Current General Crime Chat: disturbing killers, other crimes and miscellaneous stuff

[GreyCrow]

Angus Sinclair dies in prison 73

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_End_Murders

Angus Sinclair, was acquitted in 2007 in controversial circumstances. Following the amendment of the law of double jeopardy, which would have prevented his retrial, Sinclair was re-tried in October 2014 and convicted of both murders on 14 November 2014. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 37 years, the longest sentence by a Scottish court, meaning he would be 106 years old when he was eligible for a potential release on parole.[1] He died in prison at the age of 73, on 11 March 2019.[2]

In addition to Eadie and Scott, Sinclair also pleaded guilty to culpable homicide of his eight-year-old neighbour Catherine Reehill in Glasgowin 1961, when he was sixteen,[3] and given another life sentence in 2001 for the 1978 murder of 17-year-old Mary Gallacher on a footpath in Glasgow.[4] He is thought to have also killed four other women between 1977 and 1978, all within a seven-month period of the murders of Eadie and Scott.[5]

 

[Belushi Brassiere]

With me it was a stranger abduction, I didn’t know him & I was driven out into the forest area. Lucky I even made it back alive. I could’ve been a statistic very easily. My biggest problem came about with the jury...they were more concerned about what I was wearing than what actually happened to me. He was plea bargained a deal..

 

[petedavo]

ISO 18385:2016



Minimizing the risk of human DNA contamination in products used to collect, store and analyze biological material for forensic purposes -- Requirements



https://www.iso.org/standard/62341.html

The mystery of the Phantom of Heilbron

https://www.iso.org/news/2016/07/Ref2094.html



Germany's hunt for the murderer known as 'the woman without a face'



https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/nov/09/germany-serial-killer

DNA clues in hunt for 'faceless' serial killer

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1584625/DNA-clues-in-hunt-for-faceless-serial-killer.html


"We're closing in on her"

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[petedavo]

An interesting website...
Police Use of DNA: Mistakes, Error and Fraud
http://dnapolicyinitiative.org/police-use-of-dna-mistakes-error-and-fraud/

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[petedavo]

Recent developments in DNA evidence
Marcus Smith & Monique Mann
ISSN: 1836-2206
Published: 16/11/2015
https://aic.gov.au/publications/tandi/tandi506

Foreword | In this paper, the authors describe recent developments in DNA technology. Key cases involving DNA evidence in Australia and overseas that occurred between 2003 and 2014 are used to illustrate the benefits and potential issues that can arise when new DNA techniques are applied to criminal investigations. Empirical data on the value of DNA evidence and DNA databases on investigative and court outcomes are outlined, demonstrating strong support for the value of DNA evidence to investigations and prosecutions.

The techniques and applications for DNA evidence described here, and future developments, clearly have important implications for policymakers, practitioners and legislators. Equally, the Australian criminal justice system will need to continue to adapt to accommodate new developments in this field.

Chris Dawson APM



Extract»

Low copy number analysis

The amount of DNA left on an object after contact is influenced by a range of factors, such as the duration or type of contact. Low copy number (LCN) analysis involves the use of techniques to multiply small amounts of DNA, obtained from only a few cells. This technique was applied in the high-profile Murdoch v The Queen case in the NT Supreme Court (see Table 1). However, it has the potential to create erroneous results due to a high potential for contamination (Gans 2007; Lowe et al. 2003).



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[petedavo]

Killer breakthrough – the day DNA evidence first nailed a murderer
It’s 30 years since DNA fingerprinting was first used in a police investigation. The technique has since put millions of criminals behind bars – and it all began when one scientist stumbled on the idea in a failed experiment
Ian Cobain
Tue 7 Jun 2016 10.25 EDT
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ence-genetic-profiling-criminal-investigation

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[petedavo]

FRAUD IN FORENSICS: FIVE CASES OF ABUSE AND EVIDENCE MISHANDLING


https://www.forensicscolleges.com/blog/resources/real-cases-of-forensic-fraud-flawed-evidence

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[petedavo]

Cases of doctoring the testing in the lab

https://ocweekly.com/orange-countys...ctoring-dna-analysis-in-murder-cases-7538100/

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/414782/how-dna-evidence-can-be-falsified/

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[petedavo]

A case of deliberately planting someone else's DNA to avoid incrimination

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/dna-evidence6.htm

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[petedavo]

How to use a sandwich bag to extract DNA
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/squishy-science-extract-dna-from-smashed-strawberries/

https://imb.uq.edu.au/files/9533/strawberryDNAextraction.pdfView attachment strawberryDNAextraction.pdf

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[petedavo]

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[Belushi Brassiere]

This pro-seat belts/child restraints in cars one is really effective - the love between mother and daughter demonstrated by the mother placing the necklace on the wee bairn, the stuffed white bear... then the white flowers in the shape of a bear on the child's coffin.

