Missing Person Commentary

By: Shane Lambert Season 2 of the hit TV show Forensic Files  included an episode (Episode 12) that contained information that those that work on missing person's cases should note. The episodes tell of the missing person's case of Dario Cicolecchia, a boy in Switzerland who went missing in 1993. Importantly, this boy was found, his murderer was apprehended, and this murderer also made statements to the police about how he operated. I think there's a nugget of information that's worth extracting from this and using as food for thought in similar cases. Dario went missing after departing his home on a bicycle to go fishing. He was later found dead and mutilated in a Swiss cornfield. Forensic Medicine, the branch of forensics that deals with the body, was used in this case and it was discovered that the boy had been drowned. In the water in the boy's lungs, investigators found diatoms, which are simple one-cell organisms that are only found in water.  They

NamUs doesn't have a lot of information posted for those looking at the case of Jacqueline Kinney . The site says she went missing on December 5th, 1969 from Canton, Connecticut. At time of writing, 50 years are about to pass since she went missing. I've decided that 50 years is my deadline for working on a MP's case so I thought I'd give her case an hour of research tonight. From Namus: She was 35 when she went missing She was 5'4" She was 150 pounds Last known location was 41.8534128,-72.88699299999999 Red/auburn hair, blue eyes Surgery-related scar on right side of abdomen Scar on back of her left leg below the knee Vaccination scar on one of her legs above the knee Information I gathered from reading articles in historical newspaper articles: From The Hartford Courant. September 2nd, 1977. Page 5. She was of 7 High Street, Collinsville section Her husband's name was Gerald; he reported her missing on December 8th, which is three

By: Shane Lambert The missing person's case of Trenny (Teresa) Lynn Gibson is one of the most puzzling missing person's cases from the 1970s. Trenny was a part of a school field trip on October 8th, 1976 near a site called Clingsman Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She went missing from a trail at about 3pm despite being part of a large group of classmates taking the trail. She has not been heard from since. Those thinking about this case should be aware of the case of Phillip Roman in 1994. He went missing near Clingsman Dome as well. He was found three days later alive and well but there are still some pointers about the trails near Clingsman Dome that should be noted. Roman was only 20 feet away from his father on the trail when he went missing. He was 10 years old and looking for a shortcut to the parking lot. The "tangled mess" of the area then caused him to get lost. The impression I get of the area is that a short off-trail excursion might

Emma Lorene Vaughn's date of last contact is July 10th, 1982 according to NamUs. According to some newspaper clippings from 1982, the date was actually July 1st, 1982. The contradiction might be relevant. It's possible the news agencies had the date wrong too but websleuths should be open to considering Jane Does found in the nine days between July 1st, 1982 and July 10th, 1982. Here are the articles: Tallahassee Democrat, May 26th, 1985 Feb. 21, 1982. The Palm Beach Post.