…charges. He was not only seen at the local pub the weekend Mrs. Martin was murdered. He fits the description Paulette DeRocco gave to police. Police dropped Merrill from the…
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The Unclaimed
…Together Data entry need not be done by officers who graduated from the police academy. It can be done by civilians who passed a background check. That police departments are…
Forsenic anthropologists crack historic cases
Forensic anthropologists at Texas State University are helping to solve four unusual cold cases, for the television series “The Decrypters” that will air on the National Geographic Channel beginning March…
Can we base a conviction on one palm print?
…FBI retracted the identification altogether and issued a rare apology to Mayfield. The Spanish National Police had attributed the latent print to Ouhnane Daoud, an Algerian national living in Spain….
Trial in 1999 Marianne Vaatstra murder
…basis, police studied whether there were people who had a similar chromosomal Y-DNA profile as that of the perpetrator. On November 19, 2012, police announced a match. Jasper S. confessed….
Evidence in 1970 Crewe murders missing
…innocent man was convicted but pardoned. Now, sloppy police work in the 21st century might keep us from ever knowing whose fingerprints were not identified years ago. Police did what…
Top cop asks public’s help in Crewe Murders
…about the murder of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe in June 1970 at their Pukekawa farm. This may be the last opportunity for police to consider what you can tell us….
Bernard Jackson sentenced today
Bernard Jackson Bernard Jackson was sentenced today. He received 18 consecutive life sentences for rapes committed in the Waldo and Armour Hills neighborhoods almost 30 years ago. No trial date…
The long-awaited review report of the Crewe Murders
…Every appendix opens in a PDF. I like to draw your attention to appendix 13: criminal profiling. There is a critique on how police claimed that Arthur Allen Thomas’ feelings…
The Crewe Murders: review or re-investigation?
…years in prison for the killings, but was then pardoned. The Weekend Herald can today reveal that in the past few weeks, Mr Thomas, two of his brothers, his sister…
No independent inquiry in Crewe Murders
…the executive and police, responsibility for deciding on any new investigation of the case rests with the police.” According to the Constitution, indeed a minster cannot order the police to…
Did a cop murder the Crewes?
…pivotal role in the police investigation into their deaths. Johnston passed away in 1978. The accusation has created an uproar amongst those who knew Johnston personally and professionally. It has…
The 1975 Scioto River mystery
…exam. That provided a profile that was uploaded into NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. John Doe became NamUs Case No. 6608. DNA specimens were collected. Dec. 16,…
Guest post: Laura Henderson-Ibach: The timeline does not work
…police made to other officers as well as what they witnessed first hand, statements police made to two different private investigators as well as in their police reports, and various…
Book alert: “Cold a Long Time: An Alpine Mystery” by John Leake
“Cold a Long Time: An Alpine Mystery” about Duncan MacPherson by author John Leake is my new “must read” for this summer. Duncan Alvin MacPherson (Feb 3, 1966 – Aug…
Help needed in Karen Caughlin case
OPP seeks help in 1974 cold case of Karen Caughlin as her death nears the 40th anniversary on March 16th. From CBC News: “Ontario Provincial Police hope a new appeal…
Zeigler, Part XIII
Zeigler, Part XIII WARNING: this post contains actual crime scene photographs. They are very graphic. The photographs are not included to sensationalize the case. They are included because they tell…
Zeigler, Part XI
…Charles Ashley announced right after he had been elected foreman. According to other jurors, he had made up his mind about two weeks prior … before the defense had finished…
Sum it Up! #55
…it to solve the cold case of Elodie Kulik. Dutch police (the Netherlands) used it in the cold case of Marianne Vaatstra. Now, Dutch police did it again in the…
Case of the Month: Bernice Martin
…drawer handle. Unfortunately, no fingerprints were found. Police did take a partial print from the handle of the glass sliding door of a neighbouring apartment, where someone had cut the…