 

[FR0GGY]

Couldn’t find a Helen Munnings thread but it looks as if the police are confident they might find her body after 11 years.
https://abc.net.au/news/2019-04-08/police-to-search-for-body-of-helen-munnings/10981140?pfmredir=sm

 

[sprockets]

An arrest of a 62yo man and extradition from Queensland GreyCrow

The murdered man has been missing for 17 years, his name is John Christianos.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/2...ristianos-body-found-in-wheelie-bin-melbourne

"A former Melbourne memorabilia dealer has admitted killing an "irrational and violent" graphic artist in 2001 before stashing the body in a wheelie bin.

John Spencer White pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Tuesday in Melbourne Magistrates Court after prosecutors downgraded the charge from murder.
The body of John Christianos, 40, was found in 2018 at a Oakleigh South storage facility as the business was being shut down and the owner was cleaning out the premises, the court was told."

https://www.news.com.au/national/br...h/news-story/e155950da79e0575e36980dad84479b4

 

[petedavo]

Some news on the Lisa Brown thread.
HAPPENING NOW: Detectives are digging up the backyard of a West Perth home- they’re investigating the 1998 disappearance of sex-worker Lisa Brown. #perthnews @7NewsPerth https://t.co/BYNtOy6Pvp

 

[petedavo]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtm...state-killer-dna-experiment-genetic-genealogy



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[sprockets]

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtm...state-killer-dna-experiment-genetic-genealogy



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"A year ago, when cops captured Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, the world woke up to the power of genetic genealogy."

I almost stopped reading right there.

 

[petedavo]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/13/us/google-location-tracking-police.html

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[Belushi Brassiere]

Was thinking about tragic Judith Barsi the other day. It shows how much had changed by the 1980s that she was able to keep an "ethnic" surname in media. Had Judith been acting during Hollywood's Golden Era, the studio would have forced her to change her name to Margaret Williams or something else seen as "American".

 

[The King!]

Been following the Chris watts case late to the party

Mostly interesting because of all the video

Then you stumble into a YouTube abyss of crime "experts" jesus some nuts there


but what a shocking case putting your kids in those small holes

 

[Asapartyhat]

Speaking of you tube I accidently found the you tube channel of Nixos Metaxas the first ever seial killer from Cyprus who confessed to murdering five women and two children after being arrested about two weeks ago.His last post on you tube was less than a month ago.Theres a few videos featuring chokers and wresting choke holds that he recently liked,he possibly knew his time was up when he liked them.A bit disturbing seeing as he strangled his victims .But nothing on the channel that isn't unusual for a proffesional type guy into photography and film making.If anything the guy seemed classy.

 

[SmAshmoto]

Different kind of story in a way. I wonder who he is and why he still doesn't want to reveal his identity after 6 years.

https://nationalpost.com/news/the-u...en-held-in-a-canadian-maximum-security-prison

Perhaps spending the rest of his life in a Canadian prison is far more appealing than spending time in his home country's prisons?

 

[craigos]

shellyg is there a "free" aka Youtube crime documentaries thread in here? Could not see one but would love to see if anyone has come across any good (and decent vidoe quality) docos on Youtube. Found this last night and was really damn good

 

[Kurve]

shellyg is there a "free" aka Youtube crime documentaries thread in here? Could not see one but would love to see if anyone has come across any good (and decent vidoe quality) docos on Youtube. Found this last night and was really damn good

Might watch that later, thanks craigos

You think a thread would be good and have you checked out Documentary Heaven? There's some good ones in there too with ratings.

https://documentaryheaven.com/category/crime/

 

[craigos]

Might watch that later, thanks craigos

You think a thread would be good and have you checked out Documentary Heaven? There's some good ones in there too with ratings.

https://documentaryheaven.com/category/crime/

Propbably just general crime docuementaries, no need for it to be free even.

Oh wow, there's tonnes of docos on that site. I was spending way too much time searching netflix for good documentaries (crime ones are very hit and miss) and being the time poor/lazy person I am, was hoping people would do the leg work for me.