Defrosting Cold Cases https://defrostingcoldcases.com/ Research website by Alice de Sturler Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:53:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/defrostingcoldcases.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/cropped-Dina-Fort-small-1.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Defrosting Cold Cases https://defrostingcoldcases.com/ 32 32 47131228 Shawna Beth Garber: case cleared https://defrostingcoldcases.com/shawna-beth-garber-case-cleared/ Fri, 22 Mar 2024 17:53:54 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=38076 The McDonald County Sheriff’s Office in Missouri has released a statement that brings the case of Shawna Beth Garber to an end. The case is now cleared by exception as the suspect in her murder passed away. “It is believed that Talfey Reeves (deceased as of November 15, 2021), picked Shauna up from the Tanglewood/Ginger […]

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Clay and Bones by Lisa Bailey https://defrostingcoldcases.com/clay-and-bones-by-lisa-bailey/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:49:09 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=38037 The photograph on the dustcover and the book blurbs on the back give the reader the impression that this book is completely dedicated to forensic sciences, in particular forensic sculpting. It looks like a book that will take us through several unsolved cases where the skills of the author, Lisa Bailey, helped bring them to […]

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Remember Christopher Daniel Myles https://defrostingcoldcases.com/remember-christopher-daniel-myles/ Fri, 01 Mar 2024 19:06:38 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37966 During the summer of 1979, Christopher Daniel Myles (Sept 30, 1962 – June 4, 1979) was found murdered in a vineyard near Hughes and Nebraska avenues, Caruthers, Fresno County, California. He was sixteen years old and still in high school. I found a few articles in the newspaper archives from the Fresno Bee and the […]

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Women Who Murder by Mitzi Szereto https://defrostingcoldcases.com/women-who-murder-by-mitzi-szereto/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 21:33:38 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37910 “Women Who Murder: An International Collection of Deadly True Crime Tales” is the latest book by Mitzi Szereto. Women who kill. We all know a few either from true crime or fiction. Myra Hindley, Mary Ann Cotton, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Annie Wilkes. In this book, we have globe-covering stories and authors. We go from the […]

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Donald Cedric Faul (Nov 24, 1950 – Jan 25, 1981) https://defrostingcoldcases.com/donald-cedric-faul-nov-24-1950-jan-25-1981/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:29:53 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37873 Donald Cedric Faul was stabbed to death near New Orlean’s riverside Moon Walk around 6am on January 25, 1981, New Orleans, Louisiana. Donald had stab wounds to the chest and back, according to then-Coroner Frank Minyard. Stabbed at least nine times, he died at the scene. According to the friend who was with him, the male […]

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The Winter List by S. G. MacLean https://defrostingcoldcases.com/the-winter-list-by-s-g-maclean/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:20:42 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37838 The next installment in one of my favorite historical fiction series did not disappoint. In fact, it made me love the series more. I always wanted to know more about Lady Anne Winter, a Royalist spy from the Damian Seeker series, and in this book, we see more of her personality. But let us start […]

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Zenith Man by McCracken Poston Jr. https://defrostingcoldcases.com/zenith-man-by-mccracken-poston-jr/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 19:51:47 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37792 A book about ‘Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom’ it says on the cover. As you can see from the cover photo, this couple loved each other. They seem to melt in each other’s embrace daring us to keep looking. Some people tried to stop this relationship because to them, it did not […]

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Cheryl Ann Scherer (Aug 19, 1959 – missing April 17, 1979) https://defrostingcoldcases.com/cheryl-ann-scherer-aug-19-1959-missing-april-17-1979/ Mon, 01 Jan 2024 18:48:18 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37785 On April 17, 1979, Cheryl Ann Scherer started her 6 AM shift at the Rhodes Pump-Ur-Own Station in Scott City, Missouri. She called her mom around 1120 AM and they talked about supper and sewing later that evening. Between 1140-1150 AM, Cheryl disappeared. From the Standard-Democratic of April 14, 2023: “around 11:40 a.m. Scherer’s cousin, a […]

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Happy Holiday Season https://defrostingcoldcases.com/happy-holiday-season/ Fri, 01 Dec 2023 16:36:00 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37723 I wish you all a Happy Holiday Season. May the New Year bring you all that is good. Alice

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John Evers Robinson (May 10, 1965 – May 14, 1990) https://defrostingcoldcases.com/john-evers-robinson-may-10-1965-may-14-1990/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:13:12 +0000 https://defrostingcoldcases.com/?p=37591 On March 14, 1990, around 815 am, John Evers Robinson (24) a.k.a. Rokked, was found dead inside a small room in an office building at 178 Temple Street, New Haven, Connecticut. That room on the second floor was the rehearsal space for the band ‘Sold on Murder.’ It featured John Evers Robinson on bass and vocals, […]

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