investigation
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.
Windfall
Where could it be? I’ve looked everywhere in my house. Oh my God what if I lost it outside? If the wrong person gets a hold of that book I’m doomed. My next appointment is arriving in fifteen minutes. Thankfully, I have my client names in the calendar on my computer. But now who else has my client names?
By Jennifer Kuta5 years ago in Criminal
The Unsolved Murder of Mavis Hudson in Chesterfield, England
Mavis Hudson did not have the best of childhoods. It was alleged that she was a handful for her widowed mother, and despite being only 15, she was a smoker and liked the company of older men. Due to her behaviour, Mavis had spent some of her adolescent years living in a children’s home. Her mother also told investigating police officers that Mavis had run away from home on several occasions.
By Armchair Detective5 years ago in Criminal
Cold Case Files
Christmas Day is no longer a day of celebration for David Sheppard. Instead it is a time of reflection, of sadness, of wondering why the world is cruel, why the good die young. In David’s case this was proven when his uncle, who was more like a best friend than a relative, disappeared back in 1995. David was 14 at the time, only five years younger than his uncle Daniel Sheppard. In December 1994, Daniel was helping his nephew strip down his BMX bike. He assured David the end result would be the envy of his school mates. He was going to sandblast and powdercoat it at the place he worked and told David: “you’ll have the coolest bike in the school bike rack.
By Monique Patterson5 years ago in Criminal
How Sexual Assault was Legalized in Georgia
In November of 2018, while going to the Ga Supreme Court and Ga Court of Appeals I met the man that would fundamentally alter my life. I had been a Juvenile Probation Officer for Chatham County. Wrongfully terminated for nothing more than filing a grievance. I met Shawn, a Tow Truck driver with R. Mayer Towing. My car had died in front of the Court of Appeals in downtown Atlanta. AAA came out, wouldn’t accept my digital AAA card and so became the moment that over two years later leads to this article.
By Justice for All5 years ago in Criminal
Leave no witnesses alive
The American public regarded the 60s as our most divisive decade. Young people expressed themselves unlike anything ever witnessed in past decades. Americans opposed the Vietnam War, fought for civil rights and watched a man walk on the moon. Although Cincinnati was the birthplace of Charles Manson, there are other heinous criminals and crimes associated with Cincinnati. For example, the Cincinnati Strangler prowled the Queen City around the time when someone murdered the Bricca family. Today, authorities still don’t know who killed the Briccas.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
The Dark Secret At Work
She walked into work with formal black dress, well-done brunette hair, and a spirit refreshed from a good night’s sleep. She worked in a massive building since it was the corporate office to one of the largest tech companies in the world - 100 floors, beautiful staircases, small trees inside of the building, ivory floor and walls, expensive artwork framed in gold. Many people would have given their lives to work there since they paid an excellent salary and since they had terrific benefits.
By Gabriel Mohr5 years ago in Criminal
Cold Case Files
Four decades have passed since Kevin Docherty lost his twin sister. But the pain he feels is still as raw as ever.As is his desperation for answers. Kay Docherty was asked by a girl at her school, Toni Cavanagh, to help her babysit on July 27, 1979. The twins’ mother Jean, who Kevin says was firm but fair, said no. Kay, 15, was bitterly upset – Toni was one of the popular girls at school and she wanted to fit in. “Toni had more freedom than any other girl at that age,” Kevin said. He has since found out that Toni had asked a few other friends at school if they wanted to go out that night for a disco. “Most girls weren’t allowed and my sister definitely wasn’t allowed out after dark.” Kay retreated to her room in tears when her mother refused her request. Kevin said his mother asked him what he thought. “I had band practice and I said to mum ‘I’ll take her there and I’ll pick her up in a couple of hours when I finish’,” Kevin said. Toni’s home was just around the corner from the family’s Warilla home. However, when Kevin returned to Toni’s place later that night, there was no sign of the girls. “Toni’s stepmother said ‘they’re not here, they went to the movies’.”
By Monique Patterson5 years ago in Criminal
The unusual deaths of Mary Morris and Mary Morris
For over five years, I have written about many different crimes and strange stories. This week’s story is about one of the more unusual unsolved murder cases I can remember. It involves the deaths of two different women with the same name.
By Marc Hoover5 years ago in Criminal
Face-to-face with a killer
I still remember pressing my toddler-sized hands against the window and breathing on the glass. It was October 29th, 1989, and I was less than one week away from turning four years old. I was at a dry cleaning shop with my mom in her hometown of Bay Village, Ohio, where my family had recently moved. We were living with my grandmother on Lincoln Road while our new house was under construction.
By Ashley Herzog5 years ago in Criminal
