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><channel><title>Defrosting Cold Cases &#187; Arson Detection</title> <atom:link href="http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/tag/arson-detection/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com</link> <description>Unsolved homicides that haunt me...</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:26:03 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>Sum it up! #36</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/sum-it-up/sum-it-up-36?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=sum-it-up-36</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/sum-it-up/sum-it-up-36#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:13:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Sum it up!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sum it Up!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=8640</guid> <description><![CDATA[The first Sum it up! for 2012 and I got a lot to share with you. First of all, another police department has decided to place all their cold cases online with information for the public. The Syracuse Police Department and the Criminal Investigations Division have established the Cold Case Unit with an email address and a telephone [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/sum-it-up/sum-it-up-36/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Hina Murder trial on hold</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/hina-murder-trial-on-hold?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=hina-murder-trial-on-hold</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/hina-murder-trial-on-hold#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:26:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David McLeod]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hina Family Murders]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=8146</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the New Hampshire Sentinel: &#8220;The [Hina Family] case — originally slated for trial in August — has been delayed twice and will remain on hold indefinitely while the N.H. Supreme Court considers whether to hear an appeal from the N.H. Attorney General’s Office of a pre-trial ruling by Judge Marguerite L. Wageling, who is [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/hina-murder-trial-on-hold/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>UPDATED: Texas board suggests review of arson convictions</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 19:26:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forensic arson detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7796</guid> <description><![CDATA[Exciting news in the Mercury: &#8220;The Texas Forensic Science Commission on Friday approved 17 recommendations for improving arson inquiries. The panel also is suggesting a review of murder convictions involving fires, starting with prisoners on death row.&#8221; Of course, reading about forensic arson detection brings to mind the cases of Daniel Dougherty(PA), David McLeod(NH) and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/updated-texas-board-suggests-review-of-arson-convictions/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Update McLeod trial (Hina Family murders)</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-mcleod-trial-hina-family-murders?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-mcleod-trial-hina-family-murders</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-mcleod-trial-hina-family-murders#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:31:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kenneth Richey]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=7048</guid> <description><![CDATA[A pretrial hearing begins coming Monday in Sullivan County Superior Court (NH) in the case of David McLeod who is accused of setting the 1989 fire that killed the Hina family. McLeod was indicted last year on four counts of murder, accused of setting the blaze that killed the Hinas. I am particularly interested in the forensic arson detection part [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-mcleod-trial-hina-family-murders/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bradley&#8217;s term as Texas forensic science panel chairman ends next week</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/bradleys-term-as-texas-forensic-science-panel-chairman-ends-next-week?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=bradleys-term-as-texas-forensic-science-panel-chairman-ends-next-week</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/bradleys-term-as-texas-forensic-science-panel-chairman-ends-next-week#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 19:18:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prisons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=6608</guid> <description><![CDATA[The controversial chairman of the Texas Forensic Science  Commission will be out of the job next week. The state Senate Nominations Committee has ended its work  for this session without voting on Gov. Rick Perry&#8217;s appointment in 2009 of John  Bradley to chair the commission. Perry appointed Bradley to lead the commission days before it was to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/bradleys-term-as-texas-forensic-science-panel-chairman-ends-next-week/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Recap #cclivechat May 13, 2011</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/recap-cclivechat-may-13-2011?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=recap-cclivechat-may-13-2011</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/recap-cclivechat-may-13-2011#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:31:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[#CCLiveChat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=6360</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/recap-cclivechat-may-13-2011/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Update 1989 Hina Murders</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-1989-hina-murders-3?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-1989-hina-murders-3</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-1989-hina-murders-3#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 21:06:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=6326</guid> <description><![CDATA[The hearing today brought forward some more details about the fire. Key is of course whether the fire was accidental or arson. Also, exactly where  was the point of origin and what was the material that ignited first. From the New Hampshire Sentinel Source Online: &#8220;On Wednesday, a federal fire investigator supported Norton’s belief that [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-1989-hina-murders-3/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Update 1989 Hina Murders</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-1989-hina-murders-2?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-1989-hina-murders-2</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-1989-hina-murders-2#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 16:53:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=6277</guid> <description><![CDATA[Update Hina Murders: A New Hampshire fire investigator says he doesn&#8217;t believe a lit cigarette started the fire that killed a Keene family of four in an adjacent apartment in 1989. Lawyers for 54-year-old David McLeod are in court challenging evidence prosecutors say shows that McLeod set the fire that killed a newlywed couple, their 4-month-old daughter [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-1989-hina-murders-2/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Update Lapointe: Habeas denied</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-lapointe-habeas-denied?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-lapointe-habeas-denied</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-lapointe-habeas-denied#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 15:40:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Help the Cops!]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lapointe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News: Cold Cases]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Autopsy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bernice Martin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Connecticut]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DNA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Partial Finger Printing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rape kits]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard A. Lapointe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unsolved Homicide]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=6153</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Hartford Courant reported what I had feared since last year: Richard Lapointe&#8217;s Habeas Petition was denied. &#8220;Superior Court Judge John J. Nazzaro, in a 51-page ruling issued late Friday, turned back arguments that prosecutors had withheld material evidence, that Lapointe&#8217;s trial and appellate lawyers were incompetent, and that new evidence proved Lapointe was innocent. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-lapointe-habeas-denied/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Update Willingham</title><link>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-willingham-3?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=update-willingham-3</link> <comments>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-willingham-3#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:11:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Vidocq</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Forensics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriages of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Actual Innocence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Arson Detection]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cameron Todd Willingham]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Capital Punishment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Labs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Scene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cruelty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death Row]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Expert Testimony]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Faulty Evidence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Identification]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Investigations Division]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Miscarriage of Justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Police]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Prosecutorial Misconduct]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Victim]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Witnesses]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wrongful Convictions]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=6028</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Statesman reports that &#8220;a draft report issued today by the Texas Forensic Science Commission on the evidence used to convict and execute Cameron Todd Willingham focuses on training and education initiatives for fire investigators and makes several suggestions for continued improvement for investigations. The report, as expected, takes pains to say that it does [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.defrostingcoldcases.com/forensics/update-willingham-3/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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