Defrosting Cold Cases

We have a very special #cclivechat this coming Friday. Peter Mullen will be our guest. Peter will discuss postmortem toxicology and pharmacokinetics with us. Peter was a tenured member of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Manchester prior to establishing Kemic Bio-research. He wrote down a few introductory statements to set the scene for [...]

Tags: Autopsy, cclivechat, Peter W. Mullen, pharmacokinetics, postmortem, toxicology

These photographs are courtesy of Teresa‘s mom who hopes that one day we will have answers. Please visit the memorial page for Teresa on Facebook maintained by a friend. It is filled with memories from old friends and pieces of newspaper clippings. “Tess” was found on August 4, 1973, face down on her bed under [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Missouri, Police, Teresa Sue Hilt, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

  Carissa’s mom let me know that there is a series of clips on You Tube about Carissa‘s case. You can find the clips here: Answers for Carissa 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 [...]

Tags: Autopsy, California, Carissa Nwene, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, Forensics, hit-and-run, Victim

    This is what came in after today’s #cclivechat. Let’s see if we can collect more newspaper articles and shed a light on Teresa’s case! GO!

Tags: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Missouri, Police, Teresa Sue Hilt, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

The long awaited trial in the cases of Keith Combs and Eugene Ellis has started. “Edward Jesus Elias and Leopoldo Castro Chavez II, both 36, are each charged with two counts of murder in the Sept. 25, 1993, deaths of 20-year-old Eugene “Cliff” Ellis and 23-year-old Keith Combs. The victims were stationed aboard the aircraft [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, DNA, Eugene Ellis, Evidence, Forensics, Keith Combs, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

So good to be back! Again, the hour moved fast and our friends on their mobiles had quite a struggle to keep up. But that does not matter. I am very glad they were all there. We discussed some DCC news and the “no progress” in the Zeigler case to move over to so many [...]

Tags: Alice Hawkes, Autopsy, Crime Scene, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Missing Person, Nancy Grunwaldt, Police, Unsolved Homicide, William Thomas Zeigler

This recap is courtesy of Sue Carney! Today saw a massive turnout of cold case live chat stalwarts, old and new, for a regular-style cold case brainstorming session. Sadly, just as chat began, Vidster had received the tragic news of the death of his friend Phillip Finch, staunch supporter in the Zeigler case. As Vidster quite [...]

Tags: Alice Hawkes, Autopsy, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Maine, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Candace J. Beason scheduled an April 3, 2012, pre-trial hearing in the case of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller a.k.a. Christopher Chichester a.k.a. Christopher Crowe. Gerhartsreiter is acccused with the murder of John Sohus, his then-landlady’s son. John and his wife Linda disappeared in the mid-1980s. John’s skull and remaining skeleton were found [...]

Tags: Autopsy, California, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, John and Linda Sohus, Missing Person, Victim

Tragedy has struck the Meredith family again. Very early this morning, Brandon Meredith was found dead at his sister’s home. Brandon was Trisha‘s brother whose cold case can be found here on DCC. The cause of Brandon’s death is still unknown and details will follow later. Trisha’s case is not forgotten. During his life, Brandon [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Indiana, Investigations Division, Police, Trisha Meredith, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

Since 1974, the Caughlin Family has been wondering why their beloved 14 year old Karen had to die. To this date, there are no answers. Maybe we will never get the answers we need but then again, it might be possible with the help of some special people. The Caughlin Family would like to have [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Canada, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Karen Caughlin, Michigan, OPP, Police, Sarnia, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses