Unsolved homicides that haunt me…
Posted in Cold Cases in the News, Unsolved Homicides
Thomas Joyce and Darren Hamilton have both been charged with conspiracy to commit fraud. They are due before the Stockport Magistrates Court on Friday, July 23, 2010, along with Jake Hayes and Nathan Benson who were earlier charged with conspiracy to commit fraud. Stephen Benson of no fixed abode was earlier charged with causing death by dangerous driving and [...]
Arrest in the case of Pc Mike Silcock who was hit by a car in Didbsury Road, Heaton Mersey, on 6 March last year! Stephen Benson, 25, of no fixed abode, has been accused of causing death by dangerous driving and conspiracy to commit fraud. He is due before Stockport magistrates on Wednesday. Four other [...]
Posted in Cold Cases in the News, Forensics, Solved, Unsolved Homicides
New fingerprint technology has enabled police to identify a woman killed on the M25 in Hertfordshire, UK, 20 years ago. Investigations have revealed Lesley Ann Pickavance died after being hit by several vehicles as she tried to cross the M25 in July 1990. Fingerprints from the body scanned by modern systems revealed a match. There had [...]
Posted in Forensics
If you are promoting stolen merchandize make sure the picture does not give you away! Manchester Police couldn’t have wished for better proof of Stephen Taylor’s guilt. After coming into contact with stolen watches worth £4,000, Taylor draped them over his hand and took a high quality photo with his camera phone. But the image [...]
Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain offered an extraordinary apology for the 1972 killings of unarmed demonstrators by British troops in Northern Ireland, saying that a long-awaited investigation had left no doubt that the “Bloody Sunday” shootings were “both unjustified and unjustifiable.” “On behalf of our country, I am deeply sorry,” Mr. Cameron said in [...]
Posted in Forensics, Miscellaneous
Archaeologists believe that they may have found the world’s best-preserved gladiator cemetery after noticing animal bite marks and combat injuries on some of the 80, mainly headless, Roman skeletons unearthed at a site in the city of York in northern England. “At present our lead theory is that many of these skeletons are those of [...]
Vidocq could not be happier! Magistrate Molloy was given the go-ahead to take back his place a chair of the bench! It also believed that he had received an apology. Incorrect reports claimed last week that Mr Molloy had been reinstated. In fact, that decision was only made this week. However, an investigation is still ongoing into his conduct by [...]
Posted in Missing Persons
Last Friday, Alex Spence was laid to rest. The funeral was a true tribute to Alex with all his family and friends gathering to pay their last respects to this father of two very young children, Alexander, 4, and Sam, 20 months. His funeral took place at the Church Of Our Lady Of Lourdes and St [...]
The post-mortem has confirmed the death of Alexander Spence was not suspicious. The Humberside Police said a file would now be prepared for the coroner ahead of an inquest. Alex Spence disappeared April 10, 2010. His family and friends frantically tried to find him. They reached out to the city, distributed pictures, launched websites, and reached [...]
Posted in Missing Persons
Humberside Police said a body found in the River Hull was believed to be that of Mr Spence. The death is not being treated as suspicious. A force spokeswoman said: “Humberside Police received a call at 11.40am from a member of the public reporting a body in the River Hull on Bankside, Hull. A man’s [...]