by Michelle Sparrow | Oct 6, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
North Carolina defense attorneys and prosecutors were stunned this week when Colorado law enforcement officers announced they were reopening the JonBenet Ramsey murder investigation. The six year old was killed in 1996. Reports are that the investigation will include... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 24, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
After almost five hours of deliberation, the jury in the Wake County trial came in with a guilty verdict for the teen charged with masterminding a plot to murder a high school acquaintance. We discussed the details of the crime in our September 17 post. The defendant... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 17, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
On December 2, 2008, an Apex high school student was found dead. His hands and feet were tied with zip ties. His mouth was covered with duct tape. And a plastic bag was tied around his head. The autopsy later showed that the teenager died of asphyxiation. During the... by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 10, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
The unit within the State Bureau of Investigation responsible for bloodstain pattern analysis in criminal cases is under serious scrutiny after an audit conducted by two retired FBI supervisors in a News & Observer series showed severe problems with the way the... by Michelle Sparrow | Aug 20, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Shaquan Duley, a resident of South Carolina, confessed to murdering her two young sons. The boys were 18 months and 2 years old when their mother allegedly suffocated them by holding her hand over their mouths until they stopped breathing. She then placed their bodies...