Although on paper, Robert “Willie” Pickton is guilty of six second degree murders, it is possible that he is the most prolific serial killer in Canadian history. According to the Toronto Sun (in the article “Canadian cases involving dismemberment”), evidence …
On December 19, 2001, four-year old Zachery Longo’s body was found floating facedown in a body of water called Lint Slough near Waldport, Oregon. When the young boy’s picture was released to television networks, a couple who had babysat him …
Learn more from NBC News about Aurora, Colorado dispatcher Kathie Stauffer.
Did you know that not one fingerprint is alike? Even identical twins do not share the exact same fingerprints. Would you believe that fingerprint evidence is even more reliable than DNA? “Obtaining full matching fingerprints is said to be a …
Of all the various criminal justice careers that exist, did you know that “mantracker” is among them? Troy Chaffee and another King County, Washington sheriff’s deputy put their extensive tracking experience to use this past Thursday in search of a …
According to Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries, a serial killer is someone who commits three or more murders as part of three or more distinctive events; whereas a mass murderer is someone who kills a group of people as part …
While watching crime dramas, like Criminal Minds or The Mentalist, viewers detect a dynamic relationship – sometimes cooperative, other times rocky – between law enforcement and the media. In his book Criminal investigation, Michael Palmiotto describes the public’s deep interest …