Defrosting Cold Cases

In my post “Missing in small towns…” I wrote about women who disappeared and were later found murdered. The cases were from North Carolina and Louisiana. I am more than pleased to be able to update you now on the North Carolina cases: Investigators in North Carolina have reason to believe that Antwan Maurice Pittman [...]

Tags: Autopsy, Crime Scene, DNA, Evidence, FBI, Forensics, Identification, Investigations Division, Missing Persons, North Carolina, Police, Rape kits, Unsolved Homicide, Victim

The remains of  Lysandra Marie Turpin who went reported missing in 1988 have been found after a man who witnessed her murder as a teenager, contacted Northern California law enforcement, 22 years after the crime. In April of 1988, 27-year-old Lysandra Marie Turpin was reported missing in Humboldt County. She was never found and officials have [...]

Tags: Crime Scene, Cruelty, DNA, Evidence, Identification, Lysandra Marie Turpin, Missing Person, North Carolina, Police

Orange County (NC) authorities unveiled a three-dimensional facial reconstruction of a boy found dead near Mebane more than a decade ago. The realistic-looking sculpture by forensic artist Frank Bender was unveiled during a ceremony at North Carolina State University. Bender, who has worked with “America’s Most Wanted” and the FBI, did the sculpture at no cost in [...]

Tags: Forensics, Missing Person, North Carolina, Police, Victim

Beaufort, NC – A retired pregnant race horse was shot and killed, and now lawmen are asking for your help in tracking the shooter. Carteret County deputies say someone shot “Breeze” in the head between Sunday and Monday at the owner’s property on Taylor Farm Road, outside of Beaufort in Carteret County on the North [...]

Tags: Animal, Ballistics, Crime Scene, Cruelty, Evidence, North Carolina, Police

Vidocq read a disturbing article in the New York Times a few days ago. It described how in Jennings, Louisiana, USA, young women have disappeared and were later found murdered. According to the article, there have been eight cases. The women have in common that they were raised by extended family, lost their stability in [...]

Tags: Decomposed, Drugs, Evidence, FBI, Louisiana, North Carolina, NY Times, Prostitution, Serial Killer, Sheriff