Defrosting Cold Cases

Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter a.k.a. Clark Rockefeller a.k.a. Christopher Chichester a.k.a. Christopher Crowe will go on trial in September 2012 for the 1985 murder of John Sohus, and whose wife, Linda (pictured on the left) is still missing. 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 [...]

Tags: California, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, John and Linda Sohus, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

A verdict has been reached in the trial of two men accused of robbing and fatally shooting two San Diego-based sailors more than 18 years ago in an area of Otay Mesa popular for after-hours drinking and bonfires. Though detectives who documented the murder scene recovered fingerprints and genetic evidence apparently belonging to the killer(s), [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Eugene Ellis, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Keith Combs, 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

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

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

Shelia Barnett lives every parent’s nightmare: she survived her own child. 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 walk to school on that fateful morning of November 16, 2007. She had to walk [...]

Tags: California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, hit-and-run, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

CNN reports that the “Onion Field Killer“ who has terminal cancer with less than six months to live, will never be released and will die in prison. Yesterday, the California Board of Parole Hearings denied a request for compassionate prison release. “Gregory Powell is serving a life sentence with the possibility of parole for first-degree murder at [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Victim, Witnesses

On Oct. 2, 1979, the remains of a child were found in a shallow grave on the side of Glendora Mountain Road, San Dimas, California. This child, a boy, was very young. There are several age ranges given. One states he was between 3-8 years old and another places him between 4-6 years old.  According [...]

Tags: Autopsy, California, Crime Scene, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

“A preliminary hearing was held Wednesday for two men accused in the shooting deaths of two San Diego-based sailors in Otay Mesa 18 years ago.  The hearing for Edward Jesus Elias and Leopoldo Castro Chavez II, both 35, was to have started Tuesday morning but was postponed until Wednesday because one of the defense attorneys [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Finger Printing, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Partial Finger Printing, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

In his book, Black Dahlia Avenger, Steve shows that his father was inspired by the art of Man Ray. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, (August 27, 1890 – November 18, 1976), Man Ray was an American artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. I wanted to know more and looked up some of Man Ray’s art in [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Book Reviews, California, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Elizabeth Short, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Steve Hodel, Victim, Witnesses