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Whodunnit, and why? All about criminal investigations and the forensic methods used to search for clues and collect evidence to get to the bottom of the crime.

Dear Lori Lightfoot...
With all due respect, and I only use the term because you are an elected mayor.. What is wrong with you? Her name is Ella French. You should know the name of every officer in your department. You definitely should know the name of an officer slain in the line of duty.
By Justice for All5 years ago in Criminal
12 Surprising Facts about the Zodiac Killer
This is the first article in a two-part series on the Zodiac Killer. You can find the second here: After more than half a century, the Zodiac Killer is in the news again. It has been a banner year for amateur detectives and the Zodiac case is no exception. In December a team of volunteer code-breakers announced that they had cracked the 340-character cipher the killer sent to the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969.
By Lori Lamothe5 years ago in Criminal
French Engineer Says He Solved the Zodiac Cipher that Reveals the Killer’s Name: But Who Was Lawrence Kane?
This is the second article in a two-part series. Read the first here: It has been a banner year for amateur detectives. In January, true crime activists brought the case of an anonymous hiker found dead in a tent to national attention, which led to his identification. In April, authorities arrested Kristin Smart’s killer based on facts that came out during the course of a podcast. And six months ago three amateur code breakers solved the Zodiac Killer’s infamous 340-cipher — a task that the world’s top cryptologists, police and the FBI had been working on for more than 50 years.
By Lori Lamothe5 years ago in Criminal
My Journey Down the Rabbit Hole
Disclaimer: My views are not those of an attorney, legal expert or any other classically trained professional. I am simply a wife and a mom. The scrutiny used in analyzing some of the situations in this case, is the same is the same investigation or examination I use on my kids. The same questions apply. Is this plausible? Is there another explanation? Why did events happen like this? What procedures or anomalies were there in this investigation? Is it possible someone is covering their own tracks?
By Jimmie Lee Staley5 years ago in Criminal
Military injustice: Part 1 of 3
During the late 1980s, I joined the Indiana National Guard and then eventually transferred to the U.S. Army Reserves. I served for several years and then received an honorable discharge. Most of my fellow soldiers were superb people. But what sticks in my memory is understanding what it meant to leave no man behind.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
Who Was The Freeway Phantom?
It was the early seventies in Washington, DC. Six young black girls had been found dead within a year and a half. The oldest among them was eighteen - the youngest, only ten.
By Robyn Reisch5 years ago in Criminal
The Unsolved Disappearance of Suzy Lamplugh
The Disappearance Suzy Lamplugh was a 25-year-old estate agent; working in Fulham, London. On the 28th July 1986, Suzy left her office at around 12:30 pm, to get to an appointment at 12:45 pm. The appointment was to show a potential client around a house, known only as ‘Mr. Kipper’ from what was found in Suzy’s diary.
By Hannah Marland5 years ago in Criminal
Zodiac Killer case no: V-25564
On the 20th of December 1968 at around 11.15pm an unknown man who would eventually appoint himself the nickname Zodiac Killer, committed his first two recorded murders, when he shot and killed two young teenagers out on their first date.
By Louise5 years ago in Criminal
The Music Box Murder: How an Unnerving Gift and a DNA Profile Solved a Cold Case
We’ve all gotten that cringey gift. Maybe it’s lingerie we wouldn’t feel comfortable wearing. Or a piece of jewelry that borders on gaudy. Or a sweater we wouldn’t be caught dead in. Most of the time, we shrug it off. We might not be crazy about the fire-engine red garter belt or the ginormous rhinestone earrings but we love our guy and it makes us smile because, hey, he tried.
By Lori Lamothe5 years ago in Criminal
Murder He Wrote, And Murder He Committed
News reports of a serial killer gripped the remote Macedonian town of Kicevo, but the local journalist covering the case appeared to know just a tad too much. It turns out it’s true what they say; reality is stranger than fiction!
By Chelsea Rose5 years ago in Criminal
The Oakland County Child Killer: The Story of a Lesser Known, and Uncaught, Serial Killer
We all know about certain high profile serial killers like BTK, Ted Bundy, and Jeffrey Dahmer, but there are countless more out there that are lesser known, and sometimes unidentified. One lesser know serial killer is the Oakland County Child Killer, an unidentified murderer who committed heinous acts against children in the late 1970s before vanishing. This vicious killer has four confirmed victims with a couple more unconfirmed victims that are possibly linked to him (or her, or them).
By Austin Blessing-Nelson (Blessing)5 years ago in Criminal
When Lies Become Legend: The Brutal Murder of Kitty Genovese
What happened? The scene plays out like a horror novel. A young woman stalked, robbed, raped, stabbed, and left for dead, mere steps from the safety of her home.
By Chelsea Rose5 years ago in Criminal