Defrosting Cold Cases

Today is Black Friday and Vidocq is sitting in a local coffee shop watching people come in after hours of shopping. They all look exhausted and in need of espresso. I hear bits of conversations from the people around me. Mostly, I hear people exchanging tips to get the best out of Black Friday. “I [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Crime Scene, Evidence, FBI, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Police, Unsolved Homicide, Victim, Witnesses

DNA evidence being stored by the Colorado Springs Police Department has been jeopardized by a faulty refrigerator, although police spokesman Lt. David Whitlock said experts don’t believe it will endanger any criminal cases. The refrigeration malfunction follows last month’s admission that the Colorado Springs police crime lab had erred on dozens of blood-alcohol tests in drunken [...]

Tags: Colorado Springs, Crime Labs, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Police