Someone just emailed me about a missing persons case which relatives feel is actually a homicide. That is what people usually believe and they are often right, but in so many cases, there is so little police can do. So this brief piece caught my eye. Police are asking the public to help identify a […]

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Slate has a crime blog which is run by Justin Peters, Slate’s crime correspondent. Peters posts at least once a day, it looks like, and from what I can tell his writing is well informed and researched. The second on is Homicide Watch DC. From their site: “Homicide Watch is a community-driven reporting project covering […]

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It was written by Sheila Weller, the cousin of one of his victims. “On a hot July day in 1977, one of New York’s ugliest summers, my 23-year-old cousin, Ellen Hover, left her Third Avenue apartment. She had an appointment with a young photographer who had asked to take pictures of her. His name, he’d […]

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Before I wish everyone happy holidays, I want to note that one of the creepiest serial killers in my lifetime, Rodney Alcala, just pled guilty to the 1971 murder of Cornelia Crilley and the 1977 murder of Ellen Hover. (If you are not familiar with him, google his name, but wait until after the holidays. […]

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