Defrosting Cold Cases

Gavin Ward continued his chats on blogging, Google + and SEO. Gavin dove into Pinterest and the changed T&C that worried folks and hindered some from signing up. A lot has changed so you might want to explore it. We talked about DuckDuckGo and if you never tried this search engine, you should! It shows different [...]

Please welcome a new guest blogger to DCC! Dave Thomas will guest blog about road death investigations. With that, Dave will take DCC into a new direction. I have some hit-and-run cases posted (including the case of Gregory McRoberts) but nothing in-depth about those investigations and the forensics involved. About Dave, he says “I have [...]

Our topic today was bullying and our guest was none other than Ian Rivers! I can honestly say that this was one of my most favourite chats. Fortunate for me, Ian agreed to come back for more chats because I still have many issues I wish to bring to the table! After Ian discussed how [...]

We had a very hot Cold Case Live Chat today with Andrew Wade who introduced us to fire investigations. Amongst the many questions Andrew answered a few issues stood out. Those issues feature in many arson cases on appeal right now. As I said before, a V-pattern does not necessarily point to the fire’s origin. [...]

Darren Bruce is a married father of three and has been a police officer for seventeen years. “I am a Detective Sergeant who has taken on various roles and am soon to undertake a change to run a Serious Sexual Offences Investigation Team. Over the years I have worked on Child Abuse Investigation Units and Major Investigation [...]

Not sure why I did not post this before but yes, “Adam” has been identified! “The five-year-old’s identity has remained a mystery after he was smuggled into Britain and murdered in a voodoo-style ritual killing. He was drugged with a ‘black-magic’ potion and sacrificed before being thrown into the Thames, where his torso washed up next [...]

Who killed Carl Bridgewater? We may never know but after reading Paul Foot‘s excellent analysis of the police interrogations, I am sure that none of the Bridgewater Four were involved. Even though the case dates back to 1978, I consider this book to be a classic to study how cases can go wrong fast. It [...]

In the clip below, Chris Sherliker discusses the illegality of phone hacking. He explains that what was understandable was still illegal and, what is completely not understandable in the News of the World episode of phone hacking as was done in the case of Milly Dowler. He also discusses what the future holds for the relationship [...]

We have a tentative identification on Adam, the name given to the boy’s torso found in the Thames, UK. “A boy of six whose torso was found mutilated in the Thames has been identified  ten years later. The tragic lad has been named as Ikpomwosa, from Nigeria, and a picture of  him  was released. Detectives believe [...]

I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here! by Sue Carney Imagine having an eclectic group of scientists at your disposal to ask any question you like. This is exactly what the ‘I’m A Scientist, Get Me Out Of Here’ project offers to approximately 8000 UK school children for two weeks, commencing Monday 13 June [...]