Bernard Jackson’s trial is scheduled for July 18, 2011. The trial is expected to last two weeks. Jackson is accused of four rapes in the Waldo area that occurred in the 1980s. In February 2011, he was charged with 22 counts related to two of the five “modern” Waldo rape cases, for which he’d been considered [...]
Tags: Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missouri, Police, Rape kits, Victim, WitnessesFrom the Neosho daily News: The green parachute cord used to hogtie Grace Doe more than 20 years ago was military issue. “Detective Lorie Howard has stated that she believes the bindings are the key to solving the case. Last week, she told the Daily that she has untangled at least some of the mystery with the [...]
Tags: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Finger Printing, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Person, Missouri, odonthology, Police, Unsolved Homicide, VictimFrom the desk of Chief Corwin: Kansas City area residents can enjoy a delicious breakfast delivered by a police officer and support Special Olympics Missouri at the same time with Saturday’s Tip-A-Cop event at metro Corner Café restaurants. More than 40 police officers will be at three Corner Café restaurants in Riverside, Kansas City North [...]
Tags: Missouri, Police“Jackson County prosecutors today filed 22 charges against Bernard Jackson, a twice-convicted sex offender, in connection with the series of rapes that terrified women in the Waldo area a year ago. Prosecutors used DNA from a lotion bottle and a shirt to link Jackson, 53, to two of the five attacks that happened between September [...]
Tags: Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Investigations Division, Kansas City, Missouri, Police, Prisons, Rape kits, Victim, WitnessesA St. Louis County jury convicted Gerald Carnahan of first-degree murder and forcible rape on Thursday afternoon for the death of Jackie Johns 25 years ago in Greene County, MO. Barring a successful appeal, the 52-year-old man will spend the rest of his life in prison. The murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of the rest [...]
Tags: Autopsy, Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missouri, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, VictimThe fate of accused murderer Gerald Carnahan of Springfield, MO, is now up to 12 jurors. Closing arguments in his trial ended about 11:45 a.m. today. Carnahan is charged with killing Jackie Johns, 20, of Nixa in June 1985 in Springfield, MO. Before closing arguments, St. Louis County Circuit Judge Michael Jamison read legal instructions to [...]
Tags: Autopsy, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missouri, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, VictimIn 2007, investigators said that DNA analysis of blood in Jackie Johns’ abandoned car linked Gerald Carnahan to the crime scene, and he was charged with first-degree murder. He’s now on trial in St. Louis County Circuit Court, Missouri. Two former crime scene investigators took the stand. Both Dwight McNiel, a former sheriff of Christian County, [...]
Tags: Autopsy, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missouri, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, VictimOne of the most anticipated murder trial in the Ozarks of the past quarter century is underway in St. Louis County after a judge ordered a change-of-venue for a story well-known in southwestern Missouri. For 25 years, Gerald Carnahan has been the chief suspect in the rape and murder of Jackie Johns, a 20-year-old woman whose sports car [...]
Tags: Autopsy, Crime Labs, Crime Scene, DNA, DNA Database, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missouri, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, VictimKansas City police announced today that they are reopening the investigation into the 40-year-old killing of Civil Rights and political leader Leon Jordan. In a news release, police said that they “have located the weapon used in the murder and partial fingerprints taken from the weapon and cars around the crime scene. The fingerprints were [...]
Tags: Autopsy, Ballistics, Crime Scene, Evidence, Expert Testimony, Finger Printing, Forensics, Gun Fire, Identification, Investigations Division, Kansas City, Missouri, Partial Finger Printing, Police, Unsolved Homicide, VictimThe trial of Bernard Jackson, the man accused of four Waldo area rapes in the 1980s, is slated for 2011. Judge Charles E. Atwell is scheduled to preside over the trial, which will be in either April or July. A case management conference is scheduled for August 13, 2010. Earlier this month, Jackson entered a [...]
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