Rape Kit Backlogs Continue To Delay Justice For Victims
As of last month, Virginia is only the sixth state, along with Washington, D.C., to have cleared its backlog, according to the End the Backlog campaign August 30, 2020Twenty-seven years later, Natasha Alexenko, 47, clearly remembers her rapist’s gun — a smooth...
Arrest made in 1999 Coosa County cold-case double homicide
The investigation has been open for over two decades Enter Article DATE HERECOOSA COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Coosa County Sheriff Michael Howell announced an arrest has been made in a 21-year-old cold case. 42-year-old Joe Daniel Stallions was arrested Wednesday and...
DNA on beer can leads to arrest in North Palm Beach cold-case murder
In 2019, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office DNA lab was able to get a match from the lip of the beer can. August 14, 2020Leo Beauregard was found dead June 29, 1990, in his North Palm Beach apartment. More than 30 years later, village police say they know a...
Clerk of court’s office receives top marks in required state audit
The clerk’s office has to keep up with time frames for keeping evidence and follow through with judges’ orders for destruction of evidence when it no longer needs to be kept. July 31, 2020A required internal audit by the state of the Wilkes County Clerk of...
