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Entries Tagged as 'Practical Info for Families and Friends of Victims'

What’s the down side?

December 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Why shouldn’t decks of these Missing Persons and Unsolved Homicides cards be distributed to inmates in every prison in New York (and surrounding states)?
As I learned researching my book, people invariably talk. The police certainly know this and visit prisons to talk to inmates.  But they can’t go all the time and talk to every [...]

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Finding More Information about a Homicide

November 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Every once in a while someone asks me how to find out more about a murder they heard about or vaguely remember and I suggest going the library. No one seems to like hearing this. But here’s the thing—if you show up at the police department without dates and names and locations and ask [...]

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Cold Cases and Blog Talk Radio

September 20th, 2009 · No Comments

I just became aware of a great use of Blog Talk Radio. First, if you don’t know what Blog Talk Radio is, from their website:
“BlogTalkRadio is the social radio network that allows users to connect quickly and directly with their audience. Using an ordinary telephone and computer hosts can create free, live, call-in talk [...]

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Murder Victim Blogs

June 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I once posted about all the murder victim billboards across America. They’re generally put up by the families of the victim and they ask (beg) people who have information to come forward. Now people use the internet. I came across a blog called Who Killed Theresa? It’s about Theresa [...]

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