but none showed Joseph’s signature––a customary procedure for climbers, once [...]

JOSEPH HALPERN DISAPPEARED INTO THIN AIR, Part 1 © by Silvia Pettem 2012 In the summer of 1933, twenty-two-year-old Cook County, Illinois, resident Joseph Halpern was vacationing in Rocky Mountain National Park with his parents and Samuel Garrick, a college friend. The motorists had driven Joseph’s Ford sedan and had stopped in the Black Hills [...]