All posts tagged: Cold Case Murder

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Donna Gore’s Podcast Featured on State of Connecticut Website

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On May 14, 2016, Shattered Lives Radio featured guests discussing three missing young girls from Tolland County in the state of Connecticut. The three girls have been missing since the late 1960’s, early 70’s. Appearing on the episode were family members and investigators who updated listeners on their latest efforts to solve the cases and return the girls to their families. The podcast was subsequently included with information about the cases in the Division of Criminal Justice section of the State of Connecticut website. Read on website: Tolland County Cold Case Squad Host of Shattered Lives, Donna R. Gore, is also a State Outreach Coordinator for Wilmington, NC based CUE Center for Missing Persons. She spent several months coordinating the guests and information for the episode. The discussion surrounding each case related details that are known, and the fact that there is no physical evidence available in any of the cases that would give investigators new leads. Listen to Podcast: Shattered Lives Radio Shattered Lives Radio Guests: Daniel Cargill- Retired Ct State Trooper; Lead Cold Case …

Shattered Lives: Can You Solve This Cold Case?

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Listen to Shattered Lives Radio Early in the morning hours of October, 29,1995, several calls came in to the Hartford Police reporting a female being dragged by a car. Investigators eventually found the mangled body of Leah Ulbrich by following a trail of blood and flesh, she had been dragged for over 4 miles, her life ending gruesomely. It was determined that Leah Ulbrich had either been pushed, or tried to escape from the man who was driving a sedan, reported as either a NIssan Maxima or Altima by witnesses, one who was stunned to see this unfolding and called from an emergency call box on the corner of Wethersfield Avenue and East Elliott in Hartford. Investigators are trying to locate this witness who may be able to assist in the case, from where she was positioned, it’s possible she may have seen the driver or the car in much more detail than others.   Shattered Lives welcomes Ryan Ulbrich  Leah Ulbrich’s son, Ryan, was 5 at the time of her death, and is a recent graduate of Eastern …

Crime Wire: Anatomy of a Cold Case Murder with Donna Pendergast

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You can hear Crime Wire InvestigatesTuesdays beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern. Please visit our Crime Wire Website. Together we can make a difference. LISTEN LIVE:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/insidelenz Veteran homicide prosecutor Donna Pendergast will join Host Denny Griffin to discuss “Anatomy of a Cold Case Murder,” a presentation that features examples from real-life murder cases. If you’re a true crime buff, a surviving family member or a friend of a murder victim, you won’t want to miss this show. Donna Pendergast Crime Wire Consultant, Donna Pendergast is the First Assistant Attorney General-Criminal Division at Michigan Department of Attorney General and has successfully prosecuted many murder cases, including serial killer, Coral Eugene Watts, the brutal murders of Brian Ogjan and David Tyll after 18 years with no justice,  and the murder of Florence Unger, the “Lady in the Lake.” covered by NBC’s Dateline. Donna Pendergast is a long time contributor to Women in Crime Ink . Related articles Crime Wire Examines 31 Year Old Cold Case with Sheryl McCollum and Donna Pendergast (dennisngriffin.com) 1987 Detroit cold case murders solved (wxyz.com) Cold murder case solved after 23 years (kottke.org) Police: 32-Year-Old Santa Monica …

Crime Wire Examines 31 Year Old Cold Case with Sheryl McCollum and Donna Pendergast

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You can hear Crime Wire Investigates beginning at 9 p.m. Eastern. Please visit our Crime Wire Website. Together we can make a difference. LISTEN LIVE:http://www.blogtalkradio.com/insidelenz Dennis Griffin and Guest Co-Host, Donna Pendergast, will talk with Sheryl McCollum, Director of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute about the 1981 unsolved murder of Effie Hall in Atlanta. Little details are known about the case, but McCollum, with the assistance of her students, are trying to piece together every bit of evidence available to help the family of Effie Hall find justice. Effie Hall was a single mother and college student at Clark Atlanta University and was murdered on January 20, 1981. It’s said she was found by a roommate with a gunshot wound to the chest which exited from the back. At the time of her murder, Effie is reported to have had several roommates, however, only 2 of the roommate names are known at this time. One of her roommates had tried unsuccessfully to reach her by phone, returned to the apartment and found Effie Hall dead on the …

Crime Wire Investigates: The Celina Cass Case and 1992 Unsolved Double Murder of Mort and Howard Custer

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 Tuesday, August 9, 9pm ET  Listen LIVE:   Crime Wire Investigates http://www.crimewiresite.com Join Co-hosts Vito Colucci, Jr., and Tom Shamshak Unsolved 1992 Double Murder: Mort and Howard Custer Seeking justice for the 1992 double murder of her father and her uncle, Mort and Howard Custer,Denise Savastano became a Private Investigator and took over the investigation of the case in 2009.  After years of contact with detectives, and not receiving answers, she took possession of boxes of case files.  Her father, Mort, and uncle Howard were found in her father’s home, each shot in the head. Going through a bitter divorce, Denise’s stepmother was the first suspect, but was soon ruled out and exonerated.  The divorce attorney and her husband became the next in line as persons of interest.  Her father had loaned the attorney’s husband a large sum of money, had audio taped and made written instructions to his family about what should be done to collect the debt.  Mort Custer was in the process of amending his will, getting his affairs in order, at the time he was …