Defrosting Cold Cases

Police in Adelaide, South Australia, have announced that the 1983 case of Louise Bell has been re-opened. Police have re-submitted evidence for DNA testing to see whether it can be linked to a man they regarded a suspect a long time ago. This man has been interviewed and is currently incarcerated.  The case of the [...]

Tags: Australia, Crime Scene, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, Victim, Witnesses

According to Statcounter, In search of Jane, Grant and Arnna is the most popular, most visited case. Jane Nartare (9), Arnna Kathleen (7), and Grant Ellis (4), known as the Beaumont Children, disappeared from Glenelg Beach, near Adelaide, South Australia, on January 26, 1966. Their disappearance is to this day Australia’s best know cold case. [...]

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In the two years since the NSW Police set up their Cold Case Justice Project under the experienced watch of forensic scientist Raymond, they have come up with evidence to charge murderers and rapists. Men who thought they had got away with it, some in jail for other crimes, others who who had got married [...]

Tags: Actual Innocence, Australia, Autopsy, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Wrongful Convictions

Jane Nartare (9), Arnna Kathleen (7), and Grant Ellis (4), known as the Beaumont Children, disappeared from Glenelg Beach, near Adelaide, South Australia, on January 26, 1966. Their disappearance is to this day Australia’s best know cold case. The Beaumonts lived on 109 Harding Street, Somerton Park, which is a suburb of Adelaide. Five minutes [...]

Tags: Adelaide, Australia, Autopsy, Beaumont Children, Bevan Spencer von Einem, Child Abuse, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Mandrax, Missing Persons, Police, Port Augusta Prison, Prisons, Victim, Witnesses