Defrosting Cold Cases

Forty-six years ago, Jim and Nancy Beaumont were confronted with a nightmare that has been ongoing ever since. Their beloved children, all three of their children, vanished without a trace. It broke their hearts, their hopes, and their marriage. Over the years, South Adelaide Police did investigate more leads. They checked into child serial rapist [...]

Tags: Austria, Beaumont Children, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, South Adelaide, Victim, Witnesses

In October 2007, retired policewoman Kathy Gilleran received a call from Vienna, Austria, informing her that her 34-year-old son, Aeryn, was missing. Kathy immediately flew overseas to aid in the search for Aeryn, but upon arriving in Vienna, she was shocked to learn that the local police had no interest in pursuing the case. Aeryn, a US Citizen, was [...]

Tags: Austria, Crime Scene, Evidence, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Victim, Vienna, Witnesses

The Lost King of France by Deborah Cadbury This book combines Vidocq’s passion for historical mysteries, cold cases, and forensics! My interest was peaked after watching the movie “the Scarlet Pimpernel” with Anthony Andrews and Jane Seymour. The book by Baroness Emmuska Orczy was tedious and less amusing than the movie. Vidocq’s attraction to “the Scarlet Pimpernel” is easily [...]

Tags: Anastasia Romanov, Anthony Andrews, Austria, Book Reviews, Burial, Child Abuse, Cruelty, Deborah Cadbury, DNA, Execution, Forensics, France, Guillotine, Habsburg, Heart, Historical Mystery, Imposters, King, Louis-Charles, Marie-Therese, Maternal Line, Mitochondrial DNA, Monarchy, Neglect, Prince, Princess, Public Execution, Queen, Restoration, Revolution, Robespierre, Royalist, Saint-Denis, Scarlet Pimpernel, Sink Me, the Dauphin, the Tower, Vidocq