TIME STANDS STill
To loose a child from murder
Is the hardest pain to bear
One falls in that dark deep pit
with nothing but despair
Drowning in your sea of tears
struggling with the shock
please, please, you beg
please turn back the clock
You think of her terror
and think of her pain
and can't bare the thought
of not seeing her again
This just could not happen
Why, Why, Why
She was only sixteen too
young to die.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
New DNA test gives cold case hope
It allows scientists to obtain individual DNA profiles from crime scenes which contain a mix of genetic material from several people.
This is outstanding news..Sharrons case will be 34 years "cold"
A new technique which can decipher previously unintelligible DNA samples has been made available to all police forces in England and Wales.
The Forensic Science Service (FSS) said the DNAboost method may shed light on "many thousands" of unsolved cases.
It allows scientists to obtain individual DNA profiles from crime scenes which contain a mix of genetic material from several people.
But some experts have warned that it could lead to miscarriages of justice.
During the pilot, DNAboost was used on about 2,000 samples in four police forces -Humberside, Northumbria, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire.
The FSS said it helped police to identify suspects and build evidence for cases, and was now "fit for purpose" to be used by all forces.
'Cold cases'
Previously, it was impossible for scientists to accurately separate out DNA from different individuals at one crime scene, for example, where two or three suspects handled the same weapon.
Now, DNAboost can use computer technology to do just that and provide identifiable DNA profiles for each suspect.
more to read here
This is outstanding news..Sharrons case will be 34 years "cold"
A new technique which can decipher previously unintelligible DNA samples has been made available to all police forces in England and Wales.
The Forensic Science Service (FSS) said the DNAboost method may shed light on "many thousands" of unsolved cases.
It allows scientists to obtain individual DNA profiles from crime scenes which contain a mix of genetic material from several people.
But some experts have warned that it could lead to miscarriages of justice.
During the pilot, DNAboost was used on about 2,000 samples in four police forces -Humberside, Northumbria, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire.
The FSS said it helped police to identify suspects and build evidence for cases, and was now "fit for purpose" to be used by all forces.
'Cold cases'
Previously, it was impossible for scientists to accurately separate out DNA from different individuals at one crime scene, for example, where two or three suspects handled the same weapon.
Now, DNAboost can use computer technology to do just that and provide identifiable DNA profiles for each suspect.
more to read here
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
40 year old Coldcase...SOLVED
Katherine May Wilson
The 61-year-old was arrested in January and initially charged with first-degree murder, abduction and forcible confinement.
London, Ont., man pleads guilty to murder in 1970 missing girl case
Barry Vincent Manion, appearing in a Haileybury, Ont., court, received a life sentence for second-degree murder with no possibility of parole for 10 years in Katherine May Wilson's 1970 disappearance in Kirkland Lake.
Her body has never been found.
The 61-year-old was arrested in January and initially charged with first-degree murder, abduction and forcible confinement.
Manion, who most recently lived in London, resided in Kirkland Lake when Katherine went missing on Oct. 10, 1970. He is a distant cousin of the missing girl, her family has said.
The girl had been picking up groceries for her mother, Aline Wilson, on the afternoon she went missing on the town's outskirts. Katherine called home just before 5 p.m. to ask whether she could buy a can of pop or a bag of chips with the leftover change.
Her mother agreed, and Katherine said she was going to walk home. Katherine's two sisters walked out to meet her halfway, but the girl never showed up.
An exhaustive police search that included dogs, helicopters and boats lasted for several weeks.
40 years later
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/11/kirkland-lake-disappearance.html
Monday, March 09, 2009
Some Tunnel Vision
Barrett's Arrest Raises Question: Why 32 Years Later?
Barrett Charged In 1975 Slaying Of Vanderbilt Student.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The arrest of Jerome Barrett in the Sarah Des Prez case and his accusations of involvement in the Marcia Trimble case have led some to ask: What took so long?
"Quote" “I guess (it’s) what I call tunnel vision,” said retired Metro official Sherman Nickens. “I had an informant tell me that a black Muslim could be involved in this. I do remember going to the mosque on Jefferson Street"
“Case files were kept by individual detectives except what was turned in to Central Records. So there was actually no central database for us to go to,” he said. “We could not bring up cases the way that they can now.”
Barrett's DNA linked him to Des Prez, but it took 32 years to make the connection!!! hummmm
http://www.wsmv.com/news/14794393/detail.html
Barrett Charged In 1975 Slaying Of Vanderbilt Student.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The arrest of Jerome Barrett in the Sarah Des Prez case and his accusations of involvement in the Marcia Trimble case have led some to ask: What took so long?
"Quote" “I guess (it’s) what I call tunnel vision,” said retired Metro official Sherman Nickens. “I had an informant tell me that a black Muslim could be involved in this. I do remember going to the mosque on Jefferson Street"
“Case files were kept by individual detectives except what was turned in to Central Records. So there was actually no central database for us to go to,” he said. “We could not bring up cases the way that they can now.”
Barrett's DNA linked him to Des Prez, but it took 32 years to make the connection!!! hummmm
http://www.wsmv.com/news/14794393/detail.html
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Wednesday Marks 34 Years Since Trimble Disappearance
After 34 years police have finally charged someone with Marcia Trimble's death.
Marcia's Mothers words,
"Every year, for 34 years now, Virginia takes time to observe a horrible anniversary, but Wednesday, "I'm not burdened down with anything. I feel free."
Virginia's daughter, Marcia, disappeared in Green Hills on February 25, 1975. The 9-year-old's body was found a month later. For years, the murder went unsolved, but on the 34th anniversary there was finally a suspect, Jerome Barrett. "I've always wanted to know who killed her? When she died and how she died?" This is the first time Virginia's talked since Barrett was charged with her daughter's murder, and she hopes for answers when he goes to trial this July.
How Wonderful after all these years!
Marcia's Mothers words,
"Every year, for 34 years now, Virginia takes time to observe a horrible anniversary, but Wednesday, "I'm not burdened down with anything. I feel free."
Virginia's daughter, Marcia, disappeared in Green Hills on February 25, 1975. The 9-year-old's body was found a month later. For years, the murder went unsolved, but on the 34th anniversary there was finally a suspect, Jerome Barrett. "I've always wanted to know who killed her? When she died and how she died?" This is the first time Virginia's talked since Barrett was charged with her daughter's murder, and she hopes for answers when he goes to trial this July.
How Wonderful after all these years!
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